How to make a seed bomb

Plant wildflower with seed bombs!

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Seed bombs are great fun for children and adults!

Whether it's a plant pot, flowerbed, wild patch in your lawn or an entire meadow, sowing wildflowers in your garden provides vital resources to support a wide range of insects that couldn't otherwise survive in urban or built-up areas.

Throwing, breaking up or digging ‘seed bombs’ (or balls) into areas in your garden that need a little brightening up is a perfect way of spending an afternoon!

You will need:

Meadow flower seeds or seeds collected from the garden.
Peat-free compost.
Water.
Powdered clay (found in craft shops).
Mixing bowl.

How much time will you need:

Around an hour. This is a simple activity.

Creating your seed bomb:

In a bowl, mix together 1 cup of seeds with 5 cups of compost and 2-3 cups of clay powder (you could use clay soil instead if you have it).
Slowly mix in water with your hands until everything sticks together.
Roll the mixture into firm balls.
Leave the balls to dry in a sunny spot.
Now for the fun bit! Plant your seed bombs by throwing them at bare parts of the garden and wait to see what pops up!

Top plants to include in your seed bombs:

Bulbous buttercup - ranunculus bulbosus
Chamomile - chamaemelum nobile
Common bird’s-foot-trefoil - lotus corniculatus
Common knapweed - centaurea nigra
Common spotted-orchid -dactylorhiza fuchsii
Lady's bedstraw - galium verum
Red clover - trifolium pratense
Wild thyme - thymus polytrichus

Want to do more? Grow your own mini-meadow or wild patch in your garden.

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