7 June 2020

Hello again,

It's been a week of changeable weather, which has been no bad thing after several warm and dry weeks - the plants at the garden have really appreciated the extra water. The long sunny period has had one particularly pleasing result however, the pond at the garden now has several waterlilies in bloom, it's quite impressive to see how quickly they will open and close as the weather changes.

Name Our Beehives

Anyone involved with the beekeeping at the Physic Garden last year may remember that our three beehives had been given the footballing names, 'Brentford, Barnet, and Basildon' - three teams who all have the same nickname 'The Bees'. With our two new hives in place inside the garden itself we thought it might be fun to ask if any of our members can suggest names for them. Any names with any theme will be accepted for consideration, puns are certainly not compulsory but will not be overlooked! I can't promise that we will be taking honey from them this year, but whoever names the hives can expect to receive a free jar of honey whenever we are able to harvest some - please send your suggestions to tom.abbeyphysic@gmail.com

It was a pleasure to be able to contribute to Faversham Town Council's virtual World Environment Day event this week - see below for our video, as well as more on recent and upcoming events in and around the garden and our community.

- Tom.