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Olympic plants viewed by officials - 14/10/09

Officials from London's 2012 Olympics have taken a look at more than 300,000 wetland plants set to accompany the country's largest urban river, being created for the sporting event.

They saw more than 30 species of reeds, rushes, grasses, sedges and wet wildflowers in Thetford, Norfolk, to decide how to create the wetland planting at the 100 hectare Olympic Park.

Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) chair John Armitt said: "The plants growing in Norfolk will help regenerate the Olympic Park waterways to create habitats for wildlife and help future proof the park against climate change and flooding.

"Wetlands, ponds, swales and widened rivers bristling with plants will help manage flood water and create fantastic new spaces for the public and wildlife. We are on track to start creating the parklands and planting trees shortly."

Many of the plants were grown from seeds and cuttings collected at the site of the Olympic Park before development began in 2008.

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