His signature application was Flower Garden, which allowed you to grow flowers, cut them, and send digital bouquets to your friends.

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Gardeners are being encouraged to grow striped flowers to encourage bumblebee populations, after research suggested the insects are most attracted to them.

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Such greenhouses could be used to grow fruit, vegetables and flowers cheaply.

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Still, the concept of eating flowers takes time to grow on people.

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Urban communities could be given powers that would allow them to take over unused land and grow crops, flowers or plant trees.

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