School Bug Barrels at RHS Hampton Court

Wild Water
ALTON INFANT SCHOOL
Complete with Lego animals and a beach for hedgehogs, this aquatic environment was created by infants at Alton. It echoes their beloved school pond where a variety of plants and animals thrive.
 

B-City Bug Barrel
ASHLEY CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIMARY
Students from Ashley CofE Primary’s Seeds & Weeds Garden Club have created B-City, imagined as a weekend break destination for pollinators, and featuring a selection of nectar-rich flowers.
 

Bee Safe, Bee Kind, Bee Ready
COLNBROOK SCHOOL, WATFORD
Colnbrook students’ flower-shaped design includes a range of pollinator-friendly blooms, and a central bee hotel ready to receive tired wings.
 

Bee Heaven Hotel
DOLPHIN SCHOOL TRUST, LONDON
Students from nursery to Year Six at Dolphin School Trust created this floral feast for bees with nectarfilled plants, shelter and water.

Butterfly Me To The Moon
KNAPHILL LOWER SCHOOL
Butterflies, we have lift off! This bug-tastic rocket from Knaphill Lower School pupils has butterflyfriendly blooms, galaxy-themed plant pots and a moss-ball moon.
 

Bugtopia
MALVERN WAY INFANT AND NURSERY SCHOOL
From bees and butterflies to moths and bats, this barrel provides a unique haven for all our native wildlife using easy-to-grow seeds and cuttings nurtured by the students themselves.



 

A Buzzworthy Showpiece!
MANOR PARK PRIMARY ACADEMY
Inspired by a love for nature, pupils from Manor Park have sown a range of bee-friendly flowers for their barrel, which also features a crafted honeycomb and ‘Bee Happy’ messages.
 

Dancing Dragonfly Diorama
NORTHFIELDS SCHOOL
As part of the eco-schools award, Northfields School pupils have created this barrel to show how to attract dragonflies into gardens.



 

Space Bug
PIPERS CORNER SCHOOL
Pre-prep and prep students at the school’s Gardening Club have designed a rocket to transport any lucky bugs that land on their exhibit to another universe.
 

Bug Barrel Carousel
POLEHAMPTON COFE JUNIOR SCHOOL
Roll up! Roll up! Whether it flies or crawls, slithers or slides, every bug is welcome to Polehampton’s Bug Barrel Carousel.



 

VIBEES – A TRIBUTE TO SOLITARY BEES ST LEONARD’S CEP ACADEMY
In this habitat, haven and tribute to the UK’s 250 solitary bee species, St Leonard’s pupils have used homemade, homegrown and recycled materials to provide food, water and shelter.
 

Let’s Love Moths!
STILLNESS INFANT SCHOOL
As well as butterflies, we need to love moths too! That’s the message Stillness infants want to convey with their barrel designed for these underappreciated nocturnal pollinators.



 

The Misfits of the Garden
STONEGATE CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL
Students from Stonegate’s after-school gardening club are championing garden ‘misfits’, to highlight how everyone can make a difference to biodiversity. Wasps, nettles, slugs and weeds are all celebrated here.
 

Oil Bee Free
SURBITON HIGH BOYS PREP
Surbiton High Boys Prep School utilised repurposed materials in a design that incorporates edible plants and a selection of herbs, leafy greens and flowers.



 

Lepidoptera Club – our small world
THINK OUTSIDE OUTDOOR LEARNING
Children from this outdoor learning and forest school club in Wandsworth, London, focused their design on pollinators – especially moths and butterflies – and plants they love.
 

It’s A Bug’s Life
TOAD HALL NURSERY
Featuring sunflowers, lavender, poppies and wildflowers, this bug barrel, designed by tots from Toad Hall Nursery, depicts the natural habitats of insects and minibeasts.



 

The 5 Senses Oasis Garden
DYSART SCHOOL
Students aged 13 to 16 designed this barrel to be enjoyed by those, like them, with severe and complex learning difficulties, autism, sensory processing difficulties and other needs.
 

Barrel of Laughs
DURANTS SCHOOL SOUTHGATE
Teenage students from SEN school Durants were inspired by its garden to make this self-sustainable barrel featuring flowers, herbs and insect friends.



 

Feathered Friends
HAMMERSMITH ACADEMY
From log piles to dead branches, favourable habitats designed to encourage native birds to thrive are included in this barrel created by after-school gardening club students at Hammersmith Academy.
 

Pollinators’ Paradise
FREEMANTLES
From pupils at SEN school Freemantles comes a small piece of paradise for pollinators. A willow dome provides shelter; a bug hotel, rest; while a variety of flowers help refuel hungry insects.



 

Living Lawn
HEATH FARM SCHOOL
Primary children from Heath Farm, a specialist school that caters for young people with social, emotional and
mental health needs, are encouraging biodiversity with their living lawn – a home for insects and a haven for the birds that feed on them.