Wildflower Turf

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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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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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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The ‘Local Places for Nature’ scheme provides benefits for all.

Ahhhh, spring. We can feel its presence as it creeps around the corner of what has been a particularly challenging winter for so many. As we dream of longer, warmer…

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Here at Wildflower Turf HQ we are constantly striving to improve our offering and providing our customers with the highest quality of Wildflower Turf. Part of this process is something that happens long before the turf even leaves our…

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