Wildflower projects bring colour to communities in North Lanarkshire
dailyrecord.co.ukThis summer sites across North Lanarkshire are full of colour as wildflower projects come into bloom.School pupils and community groups are seeing the results of the planting they carried out with North Lanarkshire Council’s Greenspace team earlier in the year.In eight town parks and five community sites, poppies, cornflowers, ox eye daisies, orchids and other species are flowering, creating a beautiful display and helping to improve the local biodiversity.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.
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