March Station in the Cambridgeshire Fenlands, had a complete make-over in 2022, and the Trust was asked to take charge of planting up the new beds in the car park. Working with a team from Greater Anglia and Railscape, along with local volunteers, we planted three hundred sedums, ceanothus, lavenders and lilacs, and about three …
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Cambridge Railway Station, Cambridgeshire
We were approached by the family of Amanda Battini in 2021 with the request to create a commemorative bee-friendly tribute for a woman who loved nature and bees. With donations from the family, friends and Amanda’s former workplace, Mills & Reeve LLP, we transformed the dilapidated planters at Cambridge Railway Station. Repairs were made to …
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Charlotte Pearson, Scarcroft School
Charlotte Pearson of Scarcroft School, York won a competition to design a bee-friendly sculpture for our planter at Peterborough Railway Station in Cambridgeshire. The result, produced by Amalgam Modelmaking, features holes for solitary bees to nest in.
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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