We are excited to reveal our charity Christmas cards. Created for us by Somerset-based printmaker Hayley Cove, each card depicts a beehives in the snow. Each card is printed on recycled card and comes with a recycled brown envelope. The card has been left blank for your own message. Available to buy individually or as …
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We commissioned Somerset-based printmaker Hayley Cove to create an atmospheric card that could be used for sending Christmas greetings and more. Her design, Beehives in Winter, stole our hearts so much that we had to have it made into a limited edition print. Available to buy in the BFT shop, the Beehives in Winter greetings …
Southfields Station is the gateway to the Wimbledon tennis tournament. A large bed on the platforms had been abandoned for years – possibly decades. We have begun a reclamation job. Two beautiful olive trees and a giant palm have been released from a jungle of weeds, climbers and other invasives, and the bed is slowly …
We’ve added benches to our planters, so now you can take a seat whilst enjoying the bee-friendly plants and watching pollinators in action. These benches are on our planters at Reading Railway Station in Berkshire. If you’re waiting on a train or bus to Heathrow Airport, why not check them out and take a load …
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We worked with Network Rail, Food4Familes and Launchpad135 to install these planters with pews at Reading Railway Station, Berkshire. They accompany the work we did at the station to mark the late Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, where, supported by station staff and local volunteers, we replanted pre-existing brick planters with bee-friendly plants in red, white and …
Look after the forest and the forest will look after you – those are the wise words illustrated by BFT team member Lesley Hipple on the wall of the Bee Friendly Trust wildlife garden and apiary at Coram’s Fields in London.
The platforms are very narrow at Canons Park Underground Station in London, but we were able to squeeze in two slimline planters, one on each side. Thanks to Transport for London.
We joined forces with Great Northern Rail to create this unique creature feature and bug hotel at Gordon Hill Railway Station in London. Featuring old parquet flooring from the station plus a forgotten artwork salvaged from Barbican Railway Station, also in London, it’s proof that anything can be transformed into a welcome home for wildlife. …
After discussions with local residents, we installed two Mediterranean beds on two tired patched of grass outside the station. Olive trees, rosemary and lavender make up the planting. Since we built the planters local enthusiasts have extended the planting to make the areas outside the station inviting for all.
A large brick built planter that is part of the original design at the station was lovingly looked after for years by one of the station staff. But with their retirement it had been sadly neglected. We stepped in and refurbished the planting and also transformed an abandoned grit box into a second, small planter.
