A new planting technique has been developed to help endangered wildflowers and wildflower meadows across the UK become a visual delight for future generations.
Leading woodland conservation charity, the Woodland Trust, has created wildflower meadows on 18 of its woodland creation sites which are set to burst into life this summer as part of its ‘Forest of Flowers’ initiative.
The charity said the floral covering provides both permanent meadows and a speedy multi-coloured makeover while new native broadleaf trees establish.
The successful ploughing technique has been implemented in sites across Britain by partner charity Landlife, a pioneer in creative conservation, in conjunction with the Woodland Trust.
Wildflower seeds harvested from the Landlife National Wildlife Centre near Liverpool are being sold via the internet in a bid to help stop the decline of UK wildflowers by encouraging wider growth from gardens to meadows and even roof gardens .
A recent common plants survey by plant conservation group Plantlife concluded that a loss of habitat is causing the decline of some of the most common wildflower species such as scarlet pimpernel and primrose.
The survey revealed that 121 of the 524 wildflower sites surveyed contained none of the 'common 65' flowers at all.
Simon Mageean, regional manager with the Woodland Trust, explained that the Trust's new approach will lead to the newly-acquired sites being visually appealing from year one.
"Our Forest of Flowers project is a very colourful transition phase in our woodland creation," he said. "Not only do we provide a habitat for wildflowers to thrive and spread to other areas, but also a valuable habitat for birds, butterflies, bees and other insects ."
"We sow species with local provenance as these are more likely to thrive and spread from the original meadow to other areas," Mageean added.
Additional woodland creation sites are expected to join the Forest of Flowers initiative during 2008, with a new partnership with Timotei set to see a further 25 acres transformed in autumn.
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Conservation Charities Provide Future Hope For Wildflowers
Wed, 02 Apr 2008
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