Coronation Meadows

The Coronation Meadows project is a British nature conservation scheme supported by Charles, Prince of Wales. It aimed to create 60 wildflower meadows to celebrate 60 years since the coronation of Elizabeth II.[1][2]

It is led by Plantlife, along with The Wildlife Trusts and the Rare Breeds Survival Trust.[3][4] Prince Charles has said that he was inspired to set up the scheme after he read Plantlife's 2012 report Our Vanishing Flora[5] and "fully appreciated just how many wildflower meadows had been lost over the past 60 years".[6] The scheme was supported in 2014-2016 by a Biffa Award grant of £1m.[7] A Coronation Meadow was established at Wakehurst Place in 2016, using seed from Bedelands Farm Nature Reserve in West Sussex.[8] The 90th meadow was established in 2016 as The Queen's Meadow within London's Green Park.[9][10]

In 2021 the Wildflower Press published Wildflowers for the Queen: A Visual Celebration of Britain's Coronation Meadows (ISBN 978-1527249592), photographed by Hugo Rittson-Thomas.[11][12]

A Scottish meadow

References
  1. Low, Valentine (6 June 2013). "Coronation meadows to help revive endangered wildflowers". The Times. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  2. "60 new wildflower 'coronation meadows' to be planted across UK". Countryfile. 7 July 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  3. "About". coronationmeadows.org.uk. Coronation Meadows. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  4. "Coronation Meadows". Plantlife. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  5. "Our Vanishing Flora". Plantlife. Retrieved 19 January 2021. With link to full publication as .pdf
  6. "Coronation Meadows (home page)". coronationmeadows.org.uk. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  7. "Creating new meadows". Biffa Award. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  8. "Coronation Meadow". www.kew.org. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  9. "Prince Charles visits The Green Park to help create the 90th new Coronation Meadow". The Royal Parks. 6 September 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  10. "The Queen's Meadow in bloom". Coronation Meadows. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  11. "Wildflowers for the Queen". Hugo Rittson Thomas Photography. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  12. Appleby, Malcolm. "Prince Charles supports Plantlife wildflower book". Horticultural Week. Retrieved 19 January 2021.


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