Harrowden is really pleased to be able to support Groundsfest again – now in its third year. In 2025 our focus is on our Meadowmat Birds & Bees Wildflower Turf as it is ten years since we introduced it to the landscaping world.
Our countryside has suffered a dramatic reduction in wild flowers which has had a knock-on effect for insects, birds and pollinators. Meadowmat Birds & Bees was and is, one of the ways we try to redress the balance.
It can take decades to establish wildflower meadows and there are precious few left. Whilst growing wildflowers sounds easy the conditions they prefer are disappearing so Meadowmat is a fast and simple solution to creating a wildflower bed or better still a meadow. Quicker than seed and less work than plug plants, Meadowmat provides “wildflowers on a roll”. Add in all the benefits for pollinators and you have a great product to help achieve BNG targets or just to support greater biodiversity in a garden.
Each variety of Meadowmat wildflower turf is a colourful mix of flowering plants and grasses all growing strongly on our proven matting system.
Meadowmat Birds & Bees is a mix of 35 native British wild flowers, 7 naturalising flowers and 4 selected grasses that will encourage a wide variety of wildlife into any garden. Besides being a joy to share your space with, Birds and Bees Meadowmat® will actively support biodiversity.
It has a long flowering period, supplying pollen and nectar for bees, butterflies, hoverflies and moths all through the spring and summer and well into autumn. It is a source of food for caterpillars and therefore a vital part of the butterfly and moth life cycle as well as providing autumn seed heads and a ready supply of insects and larvae for birds.
Birds and Bees contains mostly perennial plant species so install it once and the plants will grow back year after year, provided the conditions are right. Not all of the flowering species are perennial. We’ve included some annual and biennials too, for a range of interest.
We will have specialists in turf, sedum and wildflower turf on our stand during the show, so we look forward to talking all things turf, wildflower turf, sedum and everything in-between. We have a great range of products for landscape and green roof applications and we can also talk bespoke mixes as well as standard products.
