Volunteers have grown more than 1,000 tower mustard plants and planted them across London, where the native wildflower had survived at only two sites. The Citizen Zoo and Habitats & Heritage project uses seed from remaining populations to restore pollinator habitat and test a community conservation model.
(c) Ellie Burgin

Volunteers replant rare tower mustard across London sites

THE GUARDIAN

Volunteers have grown more than 1,000 tower mustard plants and planted them across London, where the native wildflower had survived at only two sites. The Citizen Zoo and Habitats & Heritage project uses seed from remaining populations to restore pollinator habitat and test a community conservation model.

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