Our Story...
Hi, my name is Cherisse and Urbee is our ethical family business. We are from a little corner of South East London and living on the edge of an urban jungle, we appreciate the need more than ever to have natural
habitats around us. Places where bees can forage and thrive.
Urbee is a company with an aim, not only to design and provide lovely products for people, homes and gardens, but to also raise awareness of how important bees and other pollinating insects are to our
environment and survival.
Through Urbee we hope to aid in their conservation by not only raising awareness but by also donating a percentage of all profits to 'Buglife' – a wonderful conservation charity who do incredible things for pollinating insects. Urbee is a corporate partner and funds raised from sales have purchased wildflower seed for B-Lines projects across the UK.
Urbee is short for ‘Urban Bee’🐝 and the company arose from a love of wildlife and the natural world.
Designs are based on a playful, contemporary style, focusing on simple shapes, nature and clean lines.
My professional background is in design and print, starting out my career in litho printing, then studying and working as an artworker for some of London’s leading packaging design agencies.
The aim is to have as many products made in the UK as possible. Supporting our British economy and heritage is essential and sustainability is a key aim. We are always striving to find ways to be more environmentally friendly and reduce any impact on the planet. Urbee is also proud to be member of Ecologi - helping to fund tree-planting and carbon offset projects across the world.
We make all of our own home fragrance items - hand-poured in small batches using ecosoy wax and non-toxic diffuser bases to make our items as safe and eco-friendly as possible. Our natural EO range (essential oil) is inspired by the flowers, herbs and fruit plants that bees adore and carefully blended using only pure essential oils that work in harmony with each other
As a family we partake in regular conservation surveys, such as Beewalk and the UKBMS (UK Butterfly Monitoring Survey), and submit data to help with pollinator numbers and conservation efforts.
Over the last couple of years we have also worked closely with Butterfly Conservation and their Big City Butterflies project to improve local wildflower habitat in Eltham, SE London.
Growing up, my amazing and hard-working Mum grew plants professionally (amongst other things) and her love of all things botanical clearly rubbed off over the years. She’s now my go to for plant advice and mentoring. 🌼
I’m proud to now follow in her footsteps by offering lots of lovely bee and pollinator friendly plants, herbs
and wildflowers.
Inspiration for Urbee is found in many areas of my life, from the place where we live and its contrast with the natural and urban environments around us, my appreciation of lovely home products, my real passion for gardening, and the thorough enjoyment I get from seeing my children happy and excited when they discover something new. We're on a fabulous journey of discovery, learning about these amazing little creatures and what we can do to help them thrive again.
