For the Love of Bees is a citywide project in Auckland that has been live for six months. The steadily growing community is creating some serious momentum towards making Auckland the safest city in the world for bees. You can read more about this initiative on their website here.
If you’re in the Auckland area in September, here are some events coming up:
2nd September – Designing an organic growing hub for our city with Trish Allen
10-1pm at 257 Symond Street (the community garden)
This is the last class this winter with expert Permaculturist Trish Allen. Use this class to learn about how the city is applying permaculture to the new Biodynamic/Permaculture market garden being developed in the inner city.
3rd September – Free Natural Bee Keeping School with Beezthingz
10-12pm in Victoria Park. We meet at Campbell Free Kindergarten building and then move across to the hives in the Park.
This class is designed to help everyone get closer and more comfortable with bees. The class is run every first Sunday of the month until the end of 2018.
Sponsored by Duracell.
3rd September – Help make Highwic an Organic Park
1-3pm Highwic, Mortimer Pass in New Market
This workshop is the first of many actions For the Love of Bees will take together to turn Highwic into our first central city Organic Park and Biological Bee Sanctuary.
9th September – Spring Biking Bee Adventure: explore our city from a Bee-Eye perspective.
11-2 meeting at 257 Symonds Street
Hop on your bike and explore the city from a bees-eye perspective leaving each space you go to more bee friendly than youfound it.
12-2pm Griffith Gardens 42 Wellesley Street West
This weekly drop in class is designed to help you transition into organic gardening.[/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]