Moss?

[Old Grumpy]

Designer meadows were not quite what I had in mind - and I suspect they are not "real", though they may look pleasant enough.

In a previous house, for various reasons on occasion the front (and probably the back too) were allowed to grow - so that the front looked like a small hay field. Nobody ever said anything about it, though I bet they were all pleased when we got round to cutting the lawn again.

All this conformity .... social pressure .... even if "only' imagined .....

I tried this for several years, which led Mrs G to comment "it's more of a mess than a meadow!"

It's now all cut down to (mossy) lawn.

I've come to the conclusion that good meadows require considerable investment of time and money to achieve.

Looking forward to seeing some examples week after next when in Swaledale soon for the Festival.

OG

[oddoneout]

I tried this for several years, which led Mrs G to comment "it's more of a mess than a meadow!"

It's now all cut down to (mossy) lawn.

I've come to the conclusion that good meadows require considerable investment of time and money to achieve.

Looking forward to seeing some examples week after next when in Swaledale soon for the Festival.

OG

Trouble is that meadows in a garden setting do have a tendency to look something of a mess for quite a lot of the time, unless they are approached as an exercise in alternative border planting, to ensure a decent succession of flowering plants. That will likely involve the inclusion of a number of non-native and non-geographic species, given the relative paucity of British flora.