Green-fingered locals in Exeter have put on their gardening gloves to help transform a roadside verge into a wildflower area and haven for wildlife.
Just six months after preparing the ground and sowing seeds at the top of Station Road in Pinhoe, colourful wild flower blooms have now sprung up to impress passers-by and local residents.
The idea for the transformation came from local resident Jessica Liebig, who approached Ebbie Peters, one of Exeter Wellbeing’s ‘Community Builders’ for some help.
Ebbie got in touch with the City Council, who as part of the Wild City project in conjunction with Devon Wildlife Trust, were able to supply wildflower seeds and offer up advice of how to go about prepping the site.
Locals turned out in late October to prepare the site and sow the seeds.
The result is an attractive and colourful flower bed that is already attracting pollinators like butterflies and bees, as well as turning the heads of local residents.
Jessica said: “ ‘I wanted to take action to do something positive for wildlife in my local area, particularly after…
