Ask a group of gardeners what picture is conjured up in their mind’s eye when you say the word “meadow” and their answers will be surprisingly diverse. For some, it is the seductive image of a ...
Creating a wild-looking, naturally planted patch adds a subtle contrast to a well-ordered garden and is well worth the extra effort Wild and beautiful: oxeye daisies in a meadow mix, using wildflower ...
Want to attract pollinators and other wildlife to a natural setting? Now's the time to sow a wildflower meadow, discovers Hannah Stephenson. Fancy sowing a mini meadow in your garden? If you want ...
Q: We have a small field (2.5 acres) which has been used for grazing cattle but which we, as the new owners, plan to rewild. I’d love to see native wild flowers in this field. There is already clover, ...
Once famous for its meadows, the UK has lost some 97 per cent of them over the past century. At their prime, there is nothing prettier than a meadow but, out of season, they don’t necessarily tick the ...
We hear a lot about wildflower meadows these days. Farmers are giving land over to them, councils are letting them grow on roadside verges and even the King is fan (101 meadows have been created or ...
Volunteers sowing yellow grass across the grassland. ReWild Wicklow have partnered up with Brian Murray of the microWild project, who has gifted them use of over an acre of land on a private country ...
Meadow planting is becoming increasingly popular and recent research has made a whole new world of planting more accessible to the keen gardener. I am sure at some point we have all been captivated by ...
Many meadows have been at their vibrant best over the last couple of months. These natural grasslands, with a wide diversity of plants and teeming with wildlife, may have taken centuries to develop, ...