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The City of Superior is considering instituting a No Mow May ordinance allowance; both residents and the City could leave lawns un-cut during the month to encourage pollinators.

As the grass in Taylor Park grows taller and taller, more neighbors are concerned with what they're seeing. An area of the park is being taken over by some unwanted visitors and some in the community feel the city isn't stepping up to help.

Food Unwrapped Gets Chocolatey (Channel 4, 7.30pm) TO celebrate Easter – the most chocolatey time of the year – this special episode looks back at favourite chocolate-based investigations from the Food Unwrapped archives. Kate Quilton heads to a cocoa co-operative in Ghana to get to grips with chocolate’s raw ingredient. She uncovers the truth behind reports that dark chocolate can be good for your health. Matt Tebbutt heads to one of the UK’s largest chocolate factories to find out w...

Heavy rain and perfect growing conditions has led to a backlog of roadside maintenance for authorities, with social media lighting up about the mess.

Grass is really getting on people’s nerves.

For more than 200 years Holland has been the centre of the global trade in cut flowers, through auction company Royal FloraHolland in Aalsmeer. Flowers from all around the world are flown into Amsterdam daily to be auctioned off at about 5am and then shipped around Europe in planes and trucks. It is a testament to the love of things beautiful and a “perfect market”, and a huge nod to Dutch efficiency.   If you walk above the huge flower halls you can smell when you are above the sweetpeas...