Butterflies and bees already buzzing around the Olympic Park

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Butterflies and bees already buzzing around the Olympic Park

31 Aug 2010

A golden meadow of wild flowers is already blooming around the Olympic Stadium, two years before the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Olympic Park wild flower meadow

The wild flower meadow by the Olympic Stadium

This riverbank meadow is the first of more than 10 football pitches worth of nectar-rich wild flower meadows in the Olympic Park, which will provide a colourful setting for the Games and be a habitat for wildlife for years to come.

The meadow includes cornflowers, marigolds, Californian poppies and prairie flowers, all especially chosen and sown so that they flower gold just in time for the London 2012 Opening Ceremony.

Olympic Delivery Authority Chief Executive David Higgins said: ‘The wild flower meadows, wetlands, woods and lawns in the Olympic Park will provide a green and colourful setting in 2012 and a new great park for people and wildlife after the Games.

‘With two years until the Games, the parklands are already taking shape. The site is going from brown to green with meadows blooming, hundreds of trees and thousands of wetland plants being planted. We are doing everything possible to ensure this is a great park for Games and legacy and a showcase for British park design.’

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