Creating a wildflower meadow
Yesterday afternoon I spent a very interesting hour or so with the working group which has been formed by the Town Council to decide upon the way to create a wildflower meadow on Crown Meadow.
We’ve had the meadow inspected by an expert who has recommended that we create ’scrapes’ and sow or plant wildflowers that thrive in damp and boggy conditions around the edges. We had to decide how to do the job. We could simply buy seed and scatter it hoping that some of it would germinate. Or we could buy lifted ‘clumps’ or, better still, pot grown specimens. Obviously there is quite a diference in costs so we decided to make some more enquiries particularly with regard to coverage.
We then became engaged in a lengthy debate about the ethics of planting a fritillary meadow. This had been suggested at an earlier stage but when we were told that fratilleries did not exist in their natural state as far north as Stone the majority of the group thought that to plant them on Crown Meadow would create an artificial environment. So fratillaries will remain in gardens and only idiginous wild flowers will be seen on Crown Meadow.
It is hoped that work on the scrapes can be completed in time to sow and plant later in the season.
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