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.
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Petra Schmidt & Dante Villa
Our beautiful Bee Box was designed by Petra Schmidt and created by craftsman Dante Villa. The box is packed with honey jars, each filled not with honey but by something – a foodstuff or product – that we would not have without the work of honeybees. The lid of every jar contains pollen – a …
Frome Safer School Streets, Somerset
A Safer School Street is an area that limits vehicle access during school pickup or drop-off, making it safer for people to walk to wheel to school. We were asked by Frome Town Council to provide 12 bee-friendly planters for their Safer School Street trial in 2024. Each self-watering planter was planted up by local …
Plymouth Railway Station, Devon
We were asked by GWR to update the station staff’s growing patch at Plymouth Station. We added three of our self-watering planters to their platform garden. The space provides the station team with a tranquil spot to sit and recharge during breaks, as well as an opportunity to showcase their green-fingers!
Walton-on-the-Naze Railway Station, Essex
The unique planter at Walton-on-the-Naze combines two of our loves – bee-friendly planting and artwork. When installed, we worked with the community to create a backdrop of poems and pyrographics. The hexagonal tokens, made by Tendring Writers Group, run by Faye Raithe, Shorefields School, Clacton Coastal Academy, and The Colchester Refugee, Asylum Seekers and Migrants …
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Hornchurch Railway Station, London
Clearing the long abandoned beds at Hornchurch Station was a challenge. But if you visit the station today, you will find beds abundant with plants and pollinators; quite the transformation.
Your Bee Friendly lavender pruning 101
If you’ve been growing lavender for bees and pollinators, chances are you’ve been enjoying a colourful display of flowers for the past few months. However, to ensure these floral displays for many more years to come, you’ll now need to start thinking about the ongoing maintenance of your lavender plants. This means lavender pruning. Pruning …
Oxford Graffiti Crew
We worked with GWR to commission this 12m-long mural to brighten up a shipping container positioned in the long-stay car park at Oxford Railway Station. The Oxford Graffiti Crew celebrated the university city and its many wildlife habitat projects, including the installation of bee-friendly planters across the railway station.
One Degree Academy
At Gordon Hill Railway Station, we ran a project to engage both school children and the travelling public in looking for and identifying the fauna and flora that can be seen at the station, by encouraging observation, and recording what it seen. We worked with Key Stage 2 students at One Degree Academy who got to …
Newbury Railway Station, Berkshire
GWR commissioned four self-watering planters for its busy railway station in Newbury. They are planted with bee-friendly hebe, lavender, rosemary, salvia, thyme and lemon balm.