Urban Meadows

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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Top 5 Ecological Roles of Wildflowers in Urban Environments

 

In our rapidly urbanising world, the expansion of cities often comes at the cost of nature. In the UK alone, we’ve lost a staggering 97% of our wildflower meadows

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UK Bird Decline: Can Green Roofs Provide a Hopeful Flight Path?

Bird populations are declining worldwide, and the UK is no exception. In our rapidly urbanising world, over a quarter of bird species face extinction and 70 UK…

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As we all look forward to Easter we have another guest blog is from Amanda Winstead.  Amanda is a writer from the Portland area with a background in communications and a passion for telling stories. If you want to…

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Our MD, James Hewetson-Brown, recently shared his thoughts on Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) with a leading UK landscaping publication. In our first blog for 2020 we’ve summarised James’ article in brief, outlining the likely impacts as the mandatory BNG…

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As well as working with Landscape Contractors, Garden Designers, Landscape Architects, Green Roofing Contractors and Private Clients, we are also closely involved with a number of Councils across the UK. This month we are featuring a recent project courtesy…

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The second installment of our tale of a community that has come together to transform their communal space. And won a Green Flag Community Award to boot!
The Katherine Buchan Meadow in Ealing, London had received enough funding…

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Receiving news last week that the Katherine Buchan Meadow in London has been awarded a Green Flag Community Award, we thought it was high time we featured the story of how this delightful meadow came about.
The Katherine Buchan Meadow…

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With UK construction and associated infrastructure continuing apace, a new development in Berkshire has been a recent project for Wildflower Turf Ltd.
Buckler’s Park in Crowthorne, Berkshire, is located on the former Transport Research Laboratory site and is comprised of…

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Sustainable Urban Drainage systems (SUDs) have really come to the fore in recent years due to the increased occurrence of significantly damaging flood events in the UK and around the world.  The need to find a better planning solution…

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