Lawn Rewilding

With increased knowledge that native wildflowers that are the best thing for our pollinators, we have seen a marked increase in the amount of people wanting to turn part or all their lawn into a haven for British pollinators and wildlife. This is fantastic and the more we can do to help them the greener our future will be.

The most common reason people have difficulty with rewilding lawn is that the grass species in lawn grass tend to be more vigorous growing and can end growing faster than the flowers and outcompeting them for resources. To help ensure success when rewilding your lawn you will first want to cut back the lawn as short as possible and remove all dead thatch. This should help reduce competition from the grass whilst the wildflowers establish. You can plant 9cm pots or plugs, 9cm pots will need less attention to get grown on and established but you will get more plugs for your money to give those pops of colour in late spring/summer.

We recommend planting a minimum of 5 wildflowers per square metre on average and planting the same species in little clusters of 3, 5 or 7. This helps give a fuller block of colour when in flower. If you plant one of a species its single flower can often look lost. Plugs can be popped into the ground using a dibber whilst pots would need a small hole using a trowel or spade. As meadows occur naturally on the poorest nutrient soils there is no need to add any extra compost or fertiliser. Once the area is planted it will need watering and kept damp until the species have established. This is why spring and late summer/autumn are great times for planting as more rain is likely.

If you follow this link please find all the plants we have put together that should suit your lawn rewilding project.