Legendary rocker Brian May became a local hero in the quiet English village where he lives when he donated thousands of daffodil bulbs to brighten up the green outside the church last year.
But plans to extend his floral donations for next year have bitten the dust after local authorities intervened and blocked the move.
The Queen guitarist and founding member donated 3,000 daffodil bulbs to the local community and has been regularly posting online about the progress of their growth on the church green in Elstead, Surrey, where he lives. Back in October, he wrote about how school children had turned out to plant the flowers and has kept his followers updated on their progress since then, sharing photos and videos.
In his most recent post on Instagram this week, he said he has been “quite thrilled” about the “happy comments” from villagers about the floral display.
May, who wrote some of Queen’s biggest hits, including “We Will Rock You” and “Who Wants to Live Forever,” thanked Team Daffodil –– the community volunteers who helped plant the bulbs –– but in the same post also revealed that the village authorities had rejected his offer to donate more flowers to the nearby village green.
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