In 2024, the volunteers at Weymouth Railway Station in Dorset became the proud owners of four of our new bee-friendly bug hotels. Thanks to support from the South Wessex Community Rail Partnership, these bug hotels will help pollinators, including solitary bees and ladybirds, thrive at the station. They also add to the wildlife-focused planting already …
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The Bee Friendly Awards are back – with a new category
Our popular Bee Friendly Awards are back! Now in their third year, our annual Awards celebrate the bee-friendly achievements of towns and cities around the country. They celebrate the habitat-forming initiatives that create new homes for wildlife. They showcase the collaborations that are helping to extend pollinator pathways across the nation. They shout about the …
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We’re buzzing about 2024 already!
We’re welcoming in the New Year by welcoming even more stations to our family of bee-friendly railway station projects. As part of on ongoing project with Govia Thameslink to install homes for nature across their network of stations, we have: Planted a forgotten area in front of London Blackfriars Station’s south entrance with rosemary and spring …
Harlington Railway Station, Bedfordshire
The bank on Harlington Station’s northbound platform has had hibernaculum, bird boxes and bee hotel installed. Created as part of our project with Govia Thameslink to install homes for nature across their network of stations.
Radlett Railway Station, Hertfordshire
We have installed homes for nature throughout the car park at Radlett Railway Station. Created as part of our project with Govia Thameslink to install homes for nature across their network of stations.
St. Albans City Railway Station, Hertfordshire
At St. Albans City Railway Station, we have installed homes for nature throughout the car park such as the pictured gabion. Created as part of our project with Govia Thameslink to install homes for nature across their network of stations.
Kentish Town Underground Station, London
At Kentish Town Station, we maximised the wildlife habitat potential of the station’s original giant brick planters by installing hibernaculum, bird boxes and a bee hotel there. Created as part of our project with Govia Thameslink to install homes for nature across their network of stations.
Blackfriars Railway Station, London
Created as part of on ongoing project with Govia Thameslink to install homes for nature across their network of stations and featured in the 2025 Channel 5 documentary The Secret Life of Bees. At Blackfriars, we planted up a forgotten area in front of the south entrance with rosemary and spring bulbs. Elsewhere, we installed …
Need charity Christmas cards? It’s not too late to order from us
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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Hayley Cove
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 …