ARUNDEL’S QUEEN BEE DAY 2023, SATURDAY 19 AUGUST!
Celebrating Arundel’s Bee Friendly Town status and the importance of bees 
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!!Pollinators Garden, Mill Road, 9am-4pm
Enjoy lots of free activities – come in a bee, butterfly, pollinator or flower-themed costume and join in with our Fancy Dress Parade at 2.30pm to win a prize!
The Arundel Bee Project stall and observation hive Arundel Bee Project honey and honey & orange marmalade available to purchase while stocks last!
Arundel Gardens Association – enter their Scarecrow Making Competition
Usborne Books The book nook corner – Independent Usborne Organiser – browse pollinator and bee story and non-fiction books and games
Free colouring, craft and activities
Facepainting by Meadow Arts
Featured events!11.00am – Magic show with Nick Clark
11.30am-1pm – Balloon Modelling & roaming magic
11.00-3pm – have a bee-themed caricature drawn by artist David Groves Caricatures to show your support for pollinators!
2.30pm – Fancy dress parade and prizegiving with the Mayor of Arundel
3pm – interactive storytelling with Chris North ‘Freedom Through Fun’ and special guest ‘Barnabee’ from St Barnabas House
High Street & Quayside from 9am
Join our fabulous traders in the High Street and on the Quayside during the Arundel Farmers Market from 9am-2pm to browse and buy. Look out for our volunteer ‘worker bees’ who will be out and about distributing free wildflower seeds from The Seed Co-operative to celebrate the work of The Arundel Bee Project
Around townFollow The Arundel Bee Trail around town to find the hidden bees, their secret letters spelling out words and enjoy a goody bag of treats. Maps and goody bags available from the Arundel Bee Project stall and Arundel Museum – £2.50 each.
Look out for our newly installed bee-friendly planters, planted up with herbs and pollinator-friendly plants by our own group of volunteers – the Arundel Green Team!
We are also excited to welcome ‘Minerva’ – the hero owl from Chestnut Tree House‘s The Big Hoot Chichester & Arundel 2024 fundraising trail – to the Pollinators Garden. The 6′ artist-designed painted owl and volunteers from Chestnut Tree will be there with information about the campaign, next year’s Trail and a competition to design your own owl!All part of this year’s Arundel Festival of the Arts – ‘bee’ seein’ you!
Posted on: 4 August 2023