Splash of colour among Brighton's tower blocks

4:10pm Thursday 21st March 2013 in News

Mark Gapper the wild plant manager for Brighton and Hove City Council planting common spotted orchids at Ashton Rise Mark Gapper the wild plant manager for Brighton and Hove City Council planting common spotted orchids at Ashton Rise

Brighton is set to bloom this spring after 20 common spotted orchids were planted on the new chalk grassland slope at Ashton Rise.

Cityparks gardener Mark Gapper planted the flowers, which have purple-spotted leaves and pale pink to purple spikes, as part of a continuous network of green space called the South Downs Way Ahead nature improvement area.

Once the flowers flourish it is hoped they will add some colour to the tower blocks that currently dominate Ashton Rise.

The nature improvement area runs from Brighton, up to the Downs and all the way to Winchester and Eastbourne and the goal is to connect isolated habitats all the way along the route.

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Comments(6)

Bt'n-breezy says...
7:31pm Thu 21 Mar 13

Terrace houses are a better option for the future rather than high rise.

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capability brown says...
8:56pm Thu 21 Mar 13

Mr Gapper is cultivating some sterling work for the City Parks department. He is a man of the highest caliber and his employers should seek to employ individuals of a similar standing instead of the slash and burn merchants it seems to favour.

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george smith says...
9:38pm Thu 21 Mar 13

capability brown wrote:
Mr Gapper is cultivating some sterling work for the City Parks department. He is a man of the highest caliber and his employers should seek to employ individuals of a similar standing instead of the slash and burn merchants it seems to favour.
very true

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I'mnotalone says...
9:53pm Thu 21 Mar 13

WHAT!? It will take more than 20 Orchid bulbs to brighten up those tower blocks.
Anyway I bet they don't survive after the Council lawnmowers come along and mow the grass and anything else in it's wake!

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Dano titchmarsh says...
9:47am Fri 22 Mar 13

I'm sorry Mr capability brown but I prefer the slash and burn workers, a least they get the work done, I rather like the formal gardens that run through the city, the wild scruffy areas of the city do not float my boat.

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MontyDon says...
10:16am Fri 22 Mar 13

i agree with capo, the work of this individual is heroic, it surely can't be long before a knighthood is awarded. As for you Mr Titchmarsh, you could learn a thing or two from Mr Gapper, I suggest you stick to interviewing The Nolan Sisters on afternoon telly and leave the gardening to the experts!

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