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If you are happy to or are in the stage of creating a wildflower/wildlife area in your garden the GardenAdvice Team have lots of helpful advice based on our practical advice
Create a Wildlife Lawn and the Wildlife Meadows to Support Insects and Birds
Many birds such as blackbirds, thrushes, starlings and dunnocks will use a lawn to do much of their hunting for worms, insects and leather jackets. Green woodpeckers may visit too for their favourite food, ants. Avoiding any kind of chemicals which eliminate these food sources is essential to a wildlife lawn, and maintaining good drainage and limiting compaction will help birds probe its surface. Read the full article Click Here
GardenAdvice Gardening course – Create your own Wildflower and wildlife area with GardenAdvice
If you are considering starting your own wildlife or wildflower area in your garden then a great place to start is to sign up for a GardenAdvice wildlife gardening courses The course is carried out in your own garden at a time and date your organise, we send one of our expert gardeners to you. We will educate you and help you great a plan to create a wildlife and wildlife garden plus show you how to develop and maintain it. Click Here
Wildflowers from seed using plugs – Creating a wildflower area in your garden
Its often easier to establish to a wildflower area in your garden by starting the wildflowers from seed in plug trays and then planting out the plugs into small prepared areas. Read the full article Click Here
Growing Wildflowers -Preparing an area to grow and establishing wildflowers
One of the key factors in successful Wildflower cultivation is species selection. Therefore selecting those that do well in your locality will be sensible depending on your soil type this will determine the type of wildflowers you can grow. For example, chalky or alkaline soil will suit scabious plants and daisies. Read the full article Click Here
Create a wildflower area in your garden with wildflower mats
Wildflower Seed Mat is made up of two layers of biodegradable compartmentalised paper with wildflower seeds between them. When laid onto prepared soil and covered with a thin layer of clean soil or compost the mat will suppress weeds and encourage germination of flower seeds in the mat. Read the full article Click Here
How to use and create wildflower seed bombs
Creating wildflower seed bombs and what they are. As easy and simple way to create and establish wild flower areas in your garden or public spaces.
