Wild Garden.

[Raven]

Do any of you have an area in your garden that you let go wild for the bees?
At the garden Centre yesterday I picked up some of the Throw n Sow wild flower seed packs, to help the bees ect.
There's a wee narrow boarder along one side of one of the lawns and it's really too narrow for anything. I keep seeing park areas ect that the Highland Council have let go wild, they look nice and very colourful so I thought...Why Not.

[GrannyMac]

That's so pretty!  We only have a small garden and the borders are full of perennials, no room sadly.  You could post a picture once yours have bloomed.

[Raven]

I will do, but the seeds are still in the packets, got to prepare the ground first.

[Scrumpy]

So many councils in this area plant wild seed gardens.. in parks .. roadside and roundabouts.. They look so beautiful..
I did try it once but very little showed through.. I guess the birds had a meal.. on me..

[klondike]

You can get rolls of seed and lay it on grass. At least that's what the council seemed to do on the approaches to Hunstanton. Looked good when it flowered.

I checked streetview and none of the dates caught it in flower. This strip in July shows it before it came into flower though

[Mups]

What a lovely variety of colours, Raven.  That looks so pretty.
Like GrannyMac said,  I too, only have a small garden so I haven't got enough room as it is.

I have more and more stuff in pots and tubs now because I haven't any more room in the beds and borders.   
It is hard work in the winter when all the pots have to be bubble-wrapped,  then having to refresh the compost in the spring.

I do get lots of Bees, Butterflies and Ladybirds though,  so I must be doing something right.

[Raven]

Well I got the bit weeded, tomorrow I'll soak it then scatter the seeds in, put a shallow layer of new compost on top and hope for the best. 🤞
Our garden is too big now, 3 big lawns, 2 big plant beds and the wee side bit. That's only the back bit, it was fine when I was fit and healthy but it's a struggle now.