We have been involved in a lovely making project for Lucy Darby at the Green Patch, a wonderful community allotment in Kettering. Lucy asked Carole Miles if she could design a series of signs to help people navigate their way round the site and to highlight the plants and bees found in the new Bee Garden.
Carole a variety of cut stencils
and we set to work applying them
to pallets, scrap wood and marine ply.
There is something very satisfying about giving
discarded or unwanted scrap a new purpose!
The stencils were applied with acrylic
paints and sponge rollers.
Stencils were overlaid
and words applied with either
paint or indelible marker
Mark edged and varnished them
and we can't wait to see them in their new positions!
You can see more images of the signs here
Fancy planting a Bee friendly garden look here
and here is a link to a lovely poster showing
types of plants to encourage different types of bees
This reminded us of a lovely walk through the gardens at Boughton House where we were delighted to see many bees busily investigating the wonderful variety of plants last August. You can see the Flickr set here. Let's all get busy and give the bees a helping hand!
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