New stretch target
With the funds raised via our stretch target, we will create a diverse fruit orchard, with apple, cherry, plum, and pear trees, along with flowering cherries. This fruit orchard will create multiple ecological benefits, including encouraging pollinating insects such as bees, wasps, moths, butterflies, hover flies, flies and beetles.
A third of every mouth full we eat is pollinated by these wild pollinators and honey bees in managed hives. These insects are also vital for pollinating wild plants that many species of wildlife rely on for food.
Creating safe havens for bees is an important part of conserving the species. One in ten species of wild bee are facing extinction, with three species already gone extinct in recent decades.
Creating a diverse fruit orchard ensures continuous bloom throughout the growing season, providing a rich and sustained food source for pollinators. This not only attracts bees, but also provides them with a variety of food sources, enabling them to produce high-quality honey uniquely flavoured by the different blossoms. Managed hives will enable the sustainably sourced honey to be distributed to the local community.
