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Author Archives: Claire
Yellow Rattle – Annual Dynamo – how to achieve success
According to Natural England, in the last sixty years England has lost most of its species-rich semi-natural grassland. Increasing the numbers and species of native wild flowers can go some way to restoring this valuable habitat. Yellow Rattle (Rhinanthus minor) … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, Wild Flower Meadows
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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
Posted in Uncategorized, Wildflower Garden Meadow, Wildflower Turf Green Roofs
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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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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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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
Posted in 2011, Wild Flower Meadows
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“Mary’s Garden” at Battersea Dogs & Cats Home
Earlier this year we received a request from Brian da Cal (Volunteer Manager) at Battersea Dogs & Cats home for some Wild Flower Turf for a sensory garden they were creating for the dogs. The garden was to be named … Continue reading
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We Have Barn Owls in our Barn!
Barn Owls (Tyto alba) are a species of conservation concern in the UK, so being given the chance to change their fortunes albeit very slightly and locally was not an opportunity we were prepared to pass up. Some while ago … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Farm
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