Bee Hotel creation and Installation

Bee hotel design, creation and Installation by the Urban Greening Company. We have now installed numerous bee hotels across London attracting pollinators back into the city. This is something we feel strongly about at TUGC and we want to see bee hotels across the whole of London. These bee hotels have consisted of various shapes and sizes to meet our clients wishes.

We have used Marine Ply as the frames and a number of infill materials such as bricks and slates with crevices for the solitary bees to work their way into. We have also used logs from prime coppice woodland and bamboo for nesting areas.

Below are just some examples of our specifically made bee hotels in the last year.

Bee Hotel creation and Installation

Bee Hotel installed in Elephant and Castle

Bee hotel ready to be installed at Battersea power station

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bee Hotel creation and installation

Nine Elms development working with elite landscapes

green roof maintenance

These are all examples of recent green roof maintenance carried out by the urban greening company team.

They are all perfect examples of how a green roof should look for this time of year with autumn coming to an end. However they have not always looked this good. We always recommend bi-annual maintenance visits and it is thanks to this maintenance that these roofs are looking so great.

Case Study 1

The roof below is situated at a care home in Highgate, North London. Residents look straight out onto the roof from their windows and seeing lush vegetation is something we want for them to enjoy. A couple of years ago this roof was not in the best of shape. Bi-annual green roof maintenance has seen the roof improve with each visit.

Using a bauder specialised fertiliser in the spring supplying the roof with much needed nutrients for the coming summer months and removing any weeds. This has seen the sedum flourish and we now see sedum coverage across the whole roof.

Green Roof Maintenance

early morning sun

Green Roof Maintenance

lush sedum coverage

aerial view of roof

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Case Study 2

Another example below but this time a wildflower roof. Historically this roof could be quite patchy and not have a huge amount of  vegetation coverage. Through extensive weed removal and keeping on top of any invasive vegetation we have seen wildflowers thrive. This picture shows some white star jasmine trailing onto the roof for added aesthetics.

Green Roof Maintenance

wildflower roof

 

Case Study 3

The clients on the next roof were concerned about bare patches on their green roof in the heart of the city of London. As this was our first visit we decided to add extra sedum cuttings along with some generous amounts of substrate to act as a growing medium. Upon our return we were pleased to see this had worked. It is now a case of keeping on top of this roof with regular maintenance to keep it in top condition.

green roof maintenance