1,280 wildflowers have been planted in Queen’s 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 which used to be basic grassland. It is hoped the new wildflowers will help the space become more natural.
Lynn Dutch, Mires Beck’s team leader for the wildflower planting, explained that it had been a “privilege” to contribute towards the wider Queen’s Gardens project and that many people at Mires Beck had been “very excited” to plant the flowers and contribute to the Gardens. Ms Dutch also said that the variety of wildflowers chosen for the site will provide a wide range of colours.
The leader of Hull City Council, Cllr Mike Ross, visited the Gardens to help with the planting of the flowers. Cllr Ross said: “I think it’s fantastic that the council is partnered with Mires Beck on this, there’s a real natural synergy between the two, they’re a wonderful organisation doing brilliant things and its wonderful for the council to involve them in the project in this way.”
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Much of the work in the over £21 million Queen’s Gardens project has now been completed. The two large ponds on the Gardens have been fully refurbished with new filtration systems and fountains, and Cllr Ross has stated the Rose Bowl fountain section of the Gardens will reopen to the public “very soon.”
On the wider project, the council leader said: “We know that it’s going to be fantastic when people are able to enjoy the space again. I know from being here, a tremendous amount of work has taken place and it will be a brilliant space for people to enjoy, whether its just to come and spend time in Queen’s Gardens or for cultural events and other activities. It will be a fantastic space that people will be able to love all over again.”
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