We were asked by GWR to update the station staff’s growing patch at Plymouth Station. We added three of our self-watering planters to their platform garden. The space provides the station team with a tranquil spot to sit and recharge during breaks, as well as an opportunity to showcase their green-fingers!
Category archives: Railway Station
Walton-on-the-Naze Railway Station, Essex
The unique planter at Walton-on-the-Naze combines two of our loves – bee-friendly planting and artwork. When installed, we worked with the community to create a backdrop of poems and pyrographics. The hexagonal tokens, made by Tendring Writers Group, run by Faye Raithe, Shorefields School, Clacton Coastal Academy, and The Colchester Refugee, Asylum Seekers and Migrants …
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Hornchurch Railway Station, London
Clearing the long abandoned beds at Hornchurch Station was a challenge. But if you visit the station today, you will find beds abundant with plants and pollinators; quite the transformation.
Newbury Railway Station, Berkshire
GWR commissioned four self-watering planters for its busy railway station in Newbury. They are planted with bee-friendly hebe, lavender, rosemary, salvia, thyme and lemon balm.
Pewsey Railway Station, Wiltshire
We were asked by GWR to update two forgotten planters, either side of the waiting room at Pewsey Station. Once looked after by the local Women’s Institute, but now tended by the station team and local volunteers, it was felt raised beds would be easier for all to manage. And make more of an impact.
Neasden Railway Station, London
There are a couple of old abandoned platforms at Neasden Station, dating back to 1880. The trains no longer stop at them, and the giant planters made from old railway sleepers, had been abandoned for decades. With a clearing of rubbish and a coat of paint, and with some new planting, they now cheer up the …
Rayners Lane Railway Station, London
Charles Holden’s classic station at Rayners Lane was opened in 1938. It included two ornamental flower beds. Abandoned for decades and the homes of brambles and rats, they have been brought back to their pre-war splendour by the BFT gardening team. We think that one or two of the plants might date back to the …
Reading Green Park Railway Station, Berkshire
We installed two self-watering planters on the concourse outside Reading Green Park Railway Station, in March 2024. These planters add to the bee-friendly planting already present throughout this new development and station, and add to GWR’s ever-expanding network of platform-based pollinator habitats.
Weymouth Railway Station, Dorset
In 2024, the volunteers at Weymouth Railway Station in Dorset became the proud owners of four of our new bee-friendly bug hotels. Thanks to support from the South Wessex Community Rail Partnership, these bug hotels will help pollinators, including solitary bees and ladybirds, thrive at the station. They also add to the wildlife-focused planting already …
Harlington Railway Station, Bedfordshire
The bank on Harlington Station’s northbound platform has had hibernaculum, bird boxes and bee hotel installed. Created as part of our project with Govia Thameslink to install homes for nature across their network of stations.