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Biodiversity – it’s not just a fancy word

What is biodiversity? – biodiversity describes the variety of life on Earth. It includes the wide variety of ecosystems and living organisms from all sources including terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and their genes. Why should we be concerned … 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

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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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The Rising Popularity of Green Roofs

This year we have seen a huge rise in the numbers of enquiries about using Wildflower Turf on ‘Green Roofs’. We seemed to be answering the same type of questions quite a lot and so decided to create a dedicated … Continue reading

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Wildflower Meadow donation to Overton Primary School

The meadow surrounds the new wildlife ‘dipping pond’ where the pupils will be encouraged to hunt for ‘mini-beasts’!  This project will be part of the curriculum starting this autumn.

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Despite the cold, the turf is rolling out

Windsor Great Park is taking its last delivery of the year with 400/m2 leaving the farm tomorrow morning. Despite the weather it is still a good time of year to lay the turf as it will not need to be watered … Continue reading

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Wild Flower Meadow at the Natural History Museum is Huge Success

Natural History Museum Press Release 30 NOV – PRESS RELEASE Wild Flower Meadow at the Natural History Museum is Huge Success The Natural History Museum extended the meadow habitat in their Wildlife Garden using an innovative soil-less Wild Flower Turf … Continue reading

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Green Roof Update

The stable green roof has been coming on so quickly in the last few months so I thought I should climb up on the roof to take some pictures. It was teeming with insect life! I am absolutely delighted with … Continue reading

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