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 …
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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
London Overground gave us funds to create a dry garden and a wildlife area at Upper Holloway Railway Station in spring 2023.
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 …
Bee Friendly Awards are back!
It’s that time of the year! We’re on the lookout for residents, businesses and groups transforming the nation into a haven for bees and pollinators. Last year saw towns Alresford, Essex; Arundel, West Sussex; Kenilworth, Warwickshire; Leek, Staffordshire; Tring, Hertfordshire; and Wimborne, Dorset being awarded for their inspiration efforts in celebrating pollinators on their patch. …
Burt’s Bees x Bee Friendly Trust
We’re excited to be the charity partner for the new collaboration between Burt’s Bees and Wild Fawn Jewellery. The collaboration celebrates the new look of the Burt’s Bees iconic Beeswax Lip Balm Tin and features not only the new lip balm tin but also a hand-crafted necklace, made in London from recycled sterling silver. The …
Wildflower Seeds Now In Stock!
We’ve teamed up with illustrator Esther Kirkpatrick to create these beautiful wildflower seed packets. Each packet features Mother Earth walking through a wildflower meadow of poppies, cornflowers and marigolds, alive with bees and butterflies; and contains a sachet of pollinator-friendly wildflower seed mix. The mix comprises poppies, cornflowers and marigolds, as well as chamomile, white …
