Lancaster Road Buzz Stop

Our first ‘Buzz Stop’ is on the corner of Lancaster and Sandridge Roads, where members of Wilderhood Watch and the Green Party initially spent Saturday 5th October 2019 sowing seeds for a wildflower meadow. The native seed mixture we used contained hardy annual and perennial varieties.

_{In November 2024 we planted an additional 50 native daffodil bulbs under the ancient oak tree growing on our Lancaster Rd Buzz Stop.}

_{In November 2024 we planted an additional 50 native daffodil bulbs under the ancient oak tree growing on our Lancaster Rd Buzz Stop.}

_{In June 2022 our Buzz Stop was looking better than ever, with perennials such as knapweed and ox-eye daisies becoming well established.}

_{In June 2022 our Buzz Stop was looking better than ever, with perennials such as knapweed and ox-eye daisies becoming well established.}

_{To make our Buzz Stop super pollinator- friendly, Hertfordshire City Council and Clear Channel replaced our existing bus shelter with a purpose-built one with a sedum roof. (Dec 2021). For more detailed information on how this is planted and constructed, follow the link to our resources page.}

_{To make our Buzz Stop super pollinator- friendly, Hertfordshire City Council and Clear Channel replaced our existing bus shelter with a purpose-built one with a sedum roof. (Dec 2021). For more detailed information on how this is planted and constructed, follow the link to our resources page.}

_{Bees were sighted foraging on our Lancaster Rd Buzz Stop in June 2021. Pictured here are Buff tailed bumblebees foraging on clover and cornflowers, as well as what is now a meadow filled with buttercups and cornflowers. Poppies, ox eye daisies, clover, corncockle and yellow rattle are also growing on the site.}

_{Bees were sighted foraging on our Lancaster Rd Buzz Stop in June 2021. Pictured here are Buff tailed bumblebees foraging on clover and cornflowers, as well as what is now a meadow filled with buttercups and cornflowers. Poppies, ox eye daisies, clover, corncockle and yellow rattle are also growing on the site.}

_{Wilderhood Watch volunteers Michiko and Bill very kindly helped plant Great Verbascum at our Buzz Stop on May 5th 2021. A native wildflower, it can grow up to 2 metres tall, and is the food plant for the lovely Verbascum moth. Many thanks to Amanda Yorwerth for donating the plants.}

_{Wilderhood Watch volunteers Michiko and Bill very kindly helped plant Great Verbascum at our Buzz Stop on May 5th 2021. A native wildflower, it can grow up to 2 metres tall, and is the food plant for the lovely Verbascum moth. Many thanks to Amanda Yorwerth for donating the plants.}

_{In March 2021, the native daffodils we planted around the oak tree in the Autumn started flowering. Come late April, the ones we planted at the back of the site (kindly donated by St Albans BID), are looking beautiful. We’re hoping they will keep multiplying for years to come.}

_{After a couple of false starts, where our Buzz Stop meadow was inadvertently mown twice by the Council’s contractors, we are now happy to report that our Buzz Stop has been exempt from mowing since then. The grass grew significantly longer over the Summer of 2020 and some wild flowers began to appear.}

_{After a couple of false starts, where our Buzz Stop meadow was inadvertently mown twice by the Council’s contractors, we are now happy to report that our Buzz Stop has been exempt from mowing since then. The grass grew significantly longer over the Summer of 2020 and some wild flowers began to appear.}

_{On November 28th we planted 100 wild daffodil bulbs, and on December 15th we planted over 200 more along with volunteers from St Albans district Young Greens.}

_{On Saturday, November 7th 2020 we decided to rescarify and plant more wildflower seeds over part of the Buzz Stop area.}

_{Photos of our initial attempt to plant our wildflower meadow.}

_{Photos of our initial attempt to plant our wildflower meadow.}