Thanks to an initiative of the «AG grüner uHu» working group (roughly: «greener around the house»), a wild bee pocket park was created in 2022 in the middle of the urban surroundings of the Manegg. Between the SZU railway tracks and building A1 of Greencity on Allmendstrasse in Wollishofen, a ruderal area of barely 100 m² offered good conditions for a pocket park. The members of the working group look after the site's further development and want to use the park to raise awareness of wild bees and biodiversity.
Partners
This pocket park was designed by our association's gardener Sebastian Wagener, who is also responsible for its upkeep together with his team (gartenmaldrei.ch). Our president, André Rey, surveyed the target wild bee species and helped define the measures needed to support them.
The pocket park is financed by the Genossenschaft Hofgarten, the wogeno, the Hausverein Manegg and the AG Grüner uHu.
Petrig AG in Volketswil supports the project with a weatherproof, custom-made mount for the information panel.
