Wildflowers helping the gardens revamp bloom

TRANSFORMATION OF CITY CENTRE SPACE PROGRESSES

- By ANDREW SPENCE

1,280 wildflowers have been planted in Queens Gardens as the mammoth city centre project progresses.

The flowers have been supplied by North-Cave based Mires Beck Nursery which, as well as being a registered charity that provides opportunities for adults living with learning difficulties and physical disabilities, is Yorkshire’s leading supplier of wildflowers.

The flowers, which include foxgloves, primroses, bluebells, and wood avens, have been placed on a section of the gardens that used to be basic grassland. It is hoped the new wildflowers will help the space become more natural.