The event brought together artists, musicians, ecologists and community members through a program of hands-on activities and conversations. Participants took part in nest box building for local wildlife, sewing joey pouches for orphans, seed planting for habitat regeneration, and workshops exploring themes of ecology, grief, healing and hope in the face of ecological loss.

Alongside practical conservation actions, sessions such as Healing the Rift and Death and Hope created space for reflection on our relationship with the more-than-human world and the collective work of care required to repair damaged ecosystems. And then we danced to remember why we care so deeply.

Busy Bees for Wildlife became both a practical response and a communal act of tending — bringing people together to transform grief into action, and to nurture renewed relationships with the living world