Meadow garden

A tapestry of resilient native species is the foundation of this design approach. Learn more about ecological gardening here.

A meadow garden is literally what is it: a garden with plants that are native for the area. Here are ideas to design one.

In an extract from Ian Hodgson's ‘New Wild Garden’, he explains how to sow a meadow garden using annual seeds, perfect for a small space

Garden designer Tom Stuart-Smith raised his own prairie garden from seed and was delighted to find it requires a fraction of the maintenance of a conventional border

John Greenlee paints with grasses. His colorful meadow gardens, created for clients around the world, are environmentally friendly alternatives to a tradit

Happy #NationalMeadowsDay 🌱 Here's one of our favourite meadows at @GreatDixterofficial. Designing a meadow can be a fulfilling if challenging thing. But meadows are proven to support huge biodiversity and be excellent for pollinators. Even if you don't want to create a meadow in its entirety, or don't have the space for one, you can still bring a little sense of meadow to your plot, whatever its size. © Richard Bloom

Water restrictions and environmental concerns have caused many homeowners to ditch their traditional grass lawns and opt for more eco-friendly options. Replace your lawn with a native plant garden, add beds & borders, permeable hardscape, and other no-mow alternatives.

Transform your boring lawn into a vibrant wildflower meadow with these 12 easy steps. Discover how to attract pollinators and beautify your landscape!

Our simple guide to create your own wildflower field

Looking to reduce or replace your grass lawn? Try eco-friendly options like wildflowers, clover, or fescue mixes suited to zones 3 to 9 in Canada and the U.S.

Tom Stuart-Smith

This space proves that more structure leads to greater appeal. See how an award-winning landscape designer created a stylized meadow garden.

There are no shortcuts to creating a meadow—but if you follow James Hitchmough's guidelines you can create your own naturalistic landscape. Here's how.

Butter Wakefield's Guide to Creating a Wildflower Meadow • The Home Page

Creating a wildflower meadow from existing lawn is a very effective way to create meadow. You may already have wildflowers present which will boost wildlife! In this article I explain how to make a wildflower meadow from lawn with either seeds or plugs.

Have you considered changing your lawn into a wildflower meadow? Once established the wildflower area will be a great attraction to bees and butterflies and other pollinating insects as well as easier to maintain than a traditional lawn. For success with a wildflower meadow it is important to consider the following: When a lawn is sown it is generally at about 40 grams to the square metre. A meadow is sown at about 4 grams, which is 10% of the above rate. Meadow mixtures are a mixture of…