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Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Gardens in the News ...

But not for very much longer ... recent ICM Poll, commissioned by Natural England, discovered that 45% of 18-34 year olds do not feel they are well informed about wildlife gardening and 37% of 18-24 year olds said they would like to do more but don’t know how. So The UK’s leading wildlife and horticultural organisations have joined Natural England to create and sign a wildlife gardening manifesto to save the nation’s gardens, particularly those in towns and cities. It is claimed that in London, front gardens with an area 22 times the size of Hyde Park are now paved over and lost, reducing havens for wildlife, increasing the impact of flash flooding and contributing to climate change, so it's not just a problem for wildlife, it's a problem that ruins our houses and pushes up all our insurance premiums.

However, apart from the benefit to our own health and wallets and the survival of declining species, such as hedgehogs, frogs and bumblebees, that live on our doorsteps, this manifesto is a good thing because if only people gave up creating sad little vistas like the one above, which is fit only to be a cat toilet, and got on with growing simple native plants, the country would look better too!

Labels: garden design, garden makeovers, garden wildlife, natural england

The All Seasons Gardener at 11:47 PM

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