Gaynor's Push for Rosy Future for the Environment

The Dancing On Ice star, Gaynor Faye, launches the Recyle Now Home Compost Campaign for 2007.

The campaign is aimed at encouraging Britain to keep its gardens in bloom by getting more people recycling kitchen and garden waste – and was launched with a new national survey which names the rose as Britain's favourite flower.

The benefits of home composting are twofold, as they can benefit both the environment and the garden. Home composting allows households to recycle kitchen and garden waste rather than send it to landfill where it can release methane - a gas which contributes to climate change.

Also, the compost produced can be used on the garden to help soil retain moisture and help plants stay alive during the increasingly hot summers.

English rose, Gaynor, said: "By composting at home we can protect the environment and make sure that our favourite flowers continue to look amazing."

Other results include:

The rose was chosen as the UK's favourite flower, with 26 per cent of the vote.
The daffodil was the second favourite flower, with 12 per cent of the votes, followed closely by the lily, with 11 per cent.
27 per cent of men picked the rose as their favourite, in contrast to 25 per cent of women.
Every region in the UK prefers the rose above any other flower, apart from Wales, where an equal number of people also like the daffodil.
The West Country champions the rose more than anywhere else in the country, with a third of people choosing it as their favourite.
The older generations prefer the rose and shun alternatives, with 32 per cent of over 55 year olds picking it as their chosen flower, and only 7 per cent opting for the lily...
…but the younger generations prefer more obscure flowers, with only 18 per cent of 18-24 year olds opting for the rose, 15 per cent choosing the lily, 13 per cent opting for the daffodil and one in ten choosing the tulip.
The UK’s least favourite flower is a tie between the daisy and the pansy, with only two per cent of people opting for either.
Men are far more likely to have no preference over flowers – 13 per cent of men don’t have a favourite at all, in contrast to only three per cent of women.