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St Mary's Church, Hertingfordbury
St Mary's Lane, Hertingfordbury SG14 2LD
The Mini Meadow
On the left of the path to the church door, there is a meadow patch which is left unmown in the Spring. In May time you can see the lacy white flowers of the rare Meadow Saxifrage here.
Just opposite, you may see narrow-leaf plantain growing along the edges of many of the gravestones. This thrives on ground that has been disturbed. Its preserved pollen in archaeological sites is used as an indicator of when our prehistoric ancestors shifted from being hunter-gatherers to farming the land.
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