Challenge 31: Make a mini meadow

Points available: 1

About the challenge

We have lost 97% of our haymeadows since the1930’s. With less flowers in the wild bees and other pollinators need our help more than ever.

You can play your part by simply doing nothing. Leave the grass to grow throughout May and you may be surprised by the different wildflowers that are lurking in your lawn from daisies and dandelions to speedwells and white clover. Each one providing pollen and nectar for our bees and pollinating insects,

Helpful tips

Cutting your lawn every 4 weeks in the summer will encourage wildlfowers like dandelions, daisies and white clover to keep flowering and provide plenty of nectar and pollen for the bees and other pollinators.

You could make your floral meadows a more permanent part of your garden by incorporating a mixture of closely mown grass with areas you leave for flowering grasses and plants. You could even grow flowers like oxeye daisy to plant into your meadow.

More information

The Moor Meadows group have lots of great information on their website and a forum to ask questions. You can also look at the Plantlife website which has great advice about making mini meadows in your gardens or even on your roadside verges. Find out all about their No Mow May campaign here

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