A growing number of conservationists are turning to road verges, the often-overlooked grassy areas we drive past every day, to look for solutions to the biodiversity and climate crises.

A growing number of conservationists are turning to road verges, the often-overlooked grassy areas we drive past every day, to look for solutions to the biodiversity and climate crises.

Staggeringly, verges are home to over 700 wildflower species in the UK, nearly 45% of our total flora. Twenty-nine of Britain's 52 wild orchid species grow in verges. Fred says, 'Recently there seems ...

An Essex council is set to spend almost £130,000 on wildflower grass verges across a borough - after councillors agreed to make highway verges look better and make them more eco-friendly for ...

Severn Trent has launched its support for an initiative in Bomere Heath and surrounding villages north of Shrewsbury to boost biodiversity by creating wildflower-rich roadside verges.

When he ran to represent Nashville’s Metro Council District 14, Huffman knew he wanted the same for Tennessee: a program reintroducing native plants on highway verges, parks and public spaces.

The North Carolina Department of Transportation advises against stopping on the highway to photograph wildflower beds. NCDOT ...

He had placed a sign on the verge asking for it not to be cut — and for the past couple of years it hadn’t been, allowing wildflowers to flourish. The wildflower meadow was cut last week by DfI ...

In a new trial to develop biodiversity, Malvern Hills District Council is planning to leave a selection of verges and open spaces to grow in an effort to allow various species of wildflowers to grow.

A growing number of conservationists are turning to road verges, the often-overlooked grassy areas we drive past every day, to look for solutions to the biodiversity and climate crises.

Now, it’s been transformed into a wildflower meadow, buzzing with insect life and blooming with color. Reinvigorating those grassy edges of streets and highways — often called road verges or ...