WILD AT HEART

Wakehurst, Kew’s wild botanic garden in West Sussex, is embarking on its most ambitious project yet, to create a six-acre American Prairie. With advice from the American expert in prairie restoration Larry Weaner, Wakefield’s horticultural team will sow 12 million seeds and plant more than 50,000 live plants from around 110 different species. When complete, the prairie will be a valuable resource for vital research by the Royal Botanic Garden, Kew, into threatened prairie ecosystems. kew.org