Volunteers go wild in town's park ; With wildflower hay meadows about to flower, Environment Editor Tony Henderson talks to the team who have created their own.
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VOLUNTEERS have turned the clock back to the time when wildflower meadows made the countryside a jewel box of colour. The Friends of Ponteland Park in Northumberland have created a wildflower meadow on the 18-acre site which follows the River Pont.
"It is an attempt to restore the beauty and diversity of wildflowers found in Ponteland in earlier times, which are fondly remembered by long-term residents," said Friends member Heather Forshaw.See the full content of this document
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Volunteers go wild in town's park ; With wildflower hay meadows about to flower, Environment Editor Tony Henderson talks to the team who have created their own.
"This diversity will encourage many animal species which use these plants.
" Even in the first year we , b...See the full content of this document
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