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.
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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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Beehives in Winter
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 Railway Station, London
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 …
Sit down and smell the bee-friendly plants!
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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Reading Railway Station, Berkshire
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
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.
