Why cities are becoming an unlikely refuge for wildflowers
The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News [Unofficial]
April 23, 2026
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Wildflowers are associated with rolling meadows, ancient grasslands, and a pastoral world that is rapidly disappearing. The UK has lost 97 percent of its wildflower meadows over the past century, driven largely by agricultural intensification. As Nadine Mitschunas, a pollinator ecologist at the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, […]
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