Before you start..

[Amy]

Before you buy the seed,
Before you pick up a spade,
Before you become overwhelmed with information from loads of different places,

Plantlife have gathered all the 'must know' points into one place, and tell you what to expect as the meadow matures, what's achievable for your plot, and how to get there.
https://meadows.plantlife.org.uk/wp-con ... sh_WEB.pdf
Contents
03 A meadow revival
04 The value of meadows
06 The diversity of meadows...
08 What is a meadow?
09 What’s the difference between a meadow
and a pasture?
09 What is a pictorial or annual meadow?
10 Plantlife’s meadow guidelines
10 Thinking about having a meadow?
11 Basic meadow principles
12 How big should a meadow be?
13 Meadow creation
13 Know your site
13 Prepare the ground
13 Where do I get my seed from?
13 After sowing
15 Meadow care
16 Using plug plants top add more wild flowers
17 All about yellow rattle, the meadow maker
19 More help and advice

Plantlife have recently revamped their websites. If you find any links to Plantlife on the Moor Meadows website https://moormeadows.org.uk/information/resources/ or this forum have broken,

try Plantlife's Meadows Hub https://meadows.plantlife.org.uk/

Plantlife also have a general website about the charity's work, their nature reserves, their blog, and their online shop https://www.plantlife.org.uk/uk.
This site has information about individual plant and fungi species, and these pages are often updated and added to: https://www.plantlife.org.uk/uk/discove ... gi-species