Wildflower Earth™ – A Stunning, Low Maintenance Wildflower Solution

When Waverley Borough Council in Surrey embarked on a new project to improve the appearance of Haslemere’s visible car parking environments, they turned to the team at Wildflower Turf to provide them with an aesthetically pleasing solution that was both cost-effective and low-maintenance.

Successful wildflower establishment is dependent on quick and robust seedling growth, and the council elected to trial the pre-seeded growing medium Wildflower Earth™.

In such a visible and high-impact area, public engagement was a key aspect of the initiative, and utilising Wildflower Earth™ ensured that Waverley Borough Council could establish a practical and bio-diverse wildflower meadow quickly and efficiently.

The Wildflower Earth™ Border Earth mix was chosen by the council as it contains a mix of native and non-native wildflowers to give a perennial display but with high impact colour to really engage the public with this change in planting regime.

The council contractors sprayed off the area in late March/early April 2016, laid and lightly rolled the Wildflower Earth™ and watered it in. After a relatively slow start due to an extended cool wet Spring, the wildflowers really came into their own from June/July and delighted the local community.

Requiring only one cut per year, this low maintenance alternative to the grassed area (which would normally require weekly mowing and removal of cuttings) provided Waverley Borough Council with a colourful and cost effective way to transform this key thoroughfare in and out of the town centre.

A pre-seeded medium is perfect when guaranteed results are required, and ground preparation is minimal, saving both time and energy costs. With Spring fast approaching now is the ideal time to organise your delivery of Wildflower Earth. Contact Wildflower Turf on 01256 771 222 for further information.