Bee Fiesta

A beautiful old Granary nestled on staddle stones in rural Hampshire . The Granary Creative Arts Centre is a CIC with a mission to nurture local talent, provide heritage craft skills workshops, art classes , talks and events and collaborations that keep our creative community alive!

Granary Creative Arts

A Celebration of Bees through, music, arts, poetry and story to raise awareness and funds for the protection of our native bees.

The Granary Creative Arts Centre

<h2>A Celebration of Bees through, music, arts, folklore, poetry &amp; story to raise awareness &amp; funds for the protection of our native bees. </h2>
Proceeds go to <a href="https://www.friendsofthebees.org" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Friends of Bees</a> , <a href="https://www.thegreatbritishbeeproject.co.uk/about-us" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Great British Bee Project</a> , <a href="https://www.thewhitelandsproject.co.uk/?fbclid=IwAR26wCD5c3_zReou1Ve9seiG4fFRzVBtyJ8R3G30zxD2D9w4p4dhlm0wRTc" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Whitelands Project </a> Main event - Evening Hum, 6.30-9.30pm, 28th september. An inspiring evening of music, story and folklore, with dinner and drink, featuring ​award winning Devonshire Poet <a href="https://susantaylor.co.uk" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Susan taylo</a>r, Skep making storyteller <a href="http://acorneducation.com/homepage.html" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Chris Park</a>, Celtic folk music with Monkeys Fist, plus guests. £20 or £15 concession including entry to afternoon activities with seed bomb making, bee-box making, art auction and veggie food (BYOB). Children under 14 years are free. The Evening Hum is our main event and you can just arrive for that. But if you can, come early, and meet Skep makers, Bee preservationists, ecologists, musicians and artists during the day and take part in the workshops. Organised by a team of volunteers including bee keepers, artists, musicians and ecologists, our aim is to inspire people about Bee preservation as well as celebrate our native pollinators and their history, through folklore and the arts. <blockquote> Susan Taylor's poetry “offers a whole range of: delicate patterns and connections and glimpses, very present and alive, full of watchful pleasure.” – Ted Hughes</blockquote>Also, during the day we have our ART AUCTION (some images below) at 6pm It is free to bid, with 70% of the sale price going to our selected bee projects and the other 30% going to our artists as we want to protect them too!Daytime Family Buzz (2pm-6pm) : Meet Skep makers, Bee keepers, learn more about bee preservation, join our waggle dance, view our art auction, make seed bombs and Bee boxes, enjoy some music, plus more! £5 if you are just coming to the afternoon and not the evening . Price includes Wild Seed bomb making, talks and demos. Under 14s are free! We want the younger generation to really understand the importance of Bees and ecology so bring them along and make as many seed bombs as you can ( 3 free seed bombs included in price, extra ones are 50p a go). Cash only.Wild Bee House Making , book your place for free but bring cash as costs range from £5-£15 according to how big you make the Bee House.Email enquiries to submit to art auction to granaryartsinfo@gmail.comFor more information and our other events go to: <a href="https://www.granarycreativearts.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.granarycreativearts.com/festival-of-bees </a>

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