Description
The Seahorse Trust is a charity very close to our hearts. These extraordinary little creatures are killed in their millions every year to be part of jewellery or for Chinese medicine and for sale as pets. And their death is not a pleasant one – they are hauled out of the ocean and left to suffocate on the beach in boiling heat and pain to dry them out. If things carry on the way they are, seahorses will be extinct in less than 30 years. This is an awful thing to contemplate and we must do all we can to prevent this. You can help by not buying jewellery or other trinkets containing real seahorses and by helping to support The Seahorse Trust in their fabulous work to help save these marvellous marine animals.
Seahorses enjoy a bit of romance and pair up as the perfect couple and so are an ideal symbol for true love. The Seahorse Trust was set up in 1999 as an umbrella organisation to preserve and conserve the marine environment using Seahorses as their flagship species. They work in partnership with many organisations and people from all over the world. The Seahorse Trust has also set up a worldwide database on seahorses to help record seahorse sightings around the world.
Seahorses are a unique fish species that occupy the coastal areas of most of the world and they are under threat, being vulnerable to human and natural interference they suffer badly and by working together we can make a difference to their future and the future of these fragile eco-systems.
The Seahorse Trust working with its partners at Boatfolk and the Studland Bay Marine Partnership have put a total of 100 Ecomoorings into Studland Bay
Studland Bay was designated as a Marine Conservation Zone in 2019 after 11 years of studying, surveying and campaigning by The tSeahorse Trust and its partners at Southampton University. The site is very important for its seagrass meadow and its population of Spiny Seahorses both of which have been affected by an increase in the number of boats visiting the site.
These ecomoorings will take the pressure off the site and allow it to recover to favourable conditions, which was the intention of the Marine Conservation Zone.
The Seahorse Trust is a registered charity – number 1086027. For every one of these seed packets sold, a donation of 20p will be made to them.
About the Seed Packets
The seed packets are made from recycled white paper and measure 9 x 12 cm. The seeds inside are in a glassine paper sachet (not plastic and foil) and are a mix of British-grown British wildflower seeds – Cornflower, Corn Chamomile, Corn Marigold and Poppy. All these flowers are perfect for butterflies, bees, moths, hoverflies and other little bugs!
What is glassine paper? Glassine paper is an eco-friendly and plastic-free alternative to mass-produced heat-sealed plastic and foil/paper sachets. Unlike those sachets glassine paper can be recycled and is biodegradable. It is also resistant to moisture and will keep the seeds dry in the main packet.
Not using the seeds for a while? No problem! Just store them somewhere cool and dry out of direct sunlight.
The seed packets are personalised with your wedding details – please advise these in the box above.
By buying these charity seed packets you are helping nature in more ways than one!
About the Seeds
This seed packet contains a mix of cornfield annuals – Poppy, Cornflower, Corn Chamomile and Corn Marigold.
We use a seed grower registered with APHA and who is inspected annually, so you can be sure you are getting quality seeds. The wildflower seeds are grown in the UK and are UK species only.
