There are a number of ways to get the effect of a meadow without ploughing up your lawn. You can also strip the turf of an area, dig in some stone or brick rubble and sow wild flower seeds. This will take longer to establish, may allow unwanted weeds to grow and is a lot of hard work. The easier way to create an area that looks like a meadow in your garden is to plant wild flower plants or plugs (small plants) into an existing lawn. This will give a splash of colour, and the plants will establish reasonably well in a relatively short time, and with a lot less effort.

A field of annual wildflowers.

All my plants are grown in peat free compost, and are from scottish sourced seeds. All plants are supplied in 7cm pots and so are a reasonable size and should flower in their first full season. (Trays of 40 plug plants can be supplied on request.) I would recommend planting at least 15 plants to every square metre of ground in an existing grass lawn, more if you are filling a bare area. All plants are perennials, which means they will grow and flower every year, giving an increasingly colourful display each year as the plants establish and spread.

A field edge showing perennial wildflowers