Meeting at the recycling plant.

At the recycling plant, it was evident that a lot of time and effort (and money) had been spent to make the plant fun and educational to the children/visitors.

This, I believe was one of the key points to make Wrexham in Bloom work. Fun and educational. People don't want to be talked at, and people seem to enjoy learning and remember more when it's fun. Long texts, of boring jargon are easily ignored. Bright characters, bold colours and minimal text.

Recycle with Michael. The councils mascot.

The councils own personal character 'Michael Recycle' is apparently very popular with the younger children. We are also allowed to use the character in our Bloom ideas.

But has he been used before?

Wrexham councils version of Michael.

Initial thoughts on brief.

The brief, set by Wrexham Council, was to help the council advertise and win Britain in Bloom 201o. The theme for Wrexham in Bloom this year is Battery Bees.

The recycling aspect of the councils plan for Wrexham in Bloom, is to encourage the people of Wrexham to recycle their batteries. Batteries are a dangerous waste issue, because of the acid inside them.

Why bother recycling batteries? Reference; Waste online 2005.

The other idea Wrexham Council had for the 'In Bloom' competition this year was to attract bees back to Wrexham and along the Heritage walk around the town. Their plan is to produce plant pots, filled with flowers which bees are highly attracted to and place them around the heritage site.

The problem with bees. Reference; BBC News online 2008.

The part of the brief which really sparked my interest was the 'bees' section. I am very interested in environmental issues, and do try to be a 'greener' person. I am a member of Green Peace, and read many other blogs by environmental activist groups/individuals.

So the idea of having the opportunity to finally, take a more active part in a serious environmental issue meant a lot to me.

How art can help the environment. Reference; The Green Museum 2010.