If there’s one gardener’s secret we want to share, it’s this: Autumn is the magic season for wildflowers!! Scatter your seed balls now and nature will do most of the hard work for you. Cold Stratification: Nature’s germination trigger Many wildflower seeds are designed to wait till the time is just right. Seeds don’t like to […]
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Show Wildlife Some Love And Grab your FREE Oddballs for Schools, Charities and Community Groups this February! This February, as the first hints of Spring can be seen peaking through, we’re excited to launch our “Love Your Garden, Love Wildlife” campaign by giving away FREE bags of our Oddballs to schools, charities, and community groups
Grab your FREE Oddballs for schools this Autumn, an important time in the wildflower calendar! Autumn is a great time to sow wildflowers, because it replicates the natural life-cycle of a seed. And so, to celebrate Seedball are giving away bags of Oddballs to schools (while stocks last). All you need to do is cover postage
Wow! November upon us (how it got here so quick we have no idea!), so, it’s time to scatter poppy seeds and set the stage for a beautiful burst of blooms in the spring! Autumn is the BEST season of all for sowing poppies, and at Seedball we’re here to help you create a wildflower
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We are so happy to feature this guest blog this September from the fabulous London Wildlife Trust! For every purchase made through this link, Seedball will donate 12% to London Wildlife Trust, helping to fund their crucial conservation work. Shop here to Support LWT Autumn is a wonderful time to visit one of the 36 nature
As Summer’s vivid colours begin to transition to the rich, warm tones of Autumn, there’s a wildflower gardening secret that often goes unnoticed: in the UK Autumn is the perfect time to scatter wildflower seed balls (and sow your collected seed from this years wildflowers). In the UK, Autumn typically begins to make its presence felt
Leave those leaves! In autumn leaves fall from deciduous trees, its okay to let them stay on the ground, we encourage you to! The leaves act as a mulch on flower beds, protecting the soil and when they break down they improve the structure. Worms pull leaves below ground where they rot down. Piles of
Batty facts The UK has 18 native bat species; 17 of which breed here. UK bats are one of the most endangered wildlife species. The loss of roosting sites, along with a crash in the insect population and night-time light pollution have all made it harder for these night-flyers to survive. The most common bat
You don’t have to wait until spring to scatter seed balls however. Autumn is a great time to get to work on your own wild flower patch. It’s also a lovely time to be out in the garden. The light is soft, it’s often still warm and everything takes a deep breath after a summer of frenetic activity.
You don’t have to wait until spring to scatter seed balls however. Autumn is a great time to get to work on your own wild flower patch. It’s also a lovely time to be out in the garden. The light is soft, it’s often still warm and everything takes a deep breath after a summer of frenetic activity.
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Christmas wildflowers for your school!! We’re now out of stock, but please do pop back in the Spring as we’re sure to have more! We’re not keen on waste, and given we have lots of wildflower odd balls at the moment we wanted to offer these to schools / parents of schools to use in
We may all feel like hunkering down during the winter months but which animals truly hibernate in the UK? Hibernation is a survival tactic, a form of deep sleep, as protection against a period of time when food is scarce or non-existent. When temperatures drop, it is often too cold for some mammals to function without
Wildflowers to look out for in September, include the mauve pincushions of Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis). Interestingly ‘mauve’ is the French name for ‘mallow’. The dark pink flowers of Common Mallow (Malva sylvestris) can be found now along with the paler sweet scented Musk Mallow (Malva moschata) are blooming now too. Common Mallow The scrambling purple blooms of Tufted Vetch (Vicia
Life is getting difficult for our insects. A recent study published in the journal Biological Conservation found that more than 40% of insect species are declining and a third are endangered. It’s a rate of extinction eight times faster than for mammals, birds and reptiles. With a decrease of 2.5% in overall insect mass every
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