Small meadow garden

Converting lawn to meadow is not as hard as it may seem, as Graham Laird Gardner demonstrates in his book “Tiny + Wild."

In an extract from Ian Hodgson's ‘New Wild Garden’, he explains how to sow a meadow garden using annual seeds, perfect for a small space

A meadow garden is literally what is it: a garden with plants that are native for the area. Here are ideas to design one.

For this garden in north London, designer Jenny Bloom drew inspiration from the unusually wild landscape on its fringes.

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Love wild flowers but don't have room for a meadow? This was my problem too. So, I decided to make some 'mini' meadows from old apple bins. Here is how I got on…

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For the 2nd time (we planted a similar SR meadow in 2012), we followed Sarah's guidelines on sowing (raked the area, mixed the seeds with sharp sand, raked again then bedded them in by gently stomping (we don't have a roller!). The 2012 meadow was a great success but I felt we needed to increase the volume + I altered the variety of seeds slightly. We were hopeful for another great show but really didn't expect it to be quite as spectacular as it is :)

Chris Packham's tips for making a wildlife-friendly garden with Jo Thompson in the BBC Springwatch Garden at the Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival.