Homerton Library x Buzzline Project
Homerton Library is working with ecoACTIVE to create a pollinator-friendly garden in front of the Library as part of the Hackney Buzzline project.
The shrubs have been removed to make room for a wild flower meadow, log seating and a new tree to benefit bees and people alike.
Homerton Library is working with ecoACTIVE to create a pollinator-friendly garden in front of the Library, as part of the Hackney Buzzline project, created in response to Hackney’s Nature Recovery Plan. The Hackney Buzzline is a brilliant initiative to link five Hackney parks with a flower corridor for pollinators. The first section stretches from Hackney Downs to Mabley Green. Now, thanks to funding from the Hackney Council Community Fund, the corridor is extending to Homerton Grove park. We are proud to be turning our patch of grass into a pollinator’s paradise with a wildflower meadow, shrubs, and two new trees from the Tree Musketeers Nursery – to benefit these helpful insects and people alike!
To date, ecoACTIVE worked with a team of corporate volunteers to remove the shrubs and fence and we have held an engagement session to get people's feedback on our plans for plants, climbers, informal seating, paths, bee hotels and an interactive children’s game. The project itself begins Friday 2 October and will run for 6 weeks. A group of volunteers will learn more about pollinator-friendly gardening and help create the structure of the garden, plant the trees and create the wildflower meadow. At the end of the project volunteers receive a certificate and next spring bees, butterflies and people can all enjoy the new garden.
The project will be on Friday mornings starting in the autumn. Click the link below or pop into Homerton Library to express an interest in volunteering for the project from 2 October – 6 November 2026 and we will contact you in September. (Please note places are limited so we may not be able to give everyone a place.)
The Hackney Buzzline project