Bedding plants have been cut from the council budget to save money and have been replaced by meadow flower seeds.

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And without sufficient energy stores, coffee trees are unable to flower and produce the fruits whose seeds become coffee beans.

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Dishes might include exotic concoctions such as delicate puffed tapioca and jasmine rice with pumpkin seeds and mushroom floss, or South Australian squid in aromatic smoked leek linseed and garlic flower broth.

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