Busy bee week is buzzing back into action from today at the Wyevale Garden Centre in Springfield. 

A week of fun activities and events designed to celebrate and teach children about the magic of bees will take place from today.

The events, aimed at children aged between three and eight years old, are designed to entertain, inspire and encourage little ones by teaching them the vital role bees play in the pollination process, encouraging flowering plants to bloom.

Through activities such as learning how to build a Bee Hotel, making honey biscuits and cake decorating in the Buzzing Bakery, kids will learn when the bee season begins, which flowers attract bees the most and how the pollination process helps to make gardens beautiful.

Friday, May 27 to Monday, May 30 

The week kicks off with a free Busy Bee Hunt. Children are invited to find six busy bees hidden all around the garden centre. Each bee holds a question and children who answer their questions will receive a Busy Bee sticker Perfect Pollinator

Tuesday, May 31, 11am – 1pm (20 minute sessions) £2.50

Our beautiful buzzing bees have been having a hard time lately, and are on the lookout for a new home! Not all bees live in hives. Many bee species nest in tiny spaces ranging from hollow plant stems to holes in deadwood. Children will learn how to create a bee hotel – a special nesting site for bees. Not only a fun thing to make, it’s easier than you think as well as interesting and educational to watch bees using them.

Wednesday, June 1 and Thursday, June 2 £5

Bring your children to the Centre to join a brilliant baking master-class this half term in the Buzzing Bakery. Here youngsters will learn to cook bee-themed sweet treats including honey biscuits and buzzing bee cupcakes.

Bee Hotel Friday, June 3 June 11am – 1pm (20 minute sessions) £2.50

At Wyevale Garden Centres we love to encourage children to get planting! Kids can plant a beautiful Cosmos Sonata plant (which our buzzing friends love) in a pot, which helps attract and support our lovely bumble bees. Once planted, the youngsters will learn how to decorate their plant pots with their very own bee cut-outs.

If all of this doesn’t sound like enough fun for the half-term holidays, all activities include a free activity sheet to take home or complete in centre so children can continue learning about the magic of bees.

This half-term lunch for less and upgrade your event ticket to receive a kid’s My Picnic packed lunch for £4!

All events must be pre-booked online at wyevalegardencentres.co.uk/busy-bee-week.