Maintenance

When the growing season winds down and the air turns crisp, many of us steel ourselves for a dull winter stretch until spring returns.  For owners of wildflower meadows (or those about…

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Why Autumn is the Best Time to Sow Wildflower Seeds

Did you know that autumn is one of the best times to sow wildflower seeds? Read on to discover why autumn seed sowing gives your wildflowers the ultimate…

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Managing your meadow in a heatwave: The Summer Drought Cut explained

Summer 2025 has seen unusually hot and dry weather across the UK. The intense heat and lack of rain have significantly accelerated and shortened the lifecycle of…

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Spring Wildflower Maintenance: Your guide to the ‘Chelsea Chop’

Named after the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, the Chelsea Chop is an optional late Spring cut that helps to rebalance a wildflower meadow, extend the flowering period and encourage…

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No Mow May 2025: Let Your Lawn Grow Wild

 

Happy No Mow May!

What is no ‘No Mow May’?

Today marks the start of No Mow May, a simple yet powerful movement championed by the British conservation charity…

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Maintenance of wildflower meadows is an important consideration. In this month’s timely blog, we’re sharing some of our best-practice insights with you.

Wildflower meadows require minimal maintenance – this is one of their many benefits. However, every autumn your meadow…

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June is a great time to spot and identify wildflowers, note where they are and consider collecting their seed at a later date when the plant matures and has developed viable seed.
Sowing the seed you have collected is a…

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Wildflower Turf meadows require minimal maintenance. However, every Autumn your meadow will require a little attention and September and October is the ideal time to carry out the task of cutting if you have not already done so.
No two…

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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…

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Once established our Wildflower Turf requires very little maintenance, however, there is one important task to carry out each autumn.

No two meadows will grow in exactly the same way or even at the same rate, with the mix of flowers…

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