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Brecon Hive has been teaming up with groups around the town to create a new poppy cascade for the Peace Garden.
The previous poppy cascade mysteriously disappeared from the garden last year – it was installed in November 2018.
Despite the efforts of the voluntary group to track the original cascade, they said they have not been able to track it down and so are instead making a new one.
Jules Welch, from Brecon Hive, said: Our request for empty plastic bottles was met with the usual enthusiasm from Brecon residents who managed to drop off a total of 8 bin liners worth of bottles into Youngs of Brecon carpet shop where our Treasurer, Dawn McIntosh, has managed to store them.
“To make the poppies we only need the bottom part of the bottles, with the remnants being recycled, so once the poppy shape is cut out, the poppies need to be hand painted to create a realistic looking flower.“
The huge task of painting the flowers has been undertaken by students of Brecon College’s Foundation Studies Department who Jules said have already proved their artistic merit by producing the “amazing” totem poles which can be found in the garden.
The students painted hundreds of plastic poppies in red with a black centre to create the traditional poppy – they managed to complete the amazing achievement in less than two weeks.
Another group of students from the college – from the Horticultural Department – are taking on the task of replanting the original peace monument area of the garden.
Jules said: “They will do this as a stand alone project visiting the site, planning the planting scheme and finally replanting the beds around the monument.
“The Wildlife Garden is another area which we felt needed more work doing to it and we are pleased to announce that the Brecon Detachment of Army Cadets are to take on the revamping of this area.
“It will remain, essentially, a wildlife garden, but will also pay tribute both to the town’s links with the military and echo the numerous engagements featured on the benches we have sited in the garden.
“It’s fair to say that the finished result is going to be something no other town has and, as the benches have proven to be, will become a real talking point as well as something for residents and visitors alike to admire.”
Like everyone in the town, the Brecon Hive were restricted in what they were able to do through 2020 due to lockdowns and legal restrictions.
This combined with many of its members having their own businesses which needed attention once Wales had started to open up again.
Jules said: “We have now spent several weekends working there trying to get the garden back to how we would like it to be and have also linked with several groups of young adults in Brecon to help us in the task of maintaining the garden and also to encourage a sense of pride in their town by giving each group an area to work on.”
Anybody who would like more information about the Brecon Hive or their work should email thebreconhive@gmail.com.
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