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Will do, June should be a good time. I loved the annuals meadows sown by John Gapper /Jack Straw at locations such as Preston Park near the Rotunda.

I just googled John Gapper. What a legend, as a young man in the 60’s when everyone else was obsessed with herbicides and insecticides in gardening/horticulture, he quietly went the other way. Developing a love for native flora and downland butterflies...

Cheers, lovely to know that Plumpton will do that. John Gapper did a great job. In my own garden I do loads to encourage bees and butterflies, selecting chalk downland natives and other suitable plants. Without his supply, there are some quality online nurseries up and down the country...

Cheers, so a decline in numbers over say 35 years. As a lifelong Brightonian, I only discovered the old complex of BHCC glasshouses at Stanmer about 4 years ago. A sign of a glorious past. Each year since I bought small native downland plants from the facility such as Viper’s Bugloss and Red...

Hi Jack Straw, out of interest, when did the decline in numbers working for BHCC’s parks department start?