Ilkestone Railway Station, Derbyshire

Adding to our Derbyshire cluster of bee-friendly stations, created with support from East Midlands Railway, the Community Rail Network and with additional funding from generous donations and anonymous supports, is Ilkestone Railway Station. Here, we installed planters and cleared overgrown borders before filling them with flowering herbs and pollen-rich flowers. 

Chesterfield Railway Station, Derbyshire

Perhaps one of our biggest projects to date. In partnership with East Midlands Railway, the Community Rail Network and with additional funding from generous donations and anonymous supporters, at Chesterfield Station in Derbyshire, we installed not just one but 18 planters. These will be filled with bee-friendly plants and flowers come spring, for the pollinators …