More than 14 acres of native wildflower meadows are set to flourish across the borough as part of a new initiative to create ...

Direct sowing works best for large plantings of wildflower and cold tolerant perennial plant seeds and it’s the method to use ...

If your soil is rich then you may need to remove the top 3-6 inches of top soil to ensure that the conditions are right for growing wildflowers. The best time to sow seeds and start creating your ...

Cut the grass at the end of summer after most of the wildflowers have had a chance to set seed. If you only have a small meadow, use a strimmer (wearing protective clothing, such as goggles ...

The task facing conservationists is made harder by the difficulty in placing meadows firmly into the public's consciousness. Fiona Guest, from Scotland's only commercial wildflower seed producer ...

Many places sell wildflower meadow mixes. It's best to use suppliers who guarantee their seeds are native to Britain, so you don't get harmful species cropping up. Wildflower lawn mixes, with or ...

Wildflower seed mixes have different proportions and types of flowers ... Many mixes contain colourful plants, such as poppies and cornflowers, that live at field margins rather than in meadows. These ...

As the meadow matures, wildflower seeds will be harvested and used in other local nature conservation projects. Since the 1930s, the UK has lost 97% of its wildflower meadows, mainly due to ...