Question: I put in a wildflower feed plot for the song birds 3 years ago. We prepared the bed by first using Round Up to kill all the grass then lightly tilled to scratch the surface and planted the ...

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Meadows are trendy alternatives to big lawns these days as much of the gardening public aims to aid pollinators and beef up their yards’ native-plant inventory. For most, that means planting or ...

A meadow rich in wildflowers can make an attractive garden feature, whether you've got rolling acres or only a few metres. Follow our guide. If you have a patch of lawn in an open, sunny site, it ...

There are few things more romantic than a field of wild flowers. This is what gardeners dream of when they sow one of the now widely-available wild-flower seed mixtures. The results, however, are ...

NO GARDEN IS complete without at least a few deciduous ornamental grasses. These elegant, flowing plants are usually drought-tolerant, generally pest-free and require little care. Impossible to shear ...

Everybody knows grass. It’s the green stuff that covers those bits of the garden that aren’t beds, borders or paving – a bit like an outdoor carpet, except it needs mowing. But these days, not all ...

The cheapest way to create a wildflower meadow is from seed, but it involves a lot of labour Credit: Photo: PA In the same week, an old friend rings to ask about creating a wild flower meadow with ...