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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Helena Horton

Number of ‘coronation meadows’ marking queen’s reign tops 100

A Dorset coronation meadow at Kingcombe nature reserve.
A Dorset coronation meadow at Kingcombe nature reserve. Photograph: Harriet Mead/The Wildlife Trusts

Wildflower meadows planted a decade ago to celebrate 60 years of the late queen’s reign have thrived, with 101 new fields of flowers created since the scheme was launched.

King Charles, then the Prince of Wales, worked with Plantlife and the Wildlife Trusts to launch ”coronation meadows”, identifying 60 species-rich meadows from which to take donor seeds – one meadow for each year of the queen’s reign at the time.

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