Natural Enterprise is asking keen gardeners and potential volunteers to visit them in the ‘Garden and Outdoor Living Area’ at this weekend’s Royal Isle of Wight County Show, where visitors will be able to learn more about stopping the spread of invasive plant species. Invasive plants can cause serious problems to the environment and economy. They can spread disease and pests, out-compete native plants for space, light, nutrients and water and some can damage buildings and cause flooding. A few are even harmful to our own health. Despite these threats, most gardens will contain plants that are not native to the UK. Staff on the Natural Enterprise stand will be explaining how to stop the spread of invasive plant species by containing them within gardens, careful composting and better still, considerate planting. The Plant Alert team at Coventry University have developed a list of over 160 plant species that do the same, or similar, ‘jobs’ as invasive plants and can be used in their place. This has been published in a handy booklet that Natural Enterprise will be handing out free at the County Show. In addition, they are renewing their call for new people to help their summer Himalayan Balsam removal campaign both on the East Yar and in West Wight where it has appeared in the headwaters of the Caul Bourne and Brighstone Stream. Seb Tayor, the Invasive Species Officer at Natural Enterprise, says:
“This is a chance to see parts of the Island not normally visited and experience its wonderful wildlife”.
Anyone wanting more information, but who are unable to get to the County Show, can contact Seb Taylor at [email protected] or 01983 296244.
If only invasive plants were all this land had to concern itself with.
Next time vote Reform which would free up more cash to use on getting rid or controlling these invasive plants. Too late regretting it now.
They are ‘people’ and they are not ‘invasive’. Sneering at people who want to better themselves or even to save their and their families’ lives is despicable, and reminds me of propaganda put out in the few years before the horrors of WW2.
So many uneducated Deformers on the island,
so sad, next time vote Labour.
You know it makes sense
Deform are the invasive species. If they were allowed to grow they would decimate our free NHS and make us all pay for private healthcare. No money, no treatment. No thanks.