Make Your Own Seed Ball Kit
A fun, messy and brilliant activity for all ages!
Each kit contains three plastic free pouches of materials, which, when mixed together with water will create enough mixture to make approximately 40-60 balls.
The mixes included are:
1. Bee & Butterfly Friendly Wildflower seeds (see mix details below)
2. Clay powder
3. Peat-free compost
All you need is a mixing bowl, water and a tray to dry the balls on. An instruction sheet giving full details of how to make the balls is included.
Making seed balls can take from approximately 20 minutes to an hour. Each pouch of seed contains a mix of bee and butterfly friendly wildflowers that tend to be the quickest to grow and flower, including Poppy, Common Toadflax, Cornflower, Cowslip, Meadow Cranesbill, Musk Mallow, Oxeye Daisy and Red Campion :
Common Poppy (Papaver rhoeas)
A bright red flowering annual - hugely popular and often used as a symbol of remembrance.
Height: 30-60cm.
Flowers: May to July
Common Toadflax (Linaria vulgaris)
Perennial.
Height: 10-150cm
Flowers: June to October
Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus)
Annual.
Height: 90cm
Flowers: June to August
Cowslip (Primula veris)
Perennial.
Height: 20-30cm
Scatter: Late summer or autumn
Flowers: April and May
Meadow Cranesbill (Geranium pratense)
Perennial.
Height: 30-70cm
Flowers: June to September
Musk Mallow (Malva moschata)
Description: A tall perennial with large rose pink petals.
Height: 40-70cm
Flowers: June to August
Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)
Perennial.
Height: 30-90cm
Flowers: May to September
Red Campion (Silene dioica)
A perennial with rose pink petals.
Height: 20-60cm
Flowers: March to November
Why we love them
Made in the UK
Easy to use
Peat free
No chemical pesticides
Pollinator Friendly
Contains a mix of specially selected seeds to help our native wildlife
Seeds are responsibly sourced in the UK
Boxes are made from 100% recycled card
Materials
Create using seeds, clay, peat-free compost and chilli powder
Instructions for Use:
Once rolled, the seed balls are best scattered in the Autumn, followed by Spring (but as a rule of thumb anytime except winter is fine). Simply scatter on top of soil or compost and nature will do the rest! One box will cover 1-2 pots. Use 6 boxes per square metre in a garden.
If you like the look of this, then why not check out our other Seedball Tins or pair up with one of our seeded cards from our Plantable Card Collection.
Image Credits: Seedball UK
