With current advice from BirdWatch Ireland encouraging people to move away from using bird feeders between May and October, many gardeners are looking for other ways to help. This carefully curated Irish-grown wildflower mix supports Irish birds by creating natural food sources in the garden - summer flowers for insects, followed by seed heads and standing stems that birds can forage through autumn and winter.
This is not a conventional bird food product. It is a wildflower mix for people who want to support birds through habitat - by planting food sources, insect life and shelter into the garden itself.
For best results, sow onto prepared, weed-free bare soil. Read our guide to preparing ground for wildflower seeds before you sow.
Allow the flowers to grow, flower and set seed, then leave seed heads standing through autumn and winter for birds to forage naturally.
Year 1
Annual flowers such as Corn Marigold, Mayweed and Corn Poppy provide the main colour and help attract insects. Perennial species begin establishing more quietly.
Autumn and winter
Do not deadhead. Leave seed heads and stems standing so birds can forage and the planting can provide winter structure.
Year 2 onwards
Perennial species such as Knapweed, Red Campion, Selfheal, Wild Carrot, Yarrow and Field Scabious add more structure, flowers and insect life, helping the area become more naturally bird-friendly over time.
Current advice encourages people to reduce or pause bird feeder use during the warmer months, when disease transmission can be a particular risk for finches and other garden birds.
Planting bird-friendly wildflowers is another way to keep supporting birds. This mix helps create natural food sources in the garden - summer flowers that attract insects, followed by seed heads and standing stems that can be left for birds to forage through autumn and winter.
This small-batch mix has been created using seed from our Waterford-grown wildflower seed harvest, produced and packed by Connecting to Nature.
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Our wildflower seed crops are grown & produced across two sites, in Co. Waterford and Co. Kilkenny.
All of the wildflower species grown on our site are native to Ireland.
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We dispatch all orders within 24 hours of being ordered on weekdays.
An Post deliver within 3-5 days and DPD generally deliver the following day.
If you order a pre-order item, your entire order will be sent out when the pre-ordered item is in stock.
