The team at McCarthy Stone‘s Gilbert Place Retirement Living Plus development in Swindon is proud to be enhancing the local wildlife environment after installing a variety of bee bricks, bird boxes and wildlife plants.
The UK’s leading developer and manager of retirement communities worked alongside Professional Ecological Consultants to conserve and enhance the natural environment at Gilbert Place.
Located in the landscaped gardens of the development on Lowry Way is a high number of native and ornamental wildlife planting species, in addition to integrated bee bricks, terraced sparrow boxes and Manthorpe swift bricks.
Nicki Beswarick, Divisional Marketing Manager at McCarthy Stone Southern, comments: “As a company, our responsibility goes further than building quality, purpose-built retirement properties, we also aim to create an eco-friendly environment within our communities.
“We’re really proud to be able to help protect the local environment at our Gilbert Place development in Swindon, and we look forward to launching more initiatives like this in the future.”
80-year-old Mr Manners, homeowner at Gilbert Place, adds: “I’m a semi-retired farmer so I do have some ecological experience, and when I saw the fantastic bee bricks, bird boxes and wildlife plants I was absolutely over the moon.
“It’s fantastic to see the team at McCarthy Stone do their bit to help the environment, and it’s truly wonderful to see the bees going in and out of the bricks. I can’t wait to help out with this brilliant project.”
Gilbert Place comprises of a host of stunning one and two-bedroom apartments exclusively designed for the over 70s. Homeowners at the Gilbert Place Retirement Living Plus development have access to a stylish and welcoming communal lounge, perfect for socialising with new neighbours, landscaped gardens maintained by McCarthy Stone’s team, and a handy guest suite for when family and friends come to stay.
To find out more about Gilbert Place please call 0800 153 3076, or visit www.mccarthystone.co.uk/gilbert-place.
