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 short for ‘Urban Bee’ 🐝 — a UK pollinator and nature brand specialising in bee-themed gifts, sustainable home fragrance, plants, honey and children’s nature products.
Through Urbee, we hope to support pollinator conservation by raising awareness and donating a percentage of all profits to Buglife — The Invertebrate Conservation Trust, a wonderful charity doing incredible work for pollinating insects. Urbee is a corporate partner, and funds raised from sales have helped purchase wildflower seed for B-Lines projects across the UK.
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.
We aim to have as many of our products made in the UK as possible. Supporting our British economy and heritage is important to us, and sustainability is a key part of Urbee. We are always striving to find ways to be more environmentally friendly and reduce our impact on the planet. Urbee is also proud to be a member of Ecologi, helping to fund tree-planting and carbon-offset projects around the world.
We make all of our own sustainable home fragrance products, hand-poured in small batches using ecosoy wax and non-toxic diffuser bases. Our natural essential oil range is inspired by the flowers, herbs and fruit plants that bees adore, and each blend is carefully created using pure essential oils that work in harmony with one another.
As a family, we take part in regular conservation surveys, including BeeWalk and the UKBMS (UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme), submitting our findings to help improve understanding of pollinator populations and support conservation efforts.
We have also worked closely with Butterfly Conservation and their Big City Butterflies project to improve local wildflower habitat in Eltham, South East London.
Growing up, my 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 a range of bee and pollinator-friendly plants, herbs
and wildflowers.
Inspiration for Urbee comes from many areas of my life — from the place where we live and the contrast between the natural and urban environments around us, to my love of beautiful home products, my passion for gardening, and the joy I get from seeing my children excited as 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.
To learn more about Urbee, or just to have a chat, we'd love to hear from you.
email: info@urbee.co.uk
A little note about Urbee:
Urbee is an independent UK pollinator and nature brand. We are not affiliated with other businesses using the Urbee name.
