A Blackbird Sang - News — Wildflowers
A look back on 2022... And plans for 2023!
Whilst planning for 2023 we've had the opportunity to look back on 2022, not something we often get the chance to do whilst in the thick of it. And what a year it was!
RHS Chelsea 2022: Our stand's planting
We've had lots of lovely compliments and questions about the planting on our stand at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2022. Designed, supplied and installed by Shaun Beale and his colleagues (Ben and Mandie) at Longstock Park Landscapes & Nursery (Leckford Estate), here's some close-up photos and a little more detail on some of the plants featured.- Jess Huband
- Tags: Fern Ferns Hare Longstock Park Landscapes Planting design Plants RHS Chelsea Flower Show Sculpture Wildflowers
'The Dene' Wildflower Meadow Restoration Project
We live and work in a cottage called 'Dene Edge' in Stonesfield, a village in West Oxfordshire, with the field behind our home and studio being called 'The Dene'. We have recently leased 'The Dene' from the Blenheim Estate for an initial period of 5 years with the aim of restoring the biodiversity of this 1.4 acres of grassland, to bring back the wild flowers, butterflies, bees and other invertebrates. Wild flower meadows are one of the rarest habitats in the UK and we have lost 97% of our wild flower meadows since the 1930s.- Genny Early
- Tags: Amphibians Bees Biodiversity Birdsfoot Trefoil Bugle Butterflies Devils Bit Scabious Genny Early Grazing Great Burnet Hay Invertebrates Knapweeds meadow Meadow Buttercup Meadowsweet Nesting birds News Quaking Grass Ragged Robin Reptiles restoration Salad Burnet Scabious Stonesfield Tony Davis Wetland Wild Thyme wildflower Wildflowers