Jun 2024

In addition to our vegetable garden, which is redesigned every year through crop planning, the flowering meadows are the most flexible part of our garden. Here, we decide from season to season whether everything except the paths will remain as it is or whether we will deliberately create contrasts between flowering islands and mowed areas. Sometimes this requires pragmatism: the weather and the development of the grasses determine when and where we start mowing – as we have already described in our article on September mowing.

Around mid-June, when the striking flowers of the daisies dot the grass like little suns, we make the first cut. This leaves enough time for a second, species-rich bloom in the season. The cut opens up the meadow again – suddenly light falls all the way to the ground, where the quiet, low-growing species patiently await their chance. Daisies are usually perennial. That's why we don't wait for them to form seeds, but cut them at the peak of their flowering, in favor of biodiversity in the second half of the season. It takes a little courage, but it's so worth it when the meadow blooms again in all its glory after cutting.