Posted on January 27, 2009 with No Comments
In London, twenty parks and beauty spots will be seeing a new planting of wild flowers, grass and plants. House sparrows have been disappearing at an alarming rate, and this is an attempt to attract them and increase the population.
The birds’ numbers have fallen about 68% in the past 15 years, mostly due to a loss of green spaces and city gardens being paved over.
This decision came after the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) gave a warning, that if sanctuaries were not built this bird would disappear altogether.
The SITA Trust will be funding this project and it will cost about 170,000 GBP.
Tim Webb is a spokesman for the RSPB and he says, “There has been a dramatic decline and the concern is that the population will reach a level where it is no longer sustainable and they will disappear completely.”
[Via: BBC]
Posted on June 6, 2008 with No Comments
Many British are concerned by the fact that their fruits and vegetables are flown in from the other side of the world but not many of them think of the fact that most of the flowers they buy are also imported, around 90 percent.
Britain has a very good growing climate and some very good growers. The problem is that the British not only demand strawberries 12 months a year, but also roses and peonies. However, England has some very beautiful flowers like roses, sweet peas, peonies, dahlias, lilies, narcissi, and tulips. At least one of these flowers is always in season, and they ought to be celebrated.
The campaign for homegrown flowers took another step at the cut-flower wholesale market at Nine Elms in London. This event paired British growers with London florists.
Florists from all around the country came to participate. All the professionals were there to answer the question of why people prefer to buy some refrigerated flowers, instead of taking a bit more initiative and buying British flowers at the market.
They arrived at the conclusion that it is only a fact of digging a little deeper in one’s pockets. Britain has many beautiful and delicate flowers to choose from all year round.
[Via: Telegraph.co.uk]
