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Habitat Fragmentation

Introduction: Firstly it is important to point out that habitat fragmentation is an expansive subject, and extensive documentation can be found. Additionally it is important to appreciate that there are other ecological concepts linked with understanding habitat fragmentation. For example, … Continue reading

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Trends in Garden Design – Wildlife Gardening

Garden styles, layouts and contents have continually changed throughout the history of garden design, in terms of their structure and the plants used. If you look carefully you can identify a series of noticeable trends within garden design which seem … Continue reading

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Blooming warm winter temperatures!

We all remember the winter of 2010, we all had to endure one of the coldest Decembers on record. However in contrast, the winter of 2011 has become known for being really mild, in fact 2011 has been recorded as … Continue reading

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How to turn a container into a wildlife haven

Back in October 2011 we decided to install our Wildflower Roof Turf on one of our containers here at the farm. It was a really simple process… first we installed a couple of wooden posts inside the container, to provide … Continue reading

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Working with nature – a few client projects

We like to keep in touch with our clients, and that means finding out how their projects have developed, as well as how our Wildflower Turf is getting on. Additionally it is also a way of providing support and after … Continue reading

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Green Roof display

ICB (International Construction Bureau) Limited, have set up a display using our Wildflower Roof Turf on their permanent rig, which is on location at their new office in Poole. As you can see from the photos it provides ideas and … Continue reading

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Christmas wishes…

We wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! From the team at Wildflower Turf Limited

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Bare lawn to wildflower meadow

Seaview Primary, Seaham, Co.Durham Chris Dodds Garden Design & Construction were asked to transform an area made up of mainly worn out lawn at Seaview Primary School. The area as it was, looked very bare and stark, so there was … Continue reading

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Is the cost of turf higher than seed?

Turf…Although the initial cost of turf is higher than seed, with Wildflower Turf you are guaranteed a meadow without the need for too much work. The meadow is established the day the turf is laid. We can also provide you … Continue reading

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Could it be a shield bug?

A few weeks ago we posted a blog asking if anyone could identify a little beetle we had filmed and photographed on our Wildflower Turf back in September. Here is a reminder of what the bug looked like… Thanks to … Continue reading

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