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Why our NEW Wildflower Jars make the perfect gift for nature lovers!

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If you’re looking for an eco-friendly, thoughtful gift — or simply something lovely for your own garden — then our super cute Wildflower Jars are perfect! These little jars are designed to bring native wildflowers into even the smallest spaces: balcony pots, window boxes, garden beds, or planters. Each jar contains eight peat-free, UK-made seed […]

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Why our NEW Flowers for Bees Collection is a must for nature lovers!

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Creating a bee-friendly garden — whether you have a big backyard, a balcony planter or a windowsill pot — is incredibly rewarding! And we have made it even simpler! Our NEW Flowers for Bees Collection has all the wildflowers you need to help. As populations of bees and other pollinators decline, giving them a helping

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How to Attract Bees and Butterflies to your Garden This Spring

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Now, we know we are biased but we think there’s nothing better than seeing bees and butterflies buzzing around your garden – but with their habitats shrinking, they need our help more than ever. Pollinators are essential for a healthy ecosystem, but with fewer wild spaces available, gardens have become one of the most important

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February School Giveaway

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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

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Autumn School Giveaway

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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

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Batty facts and creepy crawly news!

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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

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Autumn is the best time to scatter wildflower seed balls

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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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10 Super Simple tips for rewilding a garden

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Some simple ideas to get you started up the rewild garden path! Wow! Did you know research shows that even a tiny garden can house over 700 different species of insect. From the minuscule organisms living in the soil to the nocturnal visits from hedgehogs, bats and foxes. No space is too small to make a

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10 best wildflowers to grow for insects

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Most insects have a special relationship with a wildflower, usually for food. Butterflies and moths use them as nursery plants for their young, other insects use them to hide out in wait for prey. Bees and pollinators visit them for nectar and pollen. With the UK’s natural wildflower habitats now depleted by a staggering 98%,

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Seedball Wins at RHS Chelsea

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We were super excited to be invited to have a Seedball stall at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2023.  The show usually runs during the last week in May. We hired a van and drove down to spend the Sunday, flower-faffing and product-placing, until we were happy with the way the stand looked. Of course, we

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No Mow May

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“We can think of nothing better to help make the world a better place, than cultivating your garden. Someone who grows a garden, to help nature, is personally doing the important work of improving the world. Never underestimate the power of such a seemingly simple act” Ana & Emily Seedball Founders Seedball is again supporting

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The life of the Hairy Footed Flower Bee

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[The Hairy Footed Flower Bee (HFFB) gets the name from the male, who has long whiskers on his front legs. He uses these to stroke the female’s eyes in an attempt to becalm her long enough to mate. (Seedball)] Penny Metal (@penny.metal) blogs about the life in the bushes of Warwick Gardens, a small park

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Raising awareness of rare bees

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To highlight the plight of the Bumblebee, Seedball have launched three new tin designs focussed on our rarest bumblebees, and launched to celebrate the ten year anniversary of the first Seedball tin in 2013. The UK supports around 10% of the world’s species of bumblebee. These two dozen species play a vital role in pollinating

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Rewild Your School Xmas 2023

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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

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Which animals are the true hibernators?

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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

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