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. …
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Southgate Railway Station, London
After discussions with local residents, we installed two Mediterranean beds on two tired patched of grass outside the station. Olive trees, rosemary and lavender make up the planting. Since we built the planters local enthusiasts have extended the planting to make the areas outside the station inviting for all.
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 them 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
We have planted a beautiful Mediterranean dry garden on one of the platforms, and our volunteers are creating a peaceful garden for staff and wildlife across an overgrown area that has a small orchard, fruit bushes, and forage for bees, alongside seating for station staff their breaks.
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 …
Wrabness Railway Station, Essex
The wildlife garden at Wrabness Railway Station is a bee-autiful example of what the Bee Friendly Trust does best. The culmination of months of team effort, with input from Essex & South Suffolk Community Rail, Greater Anglia, the Community Rail Network and more, helping to transform a nettle and bramble matted space into a wildlife …
Northfields Underground Station, London
Northfields Station was designed by Charles Holden and opened in 1932. It is Grade II listed, including the original planters on the forecourt and platforms. When the Bee Friendly Trust was called in, the planters were sadly very neglected. Alongside, station staff, our team revived them and in 2026 volunteers from the Northfields Community Library …
Dorchester South Railway Station, Dorset
The platform-length bed at Dorchester South Railway Station was a wildlife haven when we were called in by SW Railway and Swanage Railway. So instead of changing the space, which was abundant with ground nesting birds, pollinators and myriad creepy crawlies, we simply added to what was there already. We planted 78 verbena plants in …