This impressive cross-shaped planter was installed under the cover of darkness to ensure maximum surprise for commuters come Monday morning. And, it definitely did. Sitting on the site of a former coffee shop, the planter measures a whopping 7m in diameter and is filled with ten tons of soil and compost. The simple planting of …
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We worked with the Blackmore Vale Line Community Rail Partnership to install planters at this picturesque station in Wiltshire. The first bee-friendly planter (pictured) was installed in 2018; four years later, we replaced a pre-existing planter (which was decaying) and, most recently, we built a slimline one for a narrower part of the platform. Filled …
Thames Ditton Railway Station is quite the pollinator-friendly habitat. Railings lined with flower boxes, planted up wheelbarrows and this impressive Bee Friendly bug hotel. You’ll find it at the entrance to the station – filled with logs, branches, hollow twigs and more, it’s the perfect place of bugs, beetles and solitary bees to overwinter. You’ll …
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 habitat by filling the hive with hollow twigs, logs, leaves and more. He even …
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 …
Here at the Bee Friendly Trust, we love collaboration and we also aim to inspire the next generation. So, imagine our joy when installing planters at Clacton-on-Sea Railway Station, to find our team of helpers were children from a local primary school. The sun shone as we taught them about pollination and the importance of …
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.
We brought an abandoned bed at Loughton Railway Station in Essex back to life. Built of concrete, it is part of the original station design dating back to 1940. As well as replanting, we also worked on the little pond in the centre of the planter, to attract pond life back to the station.
A group of local enthusiasts approached for help with this project. We assisted with the clearing out of long neglected beds and also planted a now thriving small fruit orchard. The station is currently in the process of being rebuilt with a new accessible entrance. New flower beds and planters will be part of the …
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.
