Bee Safari at Yeo Valley Organic Garden
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Have you ever wanted to know more about the bees in your garden? Well, now’s your chance. Join bee champion, author and award-winning writer, Jean Vernon for a bee safari around the Yeo Valley Organic Garden.
Jean will introduce you to some of the garden's fabulous bumblebees and solitary bees. Her bee safari will help you understand how to garden to support all of our bees and other essential pollinators. This bee safari will introduce you to the huge diversity of garden bees, show you the sorts of flowers that really make a difference, and reveal some fascinating things you may not know about our amazing garden bees!
Jean Vernon (aka Jeanie Bee) is an award-winning writer and author of The Secret Lives of Garden Bees. She is on a mission to unravel, demystify and explain the intricate balance of nature. Jean wants to introduce everyone to the familiar and unfamiliar bees and other important pollinators that live in our gardens.
The structure:
- Meet at 10AM. Join Jean in the Yeo Yurt for a coffee
- A talk about bees will follow before your safari walk begins
- The morning will draw to a close after some Q&As back in the yurt
- You are then welcome to stay on and enjoy Yeo Valley's beautiful garden
- The garden cafe will be open for drinks, snacks and cakes
This experience includes arrival coffee, your talk, tour and garden entry. All that sweet nectar!
Minimum fitness level required.
Age restrictions: 12+
| Adult | £28 |
Available dates
What people are saying
Aug 2024
My husband and I attended the bee safari and loved it. We learned so much about bees and Jean, wh...
Jul 2024
Pleasurable experience. Nice touch to offer tea/coffee and a superb, huge slice of homemade flapj...
May 2024
Perfect weather, beautiful location... And the word enthusiastic is not enough to describe Jean '...
May 2024
I really enjoyed the Bee safari with Jean. I knew very little about bees before the event but now...
8 Reviews
Aug 2024
My husband and I attended the bee safari and loved it. We learned so much about bees and Jean, who hosted us was so knowledgeable and interesting. We loved going round the garden and finding the different types of bees too. I can't think of a better way to spend a morning. Highly recommend.
Jul 2024
Pleasurable experience. Nice touch to offer tea/coffee and a superb, huge slice of homemade flapjack on arrival. Our drive had taken just under two hours so this treat was all the more welcome🙏
Jeans knowledge, talk and enthusiasm were unsurpassed. Great shame that the ‘safari’ itself was sadly lacking in bee specimens, even though it was a lovely warm, sunny and still day. This only served to once again underline the alarming drop in most wildlife since I was a child.
May 2024
Perfect weather, beautiful location... And the word enthusiastic is not enough to describe Jean 'the bee expert'. Who knew there was so much to know about bees? I highly recommend this experience, and if you are lucky the gardens may be open to the public, so there could be cake available too.
May 2024
I really enjoyed the Bee safari with Jean. I knew very little about bees before the event but now feel I know more and am fascinated by them. The garden at Yeo Valley was a wonderful setting and I will definitely visit it again. Thanks.
Aug 2023
Jean is a fantastic, passionate and engaging host. We learned a lot about bees and the Yeo Valley gardens were absolutely stunning.
We also loved the baked goods! Thank you
Aug 2023
Such an amazing experience. Jean is very knowledgeable & enthusiastic about all varieties of bees. I learnt so much
I've been on a Bee Keeping experience before which I thoroughly enjoyed, but this was quite a different experience to that one, as this focuses on all types of bees, in their own habitat. So don't bypass this event, just because you might have been on a Bee course before!
This is an informative, interesting, safe & thoroughly enjoyable experience that I highly recommend! LOVED IT
Jul 2023
My only negative was not being able to have the refreshments as I'm vegan. But as it was only couple of hours long that wasn't too much of a hardship.
Jun 2022
The talk was informative and delivered by a genuine enthusiast who really knew her stuff. It was a very stimulating and enjoyable experience
How to get there
Facilities
- Experience takes place outdoors
- Parking
- Refreshments available
- Toilets
- Family friendly
On the day
- Arrive for 10AM
- This is a working farm, no dogs please. Assistance Dogs welcome.
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You'll be hosted by
Yeo Valley
You might know Yeo Valley as the UK's largest organic brand, but its organic garden and Somerset farm are just as impressive. Not to mention the very place where Yeo Valley began!
The beautiful garden provides six and a half acres of ornamental and edible plants. The farmland is organic right down to its roots. A sustainable approach that nurtures the land is what this host is all about.
Head over to Yeo Valley Organic Garden for a series of inspiring experiences that connect us with nature, boost our wellbeing, and take in your stunning surroundings.
Yeo Valley
You might know Yeo Valley as the UK's largest organic brand, but its organic garden and Somerset farm are just as impressive. Not to mention the very place where Yeo Valley began!
The beautiful garden provides six and a half acres of ornamental and edible plants. The farmland is organic right down to its roots. A sustainable approach that nurtures the land is what this host is all about.
Head over to Yeo Valley Organic Garden for a series of inspiring experiences that connect us with nature, boost our wellbeing, and take in your stunning surroundings.
Any questions?
Ask your question directly to Yeo Valley.