Queen’s memorial flowers put to good use
Flowers left in tribute to Queen Elizabeth II have been laid down as compost at a borough memorial garden.
Dudley Council invited residents to leave floral tributes at sites including Mary Stevens Park in Stourbridge and Coronation Gardens in Dudley town centre when the popular monarch passed away in September 2022.
Green care staff collected in the hundreds of bouquets and, instead of just throwing them away, turned them into compost.
That compost has now been laid in Coronation Gardens in Sedgley to tie in with the anniversary of what would have been the Queen’s 99th birthday.
Councillor Damian Corfield, cabinet member for highways and environmental services, said:
“When we lost Her Majesty the Queen we set up memorial sites across the borough where residents could leave flowers.
“We didn’t dispose of those flowers, our operatives took them away.
“They composted them, and now to tie in with what would have been the Queen’s birthday we have laid it around Coronation Gardens in Sedgley.
“We will be planting there to create eye-catching new floral displays, and it comes after we planted a tree there to mark the coronation of King Charles.
“We want to create a memorial garden which residents can come and enjoy and cherish.”