Flower of the Year Campaign in Germany

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In 1979, Loki Schmidt (1919-2010), the spouse of former German Federal chancellor Helmut Schmidt, founded the Stiftung zum Schutze gefährdeter Pflanzen ("Foundation for the protection of endangered plants") which became the Stiftung Naturschutz Hamburg und Stiftung zum Schutze gefährdeter Pflanzen ("Foundation Nature Conservancy Hamburg and for the protection of endangered plants") in 1985. One of the main purposes of this organisation is a public awareness campaign about the ecological value of wildflowers. This campaign which celebrate a wildflower of the year was established in 1980. The announcement for the flower of the year is often published in October and events to protect the critically endangered, endangered or vulnerable wildflowers are organised. In 2003, Schmidt published a book about this campaign with watercolour illustrations of the plants by herself and a foreword titled "With Loki's eyes" written by Siegfried Lenz.

Video Flower of the Year Campaign in Germany

List of wildflowers announced as Flower of the Year in Germany

Maps Flower of the Year Campaign in Germany

References

• Loki Schmidt (2003). Die Blumen des Jahres [The Flowers of the Year] (in German). Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe. ISBN 978-3-455-09395-7. 
• "Blume des Jahres" [Flower of the Year] (in German). Stiftung Naturschutz Hamburg und Stiftung Loki Schmidt. Archived from the original on October 28, 2011. Retrieved October 21, 2011. 

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