GARDENERS can transform their local spaces into wild flower havens with free seed kits being given away.
The Grow Wild campaign has thousands of kits to give away. The project is supported by the Big Lottery Fund and led by the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, and aims to encourage to inspire communities, friends and neighbours to come together to enjoy the benefits of sowing, growing and enjoying native wild flowers.
Registration closes at midnight on February 14 and the kits will be sent out in late March, just in time for spring sowing.
You can apply for up to 20 kits at www.growwilduk.com/seed-kit
Each seed kit has seeds to transform up to 10 square metres, and can be used to transform any space – from balconies to old boots, streets to shared spaces, boxes to buckets. The kits also contain a getting started guide, DIY bee house and site markers. There are different native seed mixes for England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, and a bilingual kit for Wales, so participants will receive the right mix for their country.
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