What is River of Flowers?
The 'river' in River of Flowers is an evocative way of describing the planting of urban meadows in 'pollination streams' or 'green corridors' in order to help our pollinators, bees, butterflies and hoverflies, find forage in the city. It describes the flight path of the pollinators as much as it does the flow of wildflowers ... read more >
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Bees, Butterflies and Blooms
In Bees, Butterflies and Blooms (BBC Two), wildflower expert and Telegraph columnist Sarah Raven laid out her position right from the start: “Our bees, butterflies and pollinating insects are dying out. This giant insect workforce pollinate our crops and if they disappear most of our favourite foods will vanish too.”
Read more of Terry Ramsay's review for The Telegraph here Read what Sarah Raven has to say here
The next two BBC2 programmes on Bees, Butterflies and Blooms with Sarah Raven are:
PROGRAMME 2 – TOWNS, GARDENS & BRITAIN IN BLOOM on Wednesday 15 February at 20:00
PROGRAMME 3: CITIES & THE URBAN LANDSCAPE on Wednesday 22 February at 20:00
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