Bath Chronicle

Awards made to bee-supporting groups

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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.

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