I haven't had chance to upload the photos for the final North Wales post - hopefully in a few days. But I just had to show you this beautiful urban wildflower meadow I visited today in North Solihull.
Isn't it beautiful? and well done to Solihull (and Birmingham) Council for planting wild flower meadows for pollinators on patches of spare ground and traffic roundabouts.
Now that's what I call planting! I truly loathe bedding plants {don't tell Alan Titchmarsh, will you?} and this is so much more beneficial to wildlife ~ to find a little oasis along the highways of the cities is a brilliant idea.
ReplyDeleteThat is a stunningly beautiful patch. Who need all those delicate cultivated flowers when the natural ones are just as good. Not tidy enough for many these days, unfortunately.
ReplyDeleteDeborah RusticPumpkin - Thank you. I loathe bedding out plants too! I didn't realise he was such an advocate of them :( although to be honest I don't watch many gardening programmes. Those wild flowers are so much more attractive in my mind and, as you say, to good for wildlife :)
ReplyDeleteThat is really pretty :-)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! North Carolina plants flowers along interstates, but not so much along city roads or islands and medians. I wish they would.
ReplyDeleteThat's fabulous. I've seen a few on my travels away from Wales, but that said, St Peter's Church in Carmarthen did a little corner sown with wild flowers and it looked lovely. It's back to being mown this year, sadly.
ReplyDeleteMidmarsh John - Thank you - yes I agree so much better than formal beds and brilliant for wildlife.
ReplyDeleteCherryPie - Thank you :)
Niki - Thank you for visiting and leaving a comment. Some of our motorways have beautiful verges where wild flowers have seeded naturally. Only in recent years have I seen planted meadows in cities - do hope they continue with them.
Bovey Belle - Thank you. They do look so lovely what a dreadful shame about St Peter's Church. Many churches these days though do seem to appreciate the beauty of leaving parts of churchyard where the older graves are to benefit nature. Not all though :(
I love patches of meadow like this. I've just emailed my local council about doing this to a neglected roundabout at the bottom of my street!
ReplyDeletePam - Thanks Pam - they provide so much colour and so good for wildlife. I do hope your email is successful.
ReplyDeleteThe sight of that has lifted my heart - thank you.
ReplyDeleteI am so far behind in blog reading, but I will catch up one day.
Toffeeapple - Thanks
ReplyDeleteso much - glad you enjoyed. I know from experience how hard it is to catch up on blogger if you have time away - but do hope you catch up eventually. Hope you are well