A huge pop up garden on an abandoned platform at Barbican station, had itself been abandoned. We came in and cleared away broken planters, removed rogue buddleia, refashioned the remaining thirty planters into clusters interspersed with some old terracotta pots that we found elsewhere on the station. We have planted up with rosemary and grasses …
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Join us in the Magners’ Secret Cider Garden
Live music from the likes of Karen Harding, live art installations from up-and-coming UK artists, giveaways and, of course, Magners cider; it can only mean one thing: their popular series of Secret Cider Garden gigs are back. We’re excited to have joined forces with Magners Irish Cider as the charity partner for their 2023 series …
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When the BeeDome visited the National Trust’s Attingham Park
A fantastic weekend was had by all at the National Trust’s Attingham Park in Shropshire, with a Bank Holiday of bee-friendly activities in our popular BeeDome. It was the BeeDome’s first outing for a couple of years but activities, which included making bee bunting, bee pebble painting, “beekeeping”, and Waggle Dancing, proved it hadn’t lost …
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And the Bee Friendly 2023 winners are…
We were thrilled with the applications for this year’s Bee Friendly Awards, now in their second year. So thrilled, in fact, that we awarded eight communities, towns and groups with Bee Friendly status, based on the hard work they’ve been doing transforming neglected spaces into bee havens. From planting up rows of unwanted wellington boots …
Braintree Freeport Railway Station, Essex
Previously overgrown but now planted up with rosemary plants, thanks to the Bee Friendly Trust and the Essex and South Suffolk Community Rail Partnership. As these plants mature, they will cover the bank every spring with a sea of blue/purple, bee-friendly flowers.
Upper Holloway Railway Station, London
We have planted a beautiful Mediterranean dry garden on one of the platforms, and our volunteers are creating a peaceful garden for staff and wildlife across an overgrown area that has a small orchard, fruit bushes, and forage for bees, alongside seating for station staff their breaks.
Wrabness Station Wildlife Garden, Essex
The wildlife garden at Wrabness Railway Station in Essex is an example of a community project at its best. The brain child of Terri Ryland and Jayne Sumner of Essex & South Suffolk Community Rail, it has been designed with local commuters, villagers and schoolchildren at its heart. From the artwork displayed around the site, …
Her Majesty
This striking, wood-carved Queen Bee was created by Suraiya K Tuku of Citywood in East London for the Wrabness Station Wildlife Garden in Essex. A fitting tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II.
Gunnislake Railway Station, Cornwall
Gunnislake Railway Station on the Cornwall/Devon border features a wonderful example of one of the Trust’s self-watering planters. Filled with lavenders and flowering herbs, these plants will be kept blooming thanks to a cleverly hidden water storage system. The planter is sponsored by GWR and joins their network of bee-friendly station projects across the South …
Wrabness Railway Station, Essex
The wildlife garden at Wrabness Railway Station is a bee-autiful example of what the Bee Friendly Trust does best. The culmination of months of team effort, with input from Essex & South Suffolk Community Rail, Greater Anglia, the Community Rail Network and more, helping to transform a nettle and bramble matted space into a wildlife …