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, […]
Category archives: Community Projects
Royal Academy of Music, London
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 […]
Culpepper Community Garden, London
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 […]
Coram’s Fields Youth Project #2, London
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 Youth Project #1, London
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 […]
Paddington Arts, London
We worked with Paddington Arts youth project in West London to bring back bees to their roof and start a regular bee club.
Royal Docks Adventure, London
We worked with the Royal Docks Adventure, a youth project in London Docklands, to install an apiary of two hives on their roof. The youth club is situated immediately opposite London City Airport and provides a wide range of water sports activities for the local community. The hives form part of a new greening and […]
L’Ecole des Petits & L’Ecole de Battersea, London
We were proud to be the nominated charity of L’Ecole des Petits and L’Ecole de Battersea in 2020/2021. The two schools provide an outstanding bilingual education for children aged 3 to 11 years old, and cater for English, French and International families who wish their children to grow up and to be educated in a bilingual […]
Coram’s Fields Wildlife Garden and Apiary, London
The Bee Friendly Trust has a long-standing relationship with Coram’s Fields. They gave a home to our office for a while, and we now work with them to maintain their Wildlife Garden and our Apiary. As well as honey bees, within this tranquil space, in the heart of London, newts breed in the ponds, bumble […]
Bottesford Railway Station, Lincolnshire
We worked with the Poacher Line Community Rail Partnership, East Midlands Trains, Bottesford Parish Council and Lincolnshire County Council to transform an old stationmaster’s shed and an area of overgrown and neglected land into a sensory wildlife garden, for residents and commuters – and pollinators – to use and enjoy. The garden, opened in June […]
