Guides & Advice
Wildflower identification guide
All wildflower areas are havens for invertebrates who in turn provide food for other wildlife. Establishing a wildflower area, either a 100% UK Native Meadow or a more colourful Urban Meadow containing some non-native species, is of ecological value. The climate smart benefits and visual appeal of wildflowers have driven their rise in popularity in amenity settings.
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Creating and maintaining a lawn
How to manage a wildflower meadow
This expert guide will help you figure out effective wildflower meadow management for both spring and autumn sown seeds.
How to prepare soil for wildflowers
This Germinal Amenity guide can help you figure out how to prepare soil for wildflowers effectively.
Sowing wildflowers into grass
In an ideal world, all wildflower seed should be sown into clean, weed-free ground.
How to choose the best wildflower seed mix
Germinal Amenity expert Richard Brown can help you choose the best wildflower seed mix.
What is proactive seeding?
Germinal Amenity and top UK greenkeepers believe that proactive seeding through seasonal overseeding can produce golf greens that thrive without needing fungicides.
Spring overseeding: Proactive seeding for better consistency
Proactive seeding can be used in a spring overseeding strategy to outcompete the disease-prone Poa annua without needing fungicides.
Summer overseeding: Bentgrass can outperform Poa annua
Discover how summer overseeding can be a game-changer by outcompeting Poa annua with creeping bentgrasses that are ideal for close mowing.
Webinar: Modern bentgrasses and perennial ryegrasses for golf
Join Germinal grass experts Richard Brown, Paul Moreton, and Sandy Pentecost for a webinar discussion exploring the use of leading varieties of bentgrass and ryegrass to produce exceptional playing surfaces.
Cold-seeding: Maximise seedling survival in winter
Cold-seeding is the practice of applying new seed to an established sward in the late autumn or early spring when soil temperatures are below those required for immediate germination.
Plant nutrients and soil
Grass plants require ease of access to hydrogen, oxygen and carbon. This is facilitated by good soil structure with a high proportion of macro pores which allow adequate gas exchange and movement of soil and water which are essential for root respiration and photosynthesis.