Isn't that a brilliant name for a bee event? Hive Aid - wish I'd thought of that! But I didn't - it was someone at Hanover Action for Sustainable Living, a great group of folks in a corner of Brighton, who organised an event yesterday to increase awareness of the plight of our bees.
I volunteered to give a talk on Wildlife Gardening for Pollinators, and headed down to Brighton in the afternoon. A terrible journey, starting with a road closure in Lindfield due to an accident and culminating in me getting horribly lost in the back streets of Brighton (I don't do Brighton by car, OK? I just don't). But I eventually stumbled upon the Hanover Community Centre, adorned with much bee-related artwork, and joined the fun.
The Hanover is a lovely little centre with an outside yard surrounded by a small garden, which includes a 'green wall'. There were stalls where you could make bee nest boxes and seed bombs, an observation hive, bee-friendly plants and some excellent face-painting.
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| The green wall |
A lady called Heather gave a talk covering the life cycle and habits of bees, and I followed on with my presentation, to a good sized crowd of very attentive people, many of whom came up to speak to me afterwards. I even sold a few packets of FlowerScapes seeds.
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