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.
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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 …
Alresford Railway Station, Essex
A fine example of everything we have to offer. Working with Essex County Council, Essex & Suffolk Community Partnership and Greater Anglia: Phase one of our work at Alresford involved installing our debut railway station orchard. When asked what we could do with a narrow strip of grass running along the length of a platform …
Clacton-on-Sea Railway Station, Essex
Here at the Bee Friendly Trust, we love collaboration and we also to inspire the next generation. So, imagine our joy to find our team of helper were children from a local primary school. The sun shone as we taught them about the importance of bees and pollination, and they couldn’t wait to get their …
Great Bentley Railway Station, Essex
Great Bentley was the first station in Essex that we worked on with the Essex & South Suffolk Community Rail Partnership. We transformed the old gardens at the station, built a planter, and worked with children from neighbouring Great Bentley School to fill the planter with pollinator friendly flowers.
Loughton Railway Station, Essex
An abandoned bed at Loughton station in Essex has been brought back to life by the BFT. Built of concrete it is part of the original station design dating back to 1940. As well as replanting we are working on the little pond in the centre of the planter which we will revive over the …
