Planting Day was a great success

Last Friday over 30 volunteers helped us boost the biodiversity of Bell's Mill by planting over 500 wildflower plug plants and scattering over a kilo of seed. We chose our day well as it did not rain and was not too windy! The area has been fenced off with some chestnut pailing and hazard tape as we hope local dogs will not play to much in the mud while the plants and seed get established. Species planted include; Giant Bellflower, Oxeye Daisy, Purple Loosetrife, Millien, St Johns Work, Hawkweed, and Cowslip. Within the seed mix we have; poppy, cornflower, corn marigold, yellow rattle, yarrow, Knapweed, Birds Foot trefiol, buttercup, scabious among others. Hopefully the area will look great next spring and summer. thank you to SNH for their funding of this event and Jupiter Wildflower Nursery for growing on wildflowers for us.