LoveLincsPlants Habitat Beds
Banovallum House wildlife garden
The garden at the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust headquarters in Horncastle has been designed to inspire you to make a space for nature in your own garden, whether through creating a native hedgerow, a wildflower-rich meadow or garden border that is buzzing with pollinators.
Species list
Below is the plant list for the raised beds. Alongside the plant names are the county where they have been sourced, many of which have come from seed hand-gathered from Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust nature reserves.
Lowland heath and acid grassland
- Heather (Calluna vulgaris) - Lincolnshire
- Cross-leaved heath (Erica tetralix) - Lincolnshire
- Sheep's-sorrel (Rumex acetosella) - Lincolnshire and Emorsgate Seed (Sufflok)
- Devil's-bit scabious (Succisa pratensis) - Lincolnshire
- Sheep’s fescue (Festuca ovina) - Lincolnshire
- Heath bedstraw (Galium saxatile) - Lincolnshire
- Mouse-ear hawkweed (Pilosella officinarum) - Lincolnshire
- Common Stork’s-bill (Erodium cicutarium) - Lincolnshire
- Tormentil (Potentilla erecta) - Emorsgate (Oxfordshire)
- Common Bent (Agrostis capillaris) - Emorsgate (Caernarvonshire)
- Sheep’s-fescue (Festuca ovina) - Emorsgate (Yorks)
- Sweet Vernal-grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum) - Emorsgate (Wiltshire)
Limestone grassland
- Greater knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa) - Lincolnshire
- Small scabious (Scabiosa columbaria) - Lincolnshire
- Wild basil (Clinopodium vulgare) - Lincolnshire
- Lady's bedstraw (Galium verum) - Lincolnshire
- Glaucous sedge (Carex flacca) - Lincolnshire
- Rough hawkbit (Leontodon hispidus) - Lincolnshire
- Restharrow (Ononis sp.) - Lincolnshire
- Viper’s-bugloss (Echium vulgare) – Lincolnshire
- Mouse-ear hawkweed (Pilosella officinarum) - Lincolnshire
- Common bird's-foot-trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) - Lincolnshire
- Betony (Betonica officinalis) - Lincolnshire
- Burnet-saxifrage (Pimpinella saxifraga) - Lincolnshire
- Salad burnet (Poterium sanguisorba ssp. sanguisorba) - Lincolnshire
- Crested Hair-grass (Koeleria macrantha) - Emorsgate (Yorks)
- Sheep’s-fescue (Festuca ovina) - Emorsgate (Yorks)
- Glaucous sedge (Carex flacca) - Emorsgate (Leics)
- Crested Dog’s-tail (Cynosurus cristatus) - Emorsgate (Yorks)
- Quaking-grass (Briza media) - Emorsgate (Cambridgeshire)
Building the raised beds
Below is a series of photos that describe the construction process. Thank you to all of our project partners and funders, volunteers, members and The National Lottery Heritage Fund for their support.
For more detailed information on how these beds were constructed please contact info@lincstrust.co.uk.
Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust
Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust
Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust
Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust
Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust
Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust
Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust
Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust
Built by: Shaun Lindley, Horncastle. Plants: Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust. Seed: Emorsgate Seeds, Norfolk.
Limestone: 50mm chip and dust, Lincolnshire. Sand and gravel: Buildbase, Lincolnshire.
Wildflower soil (low nutrient): Earth Cycle, Chichester. Peat free ericaceous soil: Melcourt Sylva Grow.
Paul Harris/2020VISION
Create a wildflower meadow
Want to replicate something similar in your own garden? Take a look at our Wildflower Meadow Hub to find everything you need to know on wildflower meadow creation and management.
