Wildflower Meadow

Can anyone point me in the direction of simple, how to, instructions on converted a lawn to a wildflower meadow? It would have to be sown in September - or at least not the spring - as the huge numbers of rabbits will eat all the wildflowers.

 

Hi Linlin

What a lovely idea, I don't have any personal experience to pass on to you, but if you type "Convert lawn to wildflower meadow" into google you get loads of helpful links, here are just 2...

http://www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature/garden/meadow.htm

http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/designing_home_landscapes/99805

 

Thanks for those links, it looks as though work starts very soon!

 

look here as well linlin, i visited a few years ago and found it a very informative place. not a huge place but worth it if your local or want to combine it with something else as a day trip.

www.nwc.org.uk

 

You can buy mixtures of seeds to suit your area. Here's more advice:
http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles1200/wildflower_meadow.asp
Great idea! I've got a little shady bit that I'm waiting for help in digging over [lots of rubble] Then I hope to do something like it but in shade.
I did it by accident when I was unable to garden one year. By the time my daughters came back from college the grass and flowers were knee high, it looked very pretty and I really missed it.

 

Thanks for those links. The centre is too far for me - I'm on the south coast. The seed mixtures are good, but I'm hoping to collect enough seed for scatter sowing and will use bought seed for plug planting.

 

This link from the BBC looks to me like it fits your description Linlin
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A617564