Whilst on your travels .You would find it impossible  not to see the abundant Cow parsley which decorates the road side with its lace like flowers. This plant is host to forty or so species of insects.

You can often see beetles hoverflies aphids and moths around these helipads of nectar. It has many names Humlock, hemlock, rabbit meat, scab flower, lady's needlework,badman's oatmeal, devils meal, lady's needlework Queen Anne's lace and mothers die.

Let's give reasons for the last two. Queen Anne travelled the country in May around Kensington as she suffered from asthma and needed some fresh air. The roads were decorated with this plant which resembled the lace pillows which she and her ladies in waiting carried hence Queen Anne's lace.

The second more macabre name is a deterrent a dark folktale with a very good reason. Children were told that if they picked a Cow parsley their Mother would die. This was a deterrent to stop children from picking the poisonous hemlock which it resembles.