Southfields Station is the gateway to the Wimbledon tennis tournament. A large bed on the platforms had been abandoned for years – possibly decades. We have begun a reclamation job. Two beautiful olive trees and a giant palm have been released from a jungle of weeds, climbers and other invasives, and the bed is slowly …
Category archives: Railway Station
Reading Railway Station, Berkshire
We worked with Network Rail, Food4Familes and Launchpad135 to install these planters with pews at Reading Railway Station, Berkshire. They accompany the work we did at the station to mark the late Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, where, supported by station staff and local volunteers, we replanted pre-existing brick planters with bee-friendly plants in red, white and …
Canons Park Underground Station, London
The platforms are very narrow at Canons Park Underground Station in London, but we were able to squeeze in two slimline planters, one on each side. Thanks to Transport for London.
Gordon Hill Railway Station, London
We joined forces with Great Northern Rail to create this unique creature feature and bug hotel at Gordon Hill Railway Station in London. Featuring old parquet flooring from the station plus a forgotten artwork salvaged from Barbican Railway Station, also in London, it’s proof that anything can be transformed into a welcome home for wildlife.
Southgate Railway Station, London
After discussions with local residents, we are building two Mediterranean beds on two tired patched of grass outside the station. Olive trees, rosemary and lavender make up the planting.
Epping Railway Station, Essex
A large brick built planter that is part of the original design at the station was lovingly looked after for years by one of the station staff. But with their retirement it had been sadly neglected. We stepped in and refurbished the planting and also transformed an abandoned grit box into a second, small planter.
Barbican Railway Station, London
A huge pop up garden on an abandoned platform at Barbican station, had itself been abandoned. We came in and cleared away broken planters, removed rogue buddleia, refashioned the remaining thirty planters into clusters interspersed with some old terracotta pots that we found elsewhere on the station. We have planted up with rosemary and grasses …
Braintree Freeport Railway Station, Essex
Previously overgrown but now planted up with rosemary plants, thanks to the Bee Friendly Trust and the Essex and South Suffolk Community Rail Partnership. As these plants mature, they will cover the bank every spring with a sea of blue/purple, bee-friendly flowers.
Upper Holloway Railway Station, London
London Overground gave us funds to create a dry garden and a wildlife area at Upper Holloway Railway Station in spring 2023.
Gunnislake Railway Station, Cornwall
Gunnislake Railway Station on the Cornwall/Devon border features a wonderful example of one of the Trust’s self-watering planters. Filled with lavenders and flowering herbs, these plants will be kept blooming thanks to a cleverly hidden water storage system. The planter is sponsored by GWR and joins their network of bee-friendly station projects across the South …
