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Monthly Archives: July 2011
Earth Awards Exhibition – green roofs – part of a sustainable future
Last year saw the very first START Festival set up by The Princes Charities Foundation, founded by The Prince of Wales and held at various Royal venues across London throughout the Summer. The START Initiative is all about sustainability in … Continue reading
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Wild Flower Meadows – Trial using Annual Wild Flowers
Recently we have been trialing a special mix using annual wild flowers instead of the usual perennial species. The mix, primarily for post 2012 Olympic Games at Greenwich Park is presently in the trial stage and is looking pretty good. … Continue reading
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Wildflower Chill out Garden
Jackson’s Garden Centre host an annual in-house show in their yard in Ashford, Kent. The designer Helen Elks-Smith’s Show Garden had the theme ‘Chill out Garden.’ Our Wildflower Turf was delivered to the site unrolled, because the turf was 2ft … Continue reading
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Wildflower Turf – I told you it was a brilliant product!
The title is a customer quote – not us bragging!! About a month ago we had a group of garden designers visit us for an open afternoon. Lisa Cox, a garden designer based in Surrey, organised the visit. She works for … Continue reading
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Trialing a new mower
We wanted to experiment with cutting the turf early in the season, compared to when we would normally cut it in the Autumn. We decided to trial a new mower, to find out if it could manage to cope with … Continue reading
Clarence House – Garden Party with a Difference
HRH Prince of Wales is due to open a garden party with a difference to illustrate ways that we can live in greater tune with our environment.
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You have to Bee at the “Creating Landscapes Show in October”
We’re buzzing around just now getting ready for the Creating Landscapes Show, 25th and 26th October 2011. We are hoping to be really innovative by demonstrating the wonderfully diverse habitat that is created with our wild flower turf. With the … Continue reading
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Tatton Park Flower Show
Flower Shows are a great highlight of British summer months and Tatton Park Flower Show, Knutsford, Cheshire which is open from Wednesday 20th July (this week in fact), is no exception. With each show comes the vested interest in a … Continue reading
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Ringlet butterfly
Just out taking some photo’s of our wildflower turf and spotted a Ringlet butterfly (Aphantopus hyperantus). Their ecology suggests that they can be found in open fields, rides (grassy tracks), and glades within woodland. Although it was quite an overcast … Continue reading
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