Alice Baker

When faced with the large-scale blank white walls of Worcestershire Parkway Railway Station, we knew we had the perfect canvas for an interactive and engaging art commissioned. So, with support from GWR, we commissioned Somerset-artist Alice Baker to create a mural depicting a world without pollinators – and the powerful change that can happen when …

Madeleine Higgs

In 2020, the Bee Friendly Trust launched a competition to create a unique sculpture that would draw public attention to the worrying fact that populations of honey bee and many other vital pollinators are dwindling. The entries were diverse and original. But one, designed by university student Madeleine Higgs, stood out for the simplicity of …

Helen Musselwhite

The Yards & The Bees was a series of bold art installations celebrating urban bees at The Yards Covent Garden, in London. After the exhibition came to a close, three of the four artworks were generously donated to the Bee Friendly Trust. ‘Bees in the City’ (pictured) by Helen Musselwhite – who typically works with …

Sorcha Faulkner

When we were in need of an illustrator to help us create ID guides for station nature trails, we looked no further than Sorcha Faulkner. Based in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, her distinct style provides anatomically correct detail, whilst remaining fun, fresh and appealing-to-all. Find her work on our nature trail tiles and posters at …

Abbey Lossing

The Yards & The Bees was a series of bold art installations celebrating urban bees at The Yards Covent Garden, in London. After the exhibition came to a close, three of the four artworks were generously donated to the Bee Friendly Trust. ‘Urban Ecosystem’ (pictured) by illustrator and animator Abbey Lossing was placed on display …

Susie Jenkins, Cobnuts

What wildlife garden would be complete without a bug hotel of some sort? Those were are sentiments when we commissioned cob-artist Susie Jenkins of Cobnuts to come up with a unique design for Alresford Rail Station in Essex. The result, a life-size model of commuters with holes in their eyes, mouths and clothing where solitary …

Jack Fawdry Tatham

Jack Fawdry Tatham is an artist and bee keeper based in London. He works with traditional printmaking techniques, drawing on to copper plates to produce highly detailed works on paper – such as our Build-a-Bee puppet. Here, he has combined his love of printmaking and bee keeping in a limited edition etching, showing the detailed …

Natasha Clutterbuck

We commissioned local artist Natasha Clutterbuck to create a bee-friendly mural for the waiting room at Frome Railway Station – one of the oldest railway station still in operation in Britain. She used a palette of charcoal, local mud and vegetable stains to provide colour to the plants and pollinators. How many pollinators can you …