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Category Archives: Wildflower Garden Meadow
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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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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“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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Wild Flower Turf – an alternative cutting regime
Recently our UK weather patterns appear to have been changing. Last years winter was a case in point with the arrival of snow in early November and summers for the past two years have been hot and dry through April … Continue reading
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Public Spaces into Wildflower Meadows
With much in the news at the moment about Councils cutting costs it is hardly a surprise to read in Horticulture Week magazine this week, that one council is beginning to transfer maintenance of public spaces in villages and towns … Continue reading
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Wild Flower Meadows using “Wildflower Turf” – Just get better and better
It’s a bold statement but true none the less, wildflower meadows developed using our wildflower turf do get better and better. For example “Historic Garden – Hampshire” a large wildflower meadow (2,500m² CT Flora) adjacent to a magnificent area of … Continue reading
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Wildflower Meadows coming into Bloom
All this lovely weather, sun and warmth, is encouraging wildflower meadows to bloom already. In just one week the Orchard in the hamlet of Deane near Basingstoke, has burst into bloom. There were loads of Red Campions (Silene dioica) swaying … Continue reading
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Bee Roads
The number of honeybees in the UK has halved in the last 25 years, and three-quarters of butterfly species and two-thirds of moths have seen population declines since the 1970s. How can we halt the decline in our nectar loving … Continue reading
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Green Wall Trial contd….
Today as promised, we uploaded the video of our green wall trial as it was being constructed at our Farm in Ashe Warren, Overton. This is a really new innovation for us and the trial is in its infancy and … Continue reading
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Helping Solitary Bees with a Bee Hotel
One of the biggest problems facing bees today is the lack of places for them to hibernate over the winter months. In this day and age of having really tidy gardens many of the spaces available to bees have been … Continue reading
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