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WorldTribute: Flowers to Queen to be composted and used in Royal Parks

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Tribute: Flowers to Queen to be composted and used in Royal Parks

The flowers will be utilized for park planting initiatives in London.

From next week Monday, flowers left in memory of the Queen will be composted and planted as shrubberies and landscaping materials in the Royal Parks.

Flowers left by visitors in honour of the Queen will still be accepted, but those that have already started to lose their beauty will be taken to the Hyde Park nursery.

It is expected that work to remove items laid by the public will begin on Monday, a week after the state funeral, and will continue for seven days.

Once taken away, any remaining packaging, cards, and labels will be removed before the plant material is composted in Kensington Gardens.

The compost will then be used on landscaping projects and shrubberies across the Royal Parks.

The London Royal Parks include Hyde Park, Green Park, St James’s Park, Regent’s Park, and Kensington Gardens.

Sue Tovey, 57, from North Wales, traveled to the tribute site in Green Park to leave flowers with her husband and her granddaughter.

She said: “I think it’s amazing because so many people have brought things down and I love how they’ve gotten rid of all the Cellophane and actually just got the bouquets. It’s beautiful, really moving isn’t it?”

Belinda Barber, 56, from Huntingdon, left flowers at the Green Park tribute site.

She said: “We’re all gardeners anyway so it’s a lovely touch that this will go and get used in Royal Parks, which is fantastic. There’s going to be a lot of compost here I would’ve thought.”

Thousands of mourners have left flowers since the Queen's death
Image: Thousands of mourners have left flowers since the Queen’s death

In terms of other tributes, a spokesperson for the Royal Parks said: “Our priority at the moment is to manage the huge volume of flowers and tributes that are being left in the Green Park Floral Tribute Garden.

“We will store any teddies and artifacts that have been left and will work closely with our partners to agree on what we do with them over the next few months with discretion and sensitivity.”

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