{"id":956,"date":"2022-12-02T15:55:34","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T15:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/?p=956"},"modified":"2023-01-24T10:38:14","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T10:38:14","slug":"peak-vets-encourage-staff-and-clients-to-be-bee-friendly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/peak-vets-encourage-staff-and-clients-to-be-bee-friendly\/","title":{"rendered":"Peak Vets encourage staff and clients to be bee-friendly!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The team at Peak Vets in Derbyshire are\u00a0encouraging clients and staff to become bee-friendly and help boost the environment.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Eco-conscious staff at Peak Vets in Sheffield, have created a bee-friendly garden of wild flowers and poppies at the front of the popular primary care practice.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-958 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bee-friendly-garden-at-peak-vets-practice-in-derbyshire-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"Bee friendly garden\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bee-friendly-garden-at-peak-vets-practice-in-derbyshire-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bee-friendly-garden-at-peak-vets-practice-in-derbyshire.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The reception area, which is always a hive of activity, has also been decked out with bee-friendly banners and bunting to help create a real buzz among staff and clients.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Vet nurse Bethany Allen <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">is Queen Bee of the Peak Vets\u2019 sustainability project and said: \u201cOur <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">new bee-friendly garden has been created in a plot on the front of the practice which used to be hedging.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cThe hedge has now been removed and replaced with lots of different bee-friendly <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">plants<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">. We have planted wildflower seeds and some poppy seeds, which are now growing, and put in some larger adult plants.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cIt has been a real team effort. Everyone has also drawn a bee and flower for our bunting in reception,\u202fso this got the whole practice involved in the display which demonstrates why it is so important to be bee-friendly.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cIt\u2019s all part of our commitment to the Investors in the Environment (iiE) scheme, an eco-friendly, national initiative to cut waste, emissions and protect our environment.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cSo, it\u2019s a good cause and it\u2019s also been great fun. We can\u2019t wait to see what our garden will look like\u202fwhen all our wildflowers and poppies bloom next year.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"\/about-us\/sustainability\">Learn about sustainability at Peak Vets<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The team at Peak Vets in Derbyshire are\u00a0encouraging clients and staff to become bee-friendly and help boost the environment.\u00a0\u00a0 Eco-conscious&hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/peak-vets-encourage-staff-and-clients-to-be-bee-friendly\/\" class=\"cta\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":957,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}