Wild Flower Meadow

By Tommy Callahan

Bird nesting boxes and cedar benches

Trail loop

First signs of growth.

This project was completed in three phazes:

Phase 1

Have the site surveyed for endangered and/or protected species. Upon clearance, the approximate 1.5 acre meadow was mown to approximately 2/4 inches and raked. Wildfower seed  (kindly provided by Ernst Conservation Seeds) was hand sown across the meadow and rolled.

Phase 2

Area was marked for circular wood chip path, outlined, flagged and staked. Earth was agitated, weeds removed and wood chips placed in circular pattern.

Phase 3

Creation of 3 bird boxes (4th currently resides in meadow) and two cedar observation benches to be located on grassy hillock.

The site requires ongoing maintenance as with the sensory garden.

List of wild flowers

Scarlet Flax

Lanced Leaved Coreopsis (NC Costal plains ecotype)

Dame's Rocket

Cosmos

Sulphur Cosmos

Plains Coreopsis

Blackeyed Susan (NC ecotype)

Annual Baby's Breath

Corn Poppy/Shirley Mix

Bigleaf Lupine

Bachelor's Button (tall mixed/cornflower)

Bachelor's Button (tall blue/cornflower)

Rocket Larkspur

Purple Coneflower

Ox Eye Daisy

California Orange Poppy

Spurred Snapdragon - Northern Lights

Lewis Perennial Blue Flax

Grey Headed Coneflower

Annual Gaillardia (Indian Blanket)

Perennial Gaillardia (Blanket Flower)

Queen Anne's Lace

Wild Bergamot

Wild Flower Seed was supplied by Ernst Conservation Seeds, PA