Flower Count News Today

VICTORIA -- A popular Victoria tradition is underway this spring. Marked as a way for Greater Victoria to promote its mild climate and encourage community spirit, the 2021 edition of the flower count was announced amid the blooms of the Land Conservancy’s Abkhazi Gardens in Victoria Monday. The annual event challenges people living in communities throughout the region to count flowers to find out which municipality is the “bloomingest.” The March 2020 count saw more that 46 billion bl...

TODAY we bring welcome assurance that the brighter days of spring are on their way in Wiltshire. Visitors are unable to visit the highly popular snowdrops display at Great Chalfield Manor because of the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown. So we thought wed bring you some photographs of the 15th century manors beautiful snowdrop display in its Arts and Crafts garden now run by the National Trust. Robert and Patsy Floyd, who live at Great Chalfield Manor, says they are lucky to have a beautiful s...