As of: February 17, 2024, 8:04 a.m
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Directly from the region: With the Gmoablattl, the citizens of Weyarner receive bags with seeds from local flowering plants.
“Our insects can do the most with these,” says Elisabeth Meyer.
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There are many seed mixtures for flowering meadows where insects should find food.
However, these plants are often not regional.
A special project is now starting in Weyarn: citizens are receiving bags with seeds from 44 types of regional bloomers.
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- From Achillea millefolium, the common yarrow, to Verbascum nigrum, the black mullein - the seeds of 44 species of regional wildflowers are in small paper bags that the citizens of Weyarn will find in the March Gmoablattl.
It is a project of the Energy and Environment Working Group.
AK spokeswoman Elisabeth Meyer presented the idea to the local council, which gave the majority the green light.
The seeds packed in small bags are enough for one square meter.
Not a large area, but the working group in this project is primarily concerned with the idea of education, as Meyer emphasizes.
And if you want to sow a larger area, you can get additional bags.
The background to the campaign is that there is a large variety of seed mixtures on the market with plants that are intended to provide food for butterflies, bees and other insects.
“These flowers are beautifully colorful, but most of them are only annuals,” explains Meyer.
“Many of our insects can’t do anything with it because the plants are not native to the area.” However, native insects are adjusted to the flowering time and fruit ripening of regional flowering plants in their own reproductive cycle.
The working group wants to sensitize citizens to this interaction in nature.
Can be sown in the garden or in a large pot
The project met with differing opinions from local councilors.
Some were concerned that the packages were too often just set aside.
“We hope that those who do not sow the seeds themselves will pass them on to neighbors or acquaintances,” said Meyer.
It is also possible to sow seeds in large pots; you don't need a garden.
Hans Holzinger (FW) liked the project, but suggested that a public area should also be sown “so that people can see something”.
Anschi Hacklinger (Greens) wanted kindergartens and schools to also be included.
Albert Zinsbacher (CSU) had concerns about the distribution via the Gmoablattl.
He feared that half of the bags would be thrown away.
“If you want, you can pick them up in the community.” Angelika Viellechner (FW) saw it differently.
“With the Gmoablattl, everyone gets it, and then you also reach people who might not otherwise take part and who deal with it in this way.” Mayor Leonhard Wöhr (CSU) agreed with her.
He also suggested accompanying the project with a photo competition.
Meyer took the suggestions with him to discuss in the working group.
After the approval of the local council, the AK has now ordered and received the seed bags.
The seeds are certified and come from a company that specializes in the distribution of local wildflowers and wild grasses.
In the Gmoablattl, citizens will find instructions on how to slim down the soil so that sowing is successful.
The working group will also sow a community area and offer daycare centers and schools the opportunity to support a corresponding project there.
Submitted photos of the wildflowers will be published, and small prizes will be awarded for particularly beautiful ones.
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Meyer now hopes that as many citizens as possible will sow the seeds at home - or pass the bags on to others if they don't do so themselves.
“The care is manageable,” says Meyer.
The flowering area must be mown once a year.
The most important thing is patience.
“You have to give it time, there are plants that only bloom in the second or third year.” However, in a garden you can observe that the flowers themselves multiply and spread.
Compared to some other mixtures there may be fewer species.
“But ones that our insects can really do something with.”