With blossoms happening earlier, many traditional events have shifted from their original date
The Cambridgeshire village of Thriplow held its first Daffodil Weekend in April 1969 to raise funds for repairs to the village church. It was such a success that it became annual charity event and, incidentally, created an archive of flower blooming dates.
Tim Sparks, an environmental statistics researcher, notes that over its five decades the Daffodil Weekend has gradually shifted, and is now held three weeks earlier than the original to coincide with earlier blooming. Continue reading...
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