Wildflower Meadows

Enhance Grass Control: A Scientific Approach to Wildflower Meadow Management

 

Last year’s unusually wet and mild weather brought a particular challenge, leading to the ‘year of year of the grasses’. Across the UK, grasses thrived and in…

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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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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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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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Our creators, the Hewetson-Browns, have been farming in Hampshire for two generations, bringing valuable knowledge to the development of our biodiverse rich range of seeds, soil and wildflower turf.

20 years on from being the original innovators of Wildflower Turf,…

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As world leaders prepare to gather at COP27 amid a global energy crisis, climate change and renewables are sharply in focus. At the same time, increasing climate resilience across food systems will be needed to counter rising hunger…

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The country may be in lockdown but we hope that this month’s blog brings some joy to your day as we take a look at a special project in Gloucestershire.

 

Cotswold garden design specialists, Graduate Gardeners recently sent us through…

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A rough and scrubby patch of ground in East Sussex is now a wonderful haven for some very important (and industrious) creatures.

 

Based near Tunbridge Wells, BALI Award winning Sandstone Design has been designing and landscaping gardens in the…

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