A graduate of Concordia University, she left the hustle and bustle of the business after starting a family. It’s extremely easy to make seed bombs in bulk and you can get it done with very few ingredients regardless of which method you choose.

One easy way to help bees and other important pollinators is by growing more flowers that provide food. As you finish each one, place them on a tray with enough room between them so they’re not touching—once they dry, it’ll be difficult to break them apart. I also used this for a short while until it became evident the seeds were having challenges in breaking out of the seed ball, and the seed ball was not disintegrating as quickly as I would have liked.All you have to do here is fill a pot with rich, well-draining growing media, and place your seed ball within about halfway under the earth. These hardy wildflowers will attract bees and butterflies, and turn neglected areas into mini nature havens. Include some colorful construction paper for your own benefit, or if you’re making seed bombs with kids! For wildflower ideas, choose plants that are native to your area or grow well without supplemental watering. To enjoy all that Hobbycraft has to offer, please enable cookies or check whether another programme is blocking them.

For more about the British guerrilla gardening movement, see: Throw It, Grow It, London’s Guerrilla Gardeners. Clay is often from low lying or riparian areas, which also collect a significantly weedy seed bank from large areas of land.Only combine seeds with similar qualities or habitat preferences, or plants that are known to grow well together. Peatlands are also often the home for many scarce animals and plants, which aren't found in any other type of habitat. In that same vein, while it may be tempting to throw them in a construction lot, it’s not the best idea. This doesn’t have to be exact, but you want more of your material than soil so that the bombs hold together. My experiments have shown to produce success seed balls with 1:1 ratio of clay to compost and even higher ratios of 2 parts compost to 1 part clay.

Plus it’s a great way to get them involved in gardening, and then you can all go on a guerrilla gardening adventure and spread joy and wildflowers all over your neighborhood. The Heart of England Forest is a charity registered by the Charity Commission for England and Wales (no. For this project, “air-dry” clay serves as the binding agent that holds everything together until the plant is ready to grow.

As a registered member you get 10 free posts from our archive (posts more than a year old) every 30 days. Native species have not only relationships with themselves and humans but also lots of the wildlife that is native to this region. If you're not sure, find out which plants are problem plants for your area or region; don't just rely on general information because some plants might be ideal in their local environment but a rampant pest in yours. I see that this is an old post, but seems people surfing might run into it and find the information helpful.