Fancy treating the father in your life this Father's day? (That's June 21st, 2020 for anyone who's lost all track of days and dates!!)
We're delighted to bring you a little competition, just in time for this years' Father's Day.
How to enter.
Simply tell us, in the comments below, about why the garden-loving dad in your life deserves a treat. It could be your dad, your husband, brother, cousin, uncle, we want to know who and why you think they might deserve a little gift.
We'll be reading your comments and choosing a worthy winner to receive a Bee Brick solitary bee house from the Green&Blue range in plenty of time for this year's Father's day.
And if you fancy more ways to win then we're running the same competition on our Facebook page and our Instagram account, and in partnership with a few of our favourite accounts over on IG too, we'll be sharing details of those in our stories!
Phew, so many ways to win! Good luck, we can't wait to read your nominations.
The small print!
The closing date is June 12th, 2020. No cash alternative. Competition is organised by Green&Blue and our decision is final. There are multiple ways to win.
190 comments
My son is a wonderful father who loves his garden and works hard to keep it in good shape for my grandsons. He deserves to win as he works full time and takes care of his lovely wife who has a really difficult time with ill health (not yet 30 and has so many serious health issues) and is an amazing dad to George and Rory, who both have health problems too. George has a rare immunological condition so the house and garden must be kept tip top. a bee brick would be awesome as my son and his little ones love nature and wildlife.
My elderly dad is happiest in the summer when his garden bursts to life in summer. South facing and surrounded by an enclave of back to back gardens with low boundaries, it is difficult to see where one neighbour’s garden ends and another begins. For the last ten years he has lived on his own in the house that he shared with my mum for almost 50 years, and it is his garden that has given him purpose and the will to look to the future. His house and garden is my childhood home and how lucky am I and our own children to see the early form of his planting and landscaping layout design slowly evolve over the years and be improved by nature. As his memory, energy and ability diminishes to prune and tame, there is now a burst of colour, birds and bees that nourish his soul and calm his anxiety – during this strange new normal of staying safe at home, and on his own. We have been denied his company for so long to keep him safe, but this week we are so looking forward to spending time sitting with him outside in his lush, quiet green space and knowing all will be well again as nature will tell us. Perfection in an imperfect world.
I would be thrilled for my lovely dad if he won a bee brick.
He is 83 lives on his own and i havent been able to visit him over this pandemic as i work for the nhs and have been shielding him.
He loves the garden mum planted and takes care of her plants so well and chats to her in heaven as he feeds the birds and watches them and the butterflies everyday.
Dad has spent in life in the army from aged 17 and he lives in the home him and mum bought when he left the army.
Mum planted the garden with the wildlife in mind she loved attracting the butterflies and bees, never ever killed or let any be hurt in her presence. Mum would of loved a bee brick watching and waiting to see if any make it their home.
Therefore i know dad would love watching too, while thinking of mum and the happiness the wildlife gave her. So i would dedicate this bee brick to my lovely dad in mum’s memory. X
My dad has been self isolating for 12 weeks and every day he’s been in the garden every day. He’s had a double heart bypass a few years ago which gave him a new lease of life, which he mainly spends in his garden.
My dad has been self isolating for 12 weeks and every day he’s been in the garden every day. He’s had a double heart bypass a few years ago which gave him a new lease of life, which he mainly spends in his garden.