The garden at Norwood Junction Railway Station had been long forgotten. Grace, one of the station staff, had the idea to transform it into a wellbeing garden. The nearby South Norwood Community Kitchen, which provides meals for the needy, were invited to join the project and use the garden as a space for growing food. …
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We have been working with the staff of Nando’s at their head office in Putney, close by our planters at East Putney Station. A bee club has been formed, hives installed on their roof, and regular training sessions established. The Nando’s Bee Club meet once a week and look after the bees and spin honey …
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 …
A new student accommodation building in Hythe, near Colchester has been given a homes for nature make-over with bird boxes, bee house, giant bug hotel mushrooms, and a seeding of wildflowers.
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.
The wildlife garden at Wrabness Railway Station in Essex is an example of a community project at its best. The brain child of Terri Ryland and Jayne Sumner of Essex & South Suffolk Community Rail, it has been designed with local commuters, villagers and schoolchildren at its heart. From the artwork displayed around the site, …
We were asked by the Royal Academy of Music to help them with their beehive project. Our team donned their bee suits and installed forage rich terracotta planters on the roof terrace around the hives. With the lavender and rosemary planted by our gardeners, and the riches of Regents Park just a few wing beats …
We were approached by the family of Amanda Battini in 2021 with the request to create a commemorative bee-friendly tribute for a woman who loved nature and bees. With donations from the family, friends and Amanda’s former workplace, Mills & Reeve LLP, we commissioned this striking iron structure by artist blacksmith Thomas Gontar, as a …
Following on from the success of our lockdown wildlife garden project, we were pleased to be supported by the Mayor of London and the Grow Back Greener Fund for a major project of further nature planting at Coram’s Fields. Coram’s Fields is a children’s charity that serves as a safe place for all children to …
Coram’s Fields is a children’s charity that serves as a safe place for all children to play, as well as offering an after school and holiday programme and youth centre for 13-29-year-olds, in the heart of London. On the opposite side of the site to our original wildlife garden and apiary, an area of neglected …
