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Wildflower Update 31 July 2025

There are still plenty of flowers in the meadow, and it is seeing many visitors, including humans, dogs and insects.
Lesser knapweed (purple thistle-like flower) is abundant in the area around the new seat. Butterflies are visiting it whenever the sun shines. Wild carrot (tall white flat-topped flowers) and birdsfoot trefoil (low-growing yellow pea-like flowers with small leaves and tendrils) can also be seen in flower.
The strip near the path which was cultivated and sown with annuals in the Spring has had a rocky ride after a long drought and an accidental mowing, but now it is flowering with unusually short and colourful daisies, cornflowers and even the odd poppy.
The herb boxes are thriving. Please help yourselves, especially to the very vigorous parsley and sage!
We aim to cut the meadow at the end of August or very early September and remove the cuttings.
During the winter, we will keep the grass short. The meadow will regenerate in the Spring. We will again cultivate a small area and sow seed for summer annuals for next year, as these flowers require bare soil and will not grow in an established meadow