On the outskirts of a new housing development in Witham, a town in Essex, we have created a bee haven – a housing development for bees and other pollinators. There are bee houses, bird boxes, and plants and seeding to ensure year-round forage, from spring Broom and summer Sunflowers to autumn Skimmia and winter Ivy.
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Reading Green Park Railway Station, Berkshire
We installed two self-watering planters on the concourse outside Reading Green Park Railway Station, in March 2024. These planters add to the bee-friendly planting already present throughout this new development and station, and add to GWR’s ever-expanding network of platform-based pollinator habitats.
Weymouth Railway Station, Dorset
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 …
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 …