Awards made to bee-supporting groups
The winners of an awards scheme to showcase West of England groups taking positive steps to support bees and other pollinators have been announced by metro mayor Dan Norris.
He brought together residents, companies and community groups to award the region’s firstever Bee Bold Awards to celebrate the West’s very best “bee buddies” at Siston Common, Kingswood.
From schools to shops, from factories to local community groups, over 40 pollinatorfriendly organisations across the length of the region applied to take part in this year’s inaugural awards.
There were five awards up for grabs in two award categories:
Space for nature – recognising organisations that have created gardens and other pollinatorfriendly spaces within their workplaces. The winners were: community organisation – Redcatch Community Garden; broader organisation joint winners – NHS Trust North Bristol and Ecus Ltd.
People for nature – recognising organisations that engage their employees, customers, partners and local communities to create spaces for nature. Winners were: community organisation – Thornbury Orchard; broader organisation – Grow Wilder; schools entrants – Wheatfield Primary School.
The mayor and award winners also took part in a mass planting event with South Gloucestershire Council at Siston Common with the help of local people. Together, over 300 volunteers planted more than 8,000 wildflower plants to create a new wildflower meadow on Siston Common.