Tiny wild meadow area for birds
I mean small - I've got a space around 50cmx50cm which is the end of a raised bed, which currently has lawn, bird feeder, bird bath and two fence corners. It's in the SW corner of my garden, so pretty shady.
I'd like to turn this into a bit of a wild area, including something growing up the fences that birds might like to shelter in.
Firstly what am I best off planting, particularly for the fence (happy to get some trellis) and second of all when people have a wild corner, is it better to get some edging/small fencing to fence it off or does it look nice just mowing up to it then having that section all wild?
For the ground I'm thinking of just getting throw down wild flower seeds and then in spring putting some bulbs directly into the ground, does this make sense to do?
I'd like to turn this into a bit of a wild area, including something growing up the fences that birds might like to shelter in.
Firstly what am I best off planting, particularly for the fence (happy to get some trellis) and second of all when people have a wild corner, is it better to get some edging/small fencing to fence it off or does it look nice just mowing up to it then having that section all wild?
For the ground I'm thinking of just getting throw down wild flower seeds and then in spring putting some bulbs directly into the ground, does this make sense to do?
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Wild flower seed likes impoverished soil, so dont be tempted to put fertilizer down. One of the best things to entice birds is some shelter and somewhere to hide in the wild corner.
Good luck and hope it brings you lots of wildlife visitors.
Unfortunately there's nowhere near enough room for a pond, want to keep the little of the lawn I've got left for our little one who will be toddling by next summer hence the nice corner.
Thanks so much everyone.
if you go for a scabious, that will just about fill your little space, but they do have a long flowering time, especially if you dead head regularly. A honeysuckle up a trellis would be nice to compliment the scabious. My scabious can easily grow to 2’ diameter.
For the rest, am I best trying to remove the lawn turf, planting a scabious then putting down lots of wildflower seeds, then letting it fill up with wildgrass and flowers, or can I mow the lawn there down as low as possible, scarify and plant between the existing lawn?