We worked with the Severnside Community Rail Partnership and GWR to create a pollinator pathway in and around the city of Bristol. The planter at Patchway Railway Station, located on the South Wales Main Line, is one of five planters to be installed in the first phase of this platform-based habitat-creating project.
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Shirehampton Railway Station, Bristol
We worked with the Severnside Community Rail Partnership and GWR to create a pollinator pathway in and around the city of Bristol. The planter at Shirehampton Railway Station, located on the Severn Beach Line, is one of five planters to be installed in the first phase of this platform-based habitat-creating project.
Sea Mills Railway Station, Bristol
We worked with the Severnside Community Rail Partnership and GWR to create a pollinator pathway in and around the city of Bristol. The planter at Sea Mills Railway Station, located on the Severn Beach Line, is one of five planters to be installed in the first phase of this platform-based habitat-creating project.
Lawrence Hill Railway Station, Bristol
We worked with the Severnside Community Rail Partnership and GWR to create a pollinator pathway in and around the city of Bristol. The planter at Lawrence Hill Railway Station, located on the Severn Beach Line and Cross Country Route, is one of five planters to be installed in the first phase of this platform-based habitat-creating …
Trowbridge Railway Station, Wiltshire
In February 2025, we installed two self-watering planters at Trowbridge Railway Station, brightening up an otherwise forgotten end of the station. We have exciting plans for this area and hope to build on the nature habitat with a bee-themed art installation. These planters add to GWR’s ever-growing bee-friendly rail network.
Gateshead Network Rail Works Delivery Depot, Tyne & Wear
In addition to railway stations, we also create habitats for bees and wildlife at station serving depots. These planters are brightening up the Network Rail Works Delivery Depot at Team Valley, Gateshead.
The Bee Friendly Awards are Back – and Need You!
Our Bee Friendly Awards are entering their fourth year in 2025 and we are welcoming entries now! It’s the perfect project to get started with as we all turn our thoughts towards spring. You can apply for a Bee Friendly Award as a village, a parish, a community group, a station, an office or business, …
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We’re taking The Bee Friendly Skep Project into Schools!
From the National Trust’s Attingham Park, Shropshire to Worcestershire’s Norton Juxta Kempsey CofE Primary School; The Bee Friendly Trust Skep Project has taken to the road. Our travelling exhibition, made possible thanks to funding from the Arts Council, already features six skeps painted by the award-winning presenter Maddie Moate and five talented female artists: Lucy …
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Why Every Winter Garden Needs a Bug Hotel
If you’ve been busy getting your garden winter-ready, gathering fallen leaves and securing sheds, there’s a chance you may have overlooked one of this season’s most important jobs. Creating habitats for overwintering wildlife. You might leave a pile of twigs and logs at the back of a border for beetles, centipedes, woodlice and spiders to …
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New Barnet Railway Station, London
In our ongoing project with Govia Thameslink to enrich the bio-diversity of their stations, we have installed Homes for Nature – each with hibernacula, bird boxes and our signature bug hotels.
