Kew Garden’s Millennium Seed Bank has started a project to collect seeds to help bring back native plants to the British countryside. Plants will be grown that are difficult to cultivate in restoration programs. The first emphasis of the project is to focus on seeds for plants from lowland meadows or semi-natural grassland. NInety-eight percent of these habitats have disappeared from England and Wales since the 1930’s. Read more at: BBC News – Kew launches native flowers project at Wakehurst Place.
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