There is a wildflower meadow next to the Green Patch. It was set up by Groundworks last year. It seems that the secret with wildflowers is to remove the topsoil and after that to keep the soil really poor, raking off the cuttings after a few days before they can rot.
The lower half of the meadow is prone to flooding but it doesn't do it any harm.
I pop down periodically to se what is coming up, plants in flower this week were: daisy, dandelion, buttercup, ground elder, bugle, red campion and may, and along the hedge self-heal and white dead nettle.
In the GP garlic mustard is coming up along the hedge, the hens love it and it is quite nice in a salad sandwich.
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