21/04: River of Flowers Begins to Flow
The Archway-centred River of Flowers is a project launching on Saturday 25 April with a Wildflower Planting Day when five tree pits outside the Archway Herbal Clinic on Archway Road, N19 (just north of the Archway gyratory system), are to be sown with wildflower seeds kindly provided by Islington Council. Time: 10.00-11.00 am (Volunteers welcome, please bring equipment – rake or weeding fork - and please wear gloves.) The River of Flowers has also been offered land on which to plant a Wildflower Meadow at the Whittington Hospital on Highgate Hill, and the ground is to be cleared shortly so that seeding and planting can take place this spring. Spring and Summer meadows are envisaged, and also a Forest Garden area.
The objective of the River of Flowers project is to identify and support existing areas of native wildflowers in the Highgate/Crouch End/Holloway area (and outwards!) which are important for essential pollinators such as bees, to plant more wildflowers especially in "pollination gaps", to interest people in the beauty of wildflowers and to inform us all about the health and medicinal properties of our native plants. A website is to be set up and the areas of local wildflowers mapped. If you are interested in getting involved in this exciting local project please contact Kathryn Lwin Brooks at the Archway Herbal Clinic on 020 8411 4411 or email: reception@archwayherbal.co.uk
All the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today.
The objective of the River of Flowers project is to identify and support existing areas of native wildflowers in the Highgate/Crouch End/Holloway area (and outwards!) which are important for essential pollinators such as bees, to plant more wildflowers especially in "pollination gaps", to interest people in the beauty of wildflowers and to inform us all about the health and medicinal properties of our native plants. A website is to be set up and the areas of local wildflowers mapped. If you are interested in getting involved in this exciting local project please contact Kathryn Lwin Brooks at the Archway Herbal Clinic on 020 8411 4411 or email: reception@archwayherbal.co.uk
All the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today.
