When a school student contacted us about installing a planter at the local rail station, how could we refuse? With the support of some keen station staff members who look after the plants, our little planter is thriving.
Category archives: Railway Station
Elmstead Woods Railway Station, London
Working in collaboration with the Elmstead Woods Station Garden Club and Community Rail Network plus station manager Steve, we installed two planters on Platform 4. Filled with Russian Sage, Cape Daisies, Campanula, Rosemary, Safe and Asters, it is sure to create quite the buzz and is a great addition to all the other wildlife friendly …
Sudbury Town Railway Station, London
Sudbury Town Station is an iconic building in North West London, opened in 1903. The station was built with extensive brick planters and flower beds. These had all been neglected for decades. Thanks to support from Transport for London and a generous donation of manure from Frith Manor Equestrian Centre, the Bee Friendly Trust was …
Kirby Cross Railway Station, Essex
Our Essex team of gardeners have been busy clearing out this overgrown bed enabling pre-existing pollinator-friendly plants to thrive and flourish, as well as building a raised herb bed.
Frome Railway Station, Somerset
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 …
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. This first bee-friendly planter was installed in 2018; four years later, we replaced a pre-existing planter (which was decaying). Filled with scabius, marigolds, lavender and salvia, both planters are literally alive with pollinator activity every time …
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 habit by filling it with hollow twigs, logs, leaves and more. He even planted …
