flowers Archives - Positive News Good journalism about good things Mon, 17 Jun 2024 10:56:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.positive.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-P.N_Icon_Navy-150x150.png flowers Archives - Positive News 32 32 How the virtual world is inspiring gamers to become botanists https://www.positive.news/society/virtual-world-inspiring-gamers-become-botanists/ Mon, 10 Jun 2024 13:04:56 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=482513 Gamers encounter landscapes full of flora in the virtual world but spend much time indoors. A new seed project aims to change that

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]]> A blooming good idea? https://www.positive.news/science/a-blooming-good-idea/ Fri, 02 Nov 2018 16:36:14 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=64765 A chemical engineering student will set up a social enterprise in India to use flowers discarded from religious ceremonies and holidays

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]]> Supermarket’s new ‘wonky’ flower range stops imperfect stems going to waste https://www.positive.news/environment/supermarkets-new-wonky-flower-range-stops-imperfect-stems-going-to-waste/ https://www.positive.news/environment/supermarkets-new-wonky-flower-range-stops-imperfect-stems-going-to-waste/#respond Thu, 02 Aug 2018 13:03:10 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=33936 From this week, a UK supermarket will sell wonky flowers for the first time, after prolonged hot and dry weather stopped some blooms from developing properly

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]]> https://www.positive.news/environment/supermarkets-new-wonky-flower-range-stops-imperfect-stems-going-to-waste/feed/ 0 A cut above: Britain’s blossoming slow flower movement https://www.positive.news/environment/a-cut-above-britains-blossoming-slow-flower-movement/ https://www.positive.news/environment/a-cut-above-britains-blossoming-slow-flower-movement/#respond Tue, 31 Jul 2018 12:44:16 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=33903 British flower growers report fresh demand for their home-grown blooms. We ask a Somerset-based florist and flower farmer: why is native flora gaining ground?

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]]> https://www.positive.news/environment/a-cut-above-britains-blossoming-slow-flower-movement/feed/ 0 Out with pesticides, in with wildflowers https://www.positive.news/environment/out-with-pesticides-in-with-wildflowers/ Mon, 21 May 2018 15:17:03 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=32994 Tailored strips of wildflowers allow pest-eating insects to spread throughout crop fields, reducing the need for pesticides. We meet the team behind the trial that puts flower power at the fore

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