Image from english-country-garden.com The cowslip is a lowly and lovely wildflower that grows in pastures in the English countryside. The primula (veris) had disappeared from the fields due to intensive farming. Farmers were clearing fields to increase the number of cattle that they could graze. As a result, only

3% of the wildflowers’ natural habitat has survived. But now farmers are grazing fewer animals and that means less intensive eating and longer grasses. So the traditional wildflowers are having a come-back. …

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The Return of the Lowly and Lovely Cowslip