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Young Designer Wins with Wildflowers
Caitlin McLaughlin, of Thrift Landscapes Garden Design, was recently awarded the RHS Young Designer of the Year Award and a Gold Award at RHS Tatton Park for her Nature & Nurture Garden. Built by Foxcroft Landscapes, the garden represents an urban … Continue reading
Posted in Garden Design, General Interest, Show Gardens, Urban Meadows, Wildflower Turf
Tagged awards, caitlin mclaughlin, foxcroft landscapes, rhs tatton, show garden, thrift landscapes, urban, wildflower turf, young garden designer
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Looking After Your Wildflower Meadow This Summer
This blog will take you through the steps of maintaining a wonderful wildflower meadow over the summer months. If you are keen to find out even more about Wildflower Turf, look out for our book which will be published later on this … Continue reading
Posted in General Interest, Maintenance, Wildflower Turf
Tagged looking after a wildflower meadow, maintenance, summer, wildflower turf
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A Garden Inspired by History
Today marks 801 years since Magna Carta. A magnificent garden was created last year to celebrate the 800th anniversary. Patricia Thirion and Janet Honour from A Touch of France Garden Design used the historic peace treaty between unpopular King John … Continue reading
Posted in Exhibitions, Garden Design, General Interest, Show Gardens, Wildflower Turf
Tagged Garden Design, magna carta, rhs chelsea flower show, wildflower turf
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Making an Urban Scene Green
Last Spring, a park was created in London for the first time in one hundred years. 3,850m² of a mixture of Wildflower Landscape Turf and Shade Tolerant Turf was taken to Greenwich Peninsula, to be installed by Gavin Jones. Alys … Continue reading
Posted in Urban Meadows, Wildflower Turf
Tagged biodiversity, landscape turf, london, shade tolerant turf, urban area, urban meadow, wildflower turf
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The Queen of Herbs Returns to RHS Chelsea Flower Show
Jekka McVicar, highly acclaimed organic gardening expert, is appearing once again at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show this week with a Main Avenue Show Garden featuring Wildflower Turf. The unique Show Garden, which will be relocated to St John’s Hospice … Continue reading
Posted in Exhibitions, General Interest, Show Gardens
Tagged chelsea flower show, herbs, nature, RHS Chelsea, shade tolerant, st johns hospice, wildflower turf, wildflowers, wildlife
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Creating Show Gardens and Film Sets using Wildflower Turf
The RHS Shows throughout the summer months are the font of inspiration for many of us and as we oooh and ahh at the amazing designs and the seamless planting on display it is difficult to imagine the work and the … Continue reading
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Tagged Garden Design, Naturalistic Garden Design, RHS Chelsea, Show Turf, wildflower turf
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2015 Round Up – Wildflowers in Domestic Garden Projects
2015 at Wildflower Turf Ltd saw inspired wildflower garden designs from the very best in the business, providing us with some fantastic inspiration for future garden projects. Here are a few of our favourites. 1.Whirlpool of Wildflowers Designer: Ann Marie Powell Contractor: … Continue reading
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Tagged prairie planting, wildflower earth, wildflower turf, wildflowers with topiary
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Launch of new bulb collection for under-planting your wildflower turf.
This autumn, we are excited to be launching our new range of scatter bulb mixes that have been specifically chosen to enhance your wildflower areas. They are easy to incorporate into your garden designs whilst laying your wildflower turf. Scattered … Continue reading
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Tagged naturalising bulbs, spring bulbs, summer bulbs, under planting bulbs, wildflower turf
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Creating wildflower environments in schools and colleges
Over the last year we have been involved in a number of projects for schools and colleges who have decided to create wildflower areas for educational as well as landscaping purposes. It is fantastic to think that exposing more children to … Continue reading
Posted in General Interest, Wildflower Turf
Tagged Case Studies, education sites, wildflower turf
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Bee Happy with Wildflower Turf – Our Mason Bee Hotel Initiative
Earlier in the year, we were invited to get involved with a mason bee project as an offshoot of Operation Pollinator. We knew that these amazing insects were incredibly important for our wildflower turf pollination but as we started to … Continue reading
Posted in Ecology, General Interest, Wildflower Meadows
Tagged bee hotel, mason bees, pollination, wildflower turf
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