We don’t just provide forage for our honey bee and pollinator friends; we give them safe spaces to live in, too. This bug hotel in an unwanted bee hive is one such example. Dan worked his magic making a welcoming wildlife habit by filling it with hollow twigs, logs, leaves and more. He even planted …
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Alresford Railway Station, Essex
A fine example of everything we have to offer. Working with Essex County Council, Essex & Suffolk Community Partnership and Greater Anglia: Phase one of our work at Alresford involved installing our debut railway station orchard. When asked what we could do with a narrow strip of grass running along the length of a platform …
Clacton-on-Sea Railway Station, Essex
Here at the Bee Friendly Trust, we love collaboration and we also to inspire the next generation. So, imagine our joy to find our team of helper were children from a local primary school. The sun shone as we taught them about the importance of bees and pollination, and they couldn’t wait to get their …
Great Bentley Railway Station, Essex
Great Bentley was the first station in Essex that we worked on with the Essex & South Suffolk Community Rail Partnership. We transformed the old gardens at the station, built a planter, and worked with children from neighbouring Great Bentley School to fill the planter with pollinator friendly flowers.
Loughton Railway Station, Essex
An abandoned bed at Loughton station in Essex has been brought back to life by the BFT. Built of concrete it is part of the original station design dating back to 1940. As well as replanting we are working on the little pond in the centre of the planter which we will revive over the …
Leyton Underground Station, London
A group of local enthusiasts approached for help with this project, clearing out long neglected beds and now starting work on a small orchard.
Woodford Underground Station, London
Underground in Bloom winners thanks to our collaboration with Transport for London staff at the station and our gardening team. The station beds have been transformed and a bespoke bug hotel added.
Newbury Park Underground Station, London
Our Worker Bees team did some stellar work clearing the 35m long bed and bank at Newbury Park. Once a well-tended garden, but left forgotten, we cleared out the weeds and created a heritage variety fruit orchard along the length of the station. The bank behind was already an important and much-used wildlife habitat so …
Highbury & Islington Underground Station, London
We were privileged to be asked to create a planter in memory of Bill Little, the popular flower seller who brightened up people’s lives with his stall at Highbury Corner for three decades. Our floral installation seemed a fitting tribute to someone so in love with blooms. His son Andy, his youngest sister Pauline and …
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Snaresbrook Underground Station, London
We have brought the original station garden back to life. It was first planted in 1896 and now looks as good as ever, thanks to our gardening team and a stalwart group of local volunteers. If you stop by keep an eye out for the stag beetle colony amongst the tree roots, and for Pablo’s …
