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Monthly Archives: August 2011
Twilight Days of Summer
The days are getting shorter and the nights are definitely cooler, so you might be forgiven for believing that those last flowers in your wild flower meadow or on your green roof i.e. Clover, Vetch, a few late Red Campion’s, … Continue reading
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Gardeners World Live Show 2011 – Update
A few months ago we reported the leap to fame of Darren Rudge Landscape & Garden Design when they won a Gold Medal and Best in Show for their show garden “Naturally Playful” at BBC Gardeners World Live Show this … Continue reading
Designer uses Wild Flower Turf at Tatton Park Flower Show
The British summer supplies us with numerous RHS flower shows, which in turn make us all wish our gardens could look so glorious. We’ve found that quite a number of designers like to use our wildflower turf with its rich … Continue reading
JCB Engineering Academy and Biodiversity go hand in hand! How?
What could the new JCB Academy, a school for young engineers in Staffordshire, possibly have in common with biodiversity? Why, a wild flower meadow of course. Not many moons ago, JCB commissioned East Midlands Landscaping to landscape the area around … Continue reading
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Biodiverse Wild Flower Meadows
Naturally occurring Wild Flower Meadows are one of the most beautiful sights in the countryside although sadly they don’t occur as often as they used to. Travelling through the Highlands of Scotland, Yorkshire or Wiltshire for example will reward the … Continue reading
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Mess or Meadow? Urban Councils Create Wildlife Highways
What would you say if a green area in the car park was left repeatedly unmown or it looked as if the Local Council wasn’t doing it’s job properly by not cutting an area in the park? Would you complain? … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, Urban Meadows
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Olympic magic has just begun
With only a year to go before the 2012 London Olympics, preparation is underway on the finishing touches to the surrounding landscaped areas. We are exited and proud to be chosen to grow and provide bespoke wildflower meadow turf for … Continue reading
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Wildlife Ponds – Wild Flower Turf banks
Ponds are beautiful, whatever their size, but creating a wildlife natural looking pond can be a challenge especially if you dream of having wild flowers cascading down the banks to the water’s edge. A tried and tested solution is one … Continue reading
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An Alternative Regime to Cutting Meadows – Epilogue
You will remember that a few weeks back we detailed an alternative cutting regime for wild flower meadows that had flowered early and for all intents and purposes appeared to have finished by the end of June. We thought we’d … Continue reading
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