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Car makers jump-start their plants back to life as thousands of furloughed employees prepare to return to work By James Salmon for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 13 May 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 13 May 2020 Ford and Vauxhall are set to open their plants next week, with thousands of furloughed employees returning … Read more
Grasshoppers are gorging themselves on the equivalent of ‘junk food’ as rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere make plants less nutritious, a study has found. Experts studying a grassland preserve in Kansas discovered that its grasshopper numbers have fallen by more than 30 per cent over the last two decades. Increasing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide … Read more
The managing director of a plant wholesaler said his firm has lost more than £2.5million-worth of business in the last three months after garden centres were forced to close as part of the coronavirus lockdown. Adrian Marskell, who runs The Bransford Webbs Plant Company in Worcester, in the West Midlands, has had to begin throwing away … Read more
How Alan Titchmarsh felt ‘teary’ after garden centre owner gives away £500,000 worth of plants instead of binning them during lockdown TV gardener Titchmarsh ‘had a tear’ when Hampshire homes were given plants Kirton Farm Nurseries, of Winchester, is handing out free flowers to households Its ‘Plants for People’ scheme has seen volunteers deliver to … Read more
Garden centre boss is blasted as ‘wasteful’ for throwing away thousands of plants worth £125,000 when Covid-19 forced its closure Julian Winfield of Haskins Gardens Centres was slammed on social media The centre based near Southampton had to throw away flowers into the skip Social media users asked why they were not donated to care … Read more
Ministers are under growing pressure to allow garden centres to open immediately amid warnings the lockdown will force nurseries to dump 200 million unsold plants and hand rival European firms a major advantage. Former Tory Environment Secretary Theresa Villiers said it was illogical to allow supermarket chains to sell plants and flowers, but not garden centres … Read more
Tiny beetle that attacks ragweed plants and prevents them from flowering ‘could be the key to relieving millions of hay fever sufferers of their symptoms’ Pollen released from the invasive ragweed plant is a key cause of hay fever One plant can release a billion grains of pollen, causing sneezing and itchy eyes Experts found … Read more
Amazon warehouses ‘are prime sites for coronavirus’: Workers at two distribution plants fear the bug will thrive there because of a lack of hand sanitisers and non-enforcement of social distancing among staff Amazon’s business is booming as shop closures have seen orders surge online But a worker in Doncaster said lack of space means they … Read more
Orlando Bloom plants a kiss on pregnant fiancé Katy Perry through car window as the pair stop off at a gas station on weekend outing By Sean O’grady For Mailonline Published: 09:26 GMT, 23 March 2020 | Updated: 09:26 GMT, 23 March 2020 They revealed earlier this month they are expecting their first child together … Read more
Just as striking on canvas as they are in the border, it’s no wonder sunflowers have featured in countless paintings over the centuries. But engraver Tirzah Garwood thought she and her husband, the renowned painter Eric Ravilious, might have been a bit over-enthusiastic when it came to planting them. ‘What with the number of earwigs … Read more