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Top Tips for Creating a Wildflower Meadow

Meadows that bloom are really fantastic sources of food for pollinators, probably the most cost-effective way that you can help. That’s the beauty of reducing mowing – we can move really easily from an area of shortly mown grass into a naturally regenerated meadow really easily – you just need to be patient, you need to manage it properly and you need to let those flowers grow again. There are two types of meadows you can create: Meadow Type 1: SHORT-flowering Meadow - where you just reduce your mowing, so you’re mowing every 4 or 6 weeks, instead of really regularly, and that allows flowers like Clover and Dandelion to grow and provide food for pollinators. Meadow Type 2: LONG-flowering Meadow, when you just cut once a year, in September and you remove the cut away again. With long-flowering meadows, there are three things you have to remember in terms of management: 1: Always remove grass cuttings to reduce soil fertility 2: Remove fast-growing/noxious plants 3: Please be patient! 4. Choose the correct location 5. Cut paths through meadows 6. Put up signage 7. Plan your annual cut and removal of cuttings 8. Again try to be patient, it will be worth it! Production of this video has been funded by Kildare County Council, Kilkenny County Council, Wicklow County Council and the Department of Housing, Local Government through the National Biodiversity Action Plan Fund. Many thanks to Bridget Loughlin, Heritage Officer, Kildare County Council; Dearbhala Ledwidge, Heritage Officer, Kilkenny County Council; and Deirdre Burns, Heritage Officer, Wicklow County Council, for supporting this project. Produced by Peter Cutler, https://crowcragproductions.com & Juanita Browne, National Biodiversity Data Centre