They were responsible for the wildflowers at the London 2012 Olympics, produced a bee-autiful meadow in association with Kew Gardens The Hive project (which aims to raise awareness of the importance of the role of the honey bee), and now the team at Wildflower Turf have turned their hand to a spot of time travel.
A newly released time-lapse video, produced by the Hampshire-based wildflower experts, uses the innovative Wildflower Earth growing medium to illustrate just how little ground preparation is needed to achieve fast growing, attractive and bio-diverse wildflower establishment.
This practical, hands-on video was shot over a period of 18 weeks, with the step-by-step approach condensed down to a mere five minutes of time-lapse viewing time.
This visual guide takes the viewer through site preparation, growing medium application, seedling emergence and plant establishment. Utilising the extensively tested Wildflower Earth product, the video aims to show how easy the application of this seed-based growing medium is, and what can be expected aesthetically from the resulting meadow. Key benefits of this low-risk approach include a guaranteed wildflower meadow and significantly reduced investment in ground preparation, saving time and machinery costs resulting in a much higher success rate than if you direct seeded wildflowers.
Practical for both private and public locations (although only sold via trade customers currently), Wildflower Earth is particularly suited to large sites where instant plant coverage is not required. Available in a number of product variants (WF-Earth-Border-49 is shown in the video), Wildflower Earth is also available as a bespoke mix, providing maximum flexibility.
