Spring Wildflower Seeding News
Everyone in England is Planting Wildflower Meadows After Prince Charles Replants 60 of Them to Honor Queen
When Prince Charles of Great Britain read Plantlife UK‘s annual 2012 report, he was astonished to find that England had lost 97% of all its natural wildflower meadowland.
He then organized the Coronation Meadows Initiative, which helped build 60 wildflower meadows—one for each year since his mother, the Queen, assumed the throne.
Spring is in the air: Solihull salutes fruits of Wildlife Ways initiative
THE borough is coming into bloom says Solihull Council as some three million bulbs and millions of wildflowers planted as part of its Wildlife Ways project come into flower.
As well as bulb planting – including crocuses, alliums, wild daffodils, snowdrops, bluebells and wood anemones, the project has overseen 26 hectares of wildflower seeding and 48,000 square metres of wildflower turf – the equivalent of around 57 football pitches of wildflowers.
Air Wick® Launches National Reseeding Program to Protect and Restore Nature
RB, the makers of Air Wick, will work together with World Wildlife Fund to reseed 1 billion square-feet of native wildflower and grassland habitats in the Northern Great Plains over the next three years
Sayer’s Old Meadow was oil reed rape 16 years ago. It was then abandoned & mowing started in 2011. Here is the result. A #wildflower #meadow with no seeding that is 100% local plants. The power of nature to recover itself @Floodplainmead @BSBIbotany @FarmWildlifeUK @wilder pic.twitter.com/sUnS20vDV7
— carl sayer (@carlsayerUCL) March 15, 2021
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New #BrilliantButterflies scrapes created at Littleheath Woods and West Kent Golf Course. Topsoil is removed for seeding and planting into low nutrient subsoil for low maintenace wildflower and butterfly habitat. Kidney Vetch seeding will expand range of Small Blue butterfly. pic.twitter.com/3TZ5RLRnJg
— Steve Bolton (@bc_bolton) March 25, 2021
Create a mini meadow in your garden with these easy tips
The UK has lost 97 per cent of its meadowland since the 1930s. But there are many enthusiasts working to repair the damage