We were beyond excited to take on guardianship of Boo the GIANT Bee a few weeks back. Incredible Boo is the creation of Gulval School in Penzance and featured in this year’s Mazey Day parade.
After Boo’s short time in the spotlight, Gulval School understandably wanted it to continue to shine somewhere and so they got in touch and asked if we would be interested in displaying Boo over the summer, for our visitors to enjoy! Well how could we refuse? Always keen to promote the importance of garden wildlife and how our bee, butterfly and wildlife friendly plants can help, Boo offered the perfect opportunity to do just that!
There was just the small matter of transporting all 11ft of Boo (who just fitted in our delivery van with some clever manoeuvring by Nick and John!) and then ‘hovering’ the giant bee in the undercover plant area at the centre! Well a team effort later and we have a display to be proud of. Boo the Bee is now hovering over a fabulous collection of bee and butterfly friendly plants, all grown right here on site in the nursery.
It has been lovely to watch bees enjoy the plants with their giant protector hovering above!
We’d LOVE to see your photos with Boo when you next visit – please tag us in your photos on Facebook or Instagram. As an extra incentive, we’re offering a GIVEAWAY to celebrate the school summer holidays! Tag us in your ‘Boo photos’ to be in with a chance to WIN a wildlife friendly hamper, filled with £85 of goodies to help you look after the wildlife in your garden.
The wildlife friendly hamper contains:
- An Artisan Bee Hotel
- 2 x 4L Bee Friendly Perennial Plants
- A Box of RHS ‘Flowers for Bees’ Seed
- Wildlife World Bird Barn Gift Box containing:
- Bird Barn Feeder
- No Wheat Bird Food (1kg)
- Wild Garden Birds Guide & Wildflower Seeds
- Wildlife Year Planner
The deadline for photo entries is Monday 19th August, after which, we’ll select and directly contact the winner.
Good luck!