The Benefits of Installing Wild Flower Turf

Why wild flower turf is an excellent choice for your garden, and why GDT&S is the team to trust!

With so many ‘traditional’ grass turfs available, why would you even consider wild flower turf for your home garden or commercial area? Well, wild flower turf offers numerous advantages not only to you, the homeowner, landscaper, or general public, but to the environment and your outdoor space.

At George Davies Turf & Stone, we’re passionate about delivering beautiful but functional landscaping solutions. Wild flower turf is just one example of how to add true value to your garden, and the benefits that naturally come with it.

What you’ll get from this article

• • Understand what wild flower turf is
  • The benefits of wild flower turf
  • Where can you use wild flower turf?
  • How to switch to wild flower turf
  • Easily shop our range of wild flower turf
  • FAQs on wild flower turf

What is Wild Flower Turf?

Wild flower turf is a stunning landscaping solution designed to create vibrant, biodiverse areas within your garden with ease and efficiency. Its ready-to-lay rolls combine native wild flower species and grasses for an instant meadow-like feel.

But wild flower turf isn’t just attractive, it’s purposeful, and filled with natural benefits such as:

• • Provides colour all year round
  • Feeds bees, butterflies and other pollinators
  • Supports and encourages biodiversity
  • Requires minimum maintenance

View our range of wild flower turf

Why Wild Flower Turf Works for You and Your Garden

The benefits of choosing wild flower turf:

Instantly Beautiful Landscapes

Whereas overseeding grass turf can take months to establish and flourish, installing wild flower turf delivers an immediate visual impact. Our wild flower has been carefully grown from a mix of annuals, biennials, perennials, and grasses to create a carpet of consistent colour that evolves with the seasons – perfect for domestic gardens or high-traffic commercial areas.

A Paradise for Pollinators

Sadly, habitat loss for critters and pollinators is becoming a serious issue within the UK. However, with the installation of wild flower turf, even the smallest garden can help preserve vital habitats. Its range of flowers and grasses provides shelter and nectar, which not only attract wildlife to your garden but also help boost your local ecosystem.

Long-Term Resilience

The key to healthy turf is healthy roots. There’s no grass turf that develops a stronger root system than wild flower turf. Its roots run deep into the ground to source nutrients and water that feed the turf year-round. This means no need for fertilisers or regular watering to keep your lawn looking as bright as the day you laid it.

Minimal Weeds Maximum Beauty

With a mix of flower and grass species, wild flower turf is brilliant at self-seeding. This means they reproduce year-round with minimal human intervention, providing you with a blooming lawn in every season. This continuous blossoming not only helps strengthen your turf and soil, but it also prevents bald patches and areas where weeds could take over. Wild flower turf helps suppress the weeds, saving you time weeding your lawn too!

Low Maintenance Lawns

If you are not very green-fingered or don’t have the resources to maintain a manicured lawn, wild flower turf may be the solution for you! Designed to be naturally ‘wild’, it requires minimal watering, mowing, or monthly lawn care. Once established, wild flower turf can be left to its own devices, saving you time and money to invest elsewhere while still enjoying a beautiful lawn.

Eco-Friendly Turf Solution

A huge advantage of wild flower turf is its low impact on the environment. Its resilience and self-preservation mean it can thrive without the need for chemical fertilisers, pesticides, or even frequent mowing – two mows a year is enough! Wild flower turf also roots deeper than traditional turf, making it less water-intensive and helping promote healthy soil.

A Versatile Natural Turf

Ever wonder where you can install wild flower turf? Whether you want a full meadow lawn for easy ground cover or you’re looking to integrate natural flora into your landscaping, wild flower turf fits perfectly.

Popular wild flower turf ideas for your outdoor space:

• Meadow areas near patios or seating areas
• Meadow lawns as cost-effective ground cover
• Colourful borders around flowerbeds and lawns
• Wild flower centre pieces in lawns or raised beds
• Pollinator paths linking different zones together
• A wildlife feature, attracting bees and butterflies to your garden
• Easy to maintain green spaces for commercial uses

If you’d prefer to mix floral colour with a traditional lawn, we recommend combining wild flower turf with one of our grass turfs, such as Trident or Species-Rich Turf.

Read More: How to Create a Wild Flower Area in Your Garden

Lay Wild Flower Turf Any Time!

Like most natural turfs, you can lay wild flower turf any time of year – spring, summer, autumn, even winter. The secret to helping your turf flourish is preparing the ground correctly. Our guides, How to Prepare Your Soil for Turf and How to Lay Turf – Your Ultimate Guide, can help.

Read More: When is the Best Time to Lay Wild Flower Turf?

How Easy Is It To Switch To Wild Flower Turf?

Whether you’re installing a small area of wild flower turf or removing an entire lawn to make space for a wild flower meadow, it couldn’t be easier to make the change. It’s also a lot faster than sowing wild flower seeds!

Follow these 6 steps to lay your wild flower turf:

1. 1. Make sure the ground is not frozen or sodden
   2. Remove any existing turf and subbase
   3. Prepare the ground by removing weeds and levelling the soil
   4. Apply high-quality topsoil to improve the soil’s condition
   5. Roll out your wild flower turf rolls following George’s tutorial found here.
   6. Water in well to help the roots establish and let nature take over!

Speak to the Experts

If you’re looking for a highly beneficial lawn to transform your garden or commercial space, you can’t go too far wrong with wild flower turf! With the versatility to be installed and thrive almost anywhere, it’s a fantastic investment in your outdoor space and the planet.

At GDT&S, we’re here to help you choose, order, and install the right turf for your landscaping. View our range of natural turf or get in touch with our friendly Customer Services Team, who are here to help. For landscapers, make sure you check out our Trades Account for additional benefits to you and your clients.