Bedding options

摘要

Plants have always been an easy target for local authorities looking to trim costs and never more so than in the current climate of reduced public spending. But as bedding plant suppliers report this week, how local authorities are responding to financial pressures varies hugely. Where some have brought the axe down hard, others and especially those with significant tourist populations to support are maintaining their investment in plants, others still are ringing the changes with, for instance, a new focus on larger plants with lower maintenance requirements.. Baginton Nurseries managing director Will Lamb says: "There are definitely cutbacks in the numbers of plants that local authorities are ordering and some we used to supply are no longer taking orders at all. We're hearing budget cuts are the reason.