Depot in Bloom Competition!

At the start of 2025, we set our networks a Depot in Bloom competition to see how they could utilise up to £1,000 in funding and enhance the biodiversity and local habitats on their sites. With the support from colleagues and guidance from local site ecological plans, we received fantastic innovative entries.

Supporting our 30:30 target by improving measured biodiversity scores by 30% by 2030, the entries showcased how creative and dedicated our colleagues are in improving biodiversity on our sites.

Whether it was adding pollinator-friendly plants, creating a small wildlife habitat, or installing bird feeders, the networks have been hard at work. This includes:

• installation of bird and bat boxes including the first resident of bats after only four weeks
• up-cycling pallets into planters and bug hotels
• creation of wildflower areas, with Wild Red clover, Greater Birdsfoot and Wild Carrot seeds
• installation of bird feeders
• sunflower growing competitions
• creation of new flower bed areas.

Lorna Pilbin, Environment Manager said We received fantastic projects from across the networks and can see how hard everyone has worked in creating these amazing spaces for wildlife.

Lucy Walters, Fleet and Logistics Manager in the West Midlands said The whole process has been a joy for everyone on site. We’re greeted by plants and flowers, which follows the theme around the site, it’s brimming with colour and the number of bees that we have has certainly increased.

Source: Annual report and accounts 2024/25