If, like me, you’ve been wandering around the pond and looking and the burst of colour which has greeted us, you probably feel a sense of calm and the ability just to be in the now.
I was lucky enough to meet Sir David Attenborough a couple of times, along with Chris Packham who has, overtime, inspired a sense of the now, the ability to think past what we see and have a vision of the future. I know we live in troubled times and to get away, make a break, it is hard. So on our travels to get away, I used to see the road verges covered in wild flowers, a haven for invertebrates, mammals and birds. Lately, it has been a sea of mono-culture species, invasive garden escapees, like the introduced Spanish Bluebells, grasses or Dandelions.
Plantlife has an ongoing campaign to reintroduce wild flowers, plants and fungi life to support all of our wildlife so their colour and character light up our landscapes. But without your help, this priceless natural heritage is in danger of being lost, thus transforming road verges are asking local councils to improve this particular biome. They have an ongoing petition to improve these areas as the UK’s 97% of wildlife flower meadows have been lost yet grassy road verges provide crucial havens for wildplants and wildlife including butterflies and bees. Please sign this and look at the other resources.
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I will leave you with a quote from Sir David in a book I currently reading.
The title is Nature is a human right edited by Ellen Mites and published by DK.
The first quote in the book is the following :
” Now, over half of us live in an urban environment … It reminds me of just how easy it is for us to lose connection with the natural world. Yet it’s on this connection that the future of both humanity and the natural world will depend.”
Sir David Attenborough, Plant Earth II (2016)
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All the best
Tony B Friends of…. Chair
