Phase one involved us installing two planters on the working side of this single-track railway station – one of the oldest railway stations still in operation in Britain. We also commissioned local artist Natasha Clutterbuck, who uses natural materials such as muds and vegetable dyes as her paint palette, to create a bee-friendly mural in …
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Debden Railway Station, London
Adding to our popular TFL-led cluster of bee-friendly projects at London underground stations, our team breathed new life into a neglected station-long planter.
Peterborough Railway Station, Cambridgeshire
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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Tisbury Railway Station, Wiltshire
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, Surrey
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 …
Mistley Railway Station, Essex
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 …
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 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 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
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.