{"id":22084,"date":"2017-11-21T13:50:50","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T13:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=22084"},"modified":"2017-11-21T13:50:50","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T13:50:50","slug":"heath-garden-buzzing-bees-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2017\/11\/21\/heath-garden-buzzing-bees-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Heath garden is buzzing over project to save bees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AN award-winning Heath garden is to become a special centre designed to encourage bees.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myc.wales\/\">Maes y Coed Community Centre<\/a> will become an Urban Buzz site next April after gaining praise for its &#8220;bug hotel&#8221;.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The centre built the bug hotel in the community garden hoping to attract a range of insects. But the project also drew attention from Brownies, and Buglife, a group which works with communities to preserve wildlife.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The group&#8217;s Urban Buzz initiative looks for innovative ways to create &#8220;buzzing cities&#8221; to support pollinators which are declining in numbers. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Darren Smart, a trustee of Maes y Coed said: \u201cWe are very much looking forward to becoming an Urban Buzz site,. They will be able to offer help and guidance on creating environments to encourage more bees, butterflies and other insects to generate an amazing buzz at the centre.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22088\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22088\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22088\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/bughotel-e1510844347819.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/bughotel-e1510844347819.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/bughotel-e1510844347819-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/bughotel-e1510844347819-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/bughotel-e1510844347819-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22088\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22088\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/bughotel-e1510844347819.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/bughotel-e1510844347819.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/bughotel-e1510844347819-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/bughotel-e1510844347819-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/bughotel-e1510844347819-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/noscript> The bug hotel is built from wooden pallets to attract insects.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The centre\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2017\/10\/19\/birchgrove-centre-open-second-garden-award\/\">second community garden<\/a> received a Royal Horticultural Society award last weekend, following in the footsteps of the first project which was given an RHS award after only a few months. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mr Smart added: \u201cWe were really pleased to achieve the RHS award, especially as we only started the garden project earlier this year. The award recognises the hard work of all the volunteers involved.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The RHS It\u2019s Your Neighbourhood campaign supports communities cleaning and greening up their local area. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At least two Brownie groups are to work with the centre and use both gardens to earn community and outdoor badges. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maes y Coed Community Centre gardening project runs every Saturday morning and volunteers of all ages are encouraged get involved.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AN award-winning Heath garden is to become a special centre designed to encourage bees. Maes y Coed Community Centre will become an Urban Buzz site next April after gaining praise for its &#8220;bug hotel&#8221;. The centre built the bug hotel in the community garden hoping to attract a range of insects. 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