Volunteers and residents are set to give Southend a ‘spring clean’ as part of a national campaign to keep Britain’s streets tidy. Southend Council has teamed up with the Make Southend Sparkle Initiative in an effort to encourage people to help with litter picks in the area. It coincides with the launch of The Great British Spring Clean, campaign run by Keep Britain Tidy, which is taking place between Friday, May 28 until Sunday, June 13. Make Southend Sparkle have lined up a number of events at various beaches and parks across the borough, and will provide litter picking equipment to anyone in groups of four or more willing to take part.
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Amazing Macro Winners of the International Garden Photographer of the Year 2020
The International Garden Photography of the Year is a competition held every year in partnership with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London.
They have recently announced the winner of their Macro Art photography of the year and the prize went to Bruno Militelli from Sao Paulo, Brazil. His work is called Botanic Loop and it is a black and white photo consisting of the tendril of the passion fruit plant, which at a first glance looks like a metal object.
Macro photography has the ability to shift the focus on otherwise unnoticed elements and present them in a different light or angle. But not all the finalists chose to present their works in monochrome, since some captured vivid images with gardens and their inhabitants. For instance, Ecaterina Leonte from Salt Lake City, Utah has entered the competition with a work named Rainbow Lily that captures a prism in the sunlight.
Gardening experts reveal the gateway plants that got them hooked on horticulture
Was there a particular plant that got you interested in gardening? Seriously green-fingered folk reveal their gateway to growing
21 December 2020 • 12:00pm
Jean Vernon asks a selection of seriously dedicated gardeners to share their memory of the spark that ignited a nature passion
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It is believed that lockdown has created three million new gardeners. Chances are though that many were already nurturing a seed sown a long time ago; a cherished childhood memory of glorious gardens perhaps, or secret dens in a field or treetop or treasures discovered on a nature table at school.