🌼 Brilliant — you’ve started preparing your mini meadow!
Thank you for starting to prepare your patch or pot for sowing. This first step makes a real difference and helps give your wildflowers the best chance to establish and flourish 🌱
We’d love to see a picture of your mini-meadow pot/patch! If you can please take a quick photo and upload it here – no sign-in needed. An additional photo this time showing the meadow with the tools you used to prepare it would be much appreciated too. If you don’t mind being in the photo we’d love that too – it’s helps people feel part of a community.
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If you’re planting in the ground, remember:
-Remove weeds and grass so soil is visible
-Wait 2–4 weeks
-Then remove any new weeds that appear before sowing
Loosen the soil ,break up large clumps of soil and rake the area to create a fine level surface. Here is how your stale seedbed should look like before sowing:
If sowing in pots, please make sure your pot is very full with multi-purpose compost. Leave only a small gap between the soil’s surface and the pot’s rim. This will give more space for your plants’ roots to grow. It’s also a good idea to put a sign or a marker in the pot so come spring you’ll be able to remember it’s your mini meadow!
Once your patch or pot is ready, your next step will be sowing the seeds after September 1st.
A few simple sowing tips for when you’re ready:
-If planting in the ground, loosen compacted soil first with a rake. – Scatter seeds evenly on the soil surface
-Press them in gently using your hands or by walking lightly over the area
-Do not cover the seeds with soil
-Water gently on the first day if no rain is expected (especially pots)
You can sow anytime from September until the end of October.
And if you’ve already moved further along — for example already sown your seeds — please click the relevant status update link so we can include your meadow in our total and lucky draws 🌼
We’re so grateful you’re taking part and helping create more space for pollinators across Barnet.
