Volunteers bringing life to major link road

Volunteers have been collecting seed to "bring colour and life" to a major link road

A group of volunteers, known as the Wildflower Warriors, have been collecting seed by hand to "bring colour and life" to a major link road being built in Cornwall.

The Eden Project's National Wildflower Centre (NWC) and volunteers have taken on the task of gathering, sowing, growing and harvesting enough wildflower seed to plant along the four-mile route.

Construction of the link road between the A30 and St Austell is in the final phase, according to the visitor attraction.

To increase biodiversity, the NWC is sowing a mix of annual and perennial wildflower seed, hoping that the habitats will be blooming for years to come.

Stephanie Knights, NWC project manager, said: "We want to ensure the new road is as natural and biodiverse as a road can be, featuring an abundance of wildflowers that are typical of the Cornish countryside.

"Producing enough seed for such a large area has been a mammoth task and we've seen some great teamwork involving our volunteers from the local community, local landowners and the partners involved in the building of the road."

The long-term aim of the wildflower project is to deliver verifiable biodiversity gain over decades in partnership with the local community.