A BREATH of botanical fresh air is now greeting rail passengers passing through Moreton station thanks to the efforts of Batsford Arboretum and Garden Centre and Meadow Garden Landscapes.

Together they have spruced up overgrown flower beds on the platform and transformed tubs to create a pleasant waiting experience for users.

The flower beds were starting to look a little overgrown so the local green-fingered businesses offered their services to clear the overgrown plants and shrubs and provide attractive, low-maintenance flower beds for train passengers to enjoy.

Joe Ford-Wilcox and his Meadows Garden Landscapes business partner Ron Crawford got to work clearing the beds and planter tubs and preparing them for re-planting. Batsford apprentices Bradley Rogers and Matthew Elliott were then tasked with planting a mixture of low-maintenance herbaceous plants and shrubs as well as a Sorbus ‘Autumn Spire’ and two Liquidambar trees, donated by Batsford Garden Centre.

Alan Field, station manager for the North Cotswolds, said: “We’re thankful to the team at Meadows Garden Landscapes and Batsford for doing a fantastic job of brightening up the atation. It’s a total transformation.”

Stuart Priest, operations director for Batsford, said: “We believe in maintaining strong working relationships with local businesses and service providers in Moreton and we’ve always had a good relationship with the train station so we were more than happy to help out.”

Both teams have also cleared and re-planted some of the flower beds along the High Street in Moreton-in-Marsh.

Meadows Garden Landscapes will be in charge of the on-going maintenance of the beds and tubs to ensure they continue to look their best.