Bee-friendly wildflower areas created at Peterborough community centre

The Peterborough Environment City Trust (PECT) and Peterborough Football & Sports Development Foundation came together as part of the national B-Lines project to create bee-friendly highways of wildflowers.

The flowers provide essential pollen and nectar for bees and many other pollinator species.

The B-Lines project will work with the city council, local community groups and schools to create accessible, wildflower-rich green spaces across Peterborough for the benefit of both people and pollinators. The project is running until April 31 next year.

The B-Lines project being delivered by PECT will see the creation of species-rich wildflower meadows across Peterborough, resulting in enhanced habitat connectivity along and near the routes that Buglife recently mapped.

Community groups, schools, local residents and local authorities will take part in the project through a range of fun events, including wildflower planting days, bug walks and pollinator identification and survey workshops.

The B-Lines project wants to reverse the loss of species-rich grassland in the UK since the Second World War.

Tony Cook, natural environment lead for PECT, said: “This is fantastic news for Peterborough as we are already committed to improving biodiversity in our green spaces and parks.

“It is a great opportunity as well for local residents as it provides opportunities for informal learning, connection to our fantastic natural environment and a greater interest in landscape. And we are delighted to work in partnership with Buglife on this project to achieve our aims.”