A group of eight Conservation Society members (counting the dog) met on a Saturday morning to plant wildflowers along Paradise Lane. The plugs had begun as seeds planted by Sweetacre nursery — poppies, foxgloves, corn marigold, cornflower and ox­eye daisy.

  This is part of a four-year plan by Glastonbury in Bloom to have the town covered in wildflowers by 2018 for the centenary of the First World War armistice.

  The Conservation Society is to concentrate on Paradise Lane, which leads from the top of Wick Hollow and down the hill to the old oaks Gog and Magog and the campsite there. The path is so popular among locals and visitors alike that it has deteriorated through overuse. Besides the planting, the plan is to improve the surface and possibly the entrance gate and stile. This is work in progress but well worth a walk on a sunny evening.