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DIY: Make Your Own Wildflower Seed Bombs
Seed bombs are the main weapon guerrilla gardeners can use to spread flowers in bare spots, creating pockets of beauty and habitats for pollinators. Gardening without permission is another way of describing these activities: not strictly legal but filed away by the authorities under the category of “What’s not to like.” Alex Mitchell in her book The Rurbanite shows us how to make seed bombs, using guerrilla tactics to spread cheer.
Read on for step-by-step instructions to make seed bombs:Above: Photograph by Marie Viljoen.
A “rurbanite” is someone who has “a passion for the countryside but no intention of leaving the city,” says Alex Mitchell, adding: “A growing band of rurbanites is getting in touch with the green side of the city.” Enter guerrilla gardening.
“Seed bombs are best, and the most fun, when thrown into neglected roundabouts, central reservations, flower beds, and planters,” says Mitchell.
Many guerrilla gardeners arm themselves with trowels and work nocturnally. But with seed bombs it is possible to make a difference without that considerable commitment; lob a bomb from a bicycle, a car window, or when passing on foot.
Seed bombing is best done in spring and autumn, says Alex Mitchell. Or, time your attack to coincide with heavy rainfall.
Above: Photograph by Kendra Wilson.Before seed bombing, assess a site for sunniness and choose your seeds accordingly. They do not need to be sun-loving annuals: foxgloves would suit a shadier site. Cosmos (as shown above), a classic annual, is a perfect candidate for guerrilla gardening.
Above: Photograph courtesy of Kyle Books.
Different types of seed may be combined to make a seed bomb, says Alex Mitchell, but check that they can all be sown at the same time of year.Above: Photograph courtesy of Kyle Books.
Best flowers for seed bombs: for sunny areas, annual meadow flowers including poppies, cornflower, marigold; Californian poppies; cosmos; hollyhocks; nigella; verbena bonariensis; viper’s bugloss. For shady areas, use a woodland seed mix; foxgloves, tobacco plant, honesty.
Wildflower Seed Mix collections for various growing zones including Texas, California, Midwest, and Southeast are $5 apiece from Urban Farmer Seeds & Plants. In the UK Pictorial Meadows offers a wide choice of meadow seed for any situation.
Above: Photograph courtesy of Kyle Books.The instructions are simple enough, a bit like making chocolate truffles. Takes 30 minutes.
Ingredients:
- Flower seed
- Potter’s clay powder, from any craft shop
- Peat-free compost
- Water
- A bowl
- A baking tray
Instructions:
Mix the seed, clay, and compost together in a bowl to a ratio of three handfuls of clay, five handfuls of compost, and one handful of seed.
Then carefully add water slowly and gradually (you don’t want it too gloopy), mixing it all together until you get a consistency that you can form into truffle-sized balls. Lay them out to bake dry on a sunny windowsill for at least three hours.
Targets for seed bombing should not be brownfield sites, derelict and depressing as they seem. They may be privately owned and will have their own micro eco-system, best left alone. Ditto parks and other people’s gardens. Instead, rescue neglected planters and flower beds as well as civic spaces to which the planting plan has long been lost.Above: Photograph by Kendra Wilson.
Now is the time to fight the good fight, says Alex Mitchell: “Urbanites the world over are looking at public green spaces around their homes with a new sense of responsibility and pride.”
The Rurbanite published by Kyle Books is available for $28.05 from Amazon.
For more about the British guerrilla gardening movement, see: Throw It, Grow It, London’s Guerrilla Gardeners.
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by Clare Coulson
September 26, 2019
by Kier Holmes
May 21, 2019
by Kendra Wilson
March 23, 2018
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Slow Food Flower Bomb Challenge for World Bee Day
In May, Slow Food calls on every citizen of Europe to stand up for biodiversity and pollinators.
We have a week to make our "flower bombs" (a mixture of wild flower seeds, soil and compost) and throw them in our garden or in public places on World Bee Day on May 20th.
Bees and other pollinators—including butterflies, bats, and hummingbirds—reproduce many plants, including many food crops.
Pollinators not only help crop production, but also guard against environmental risks by signaling problems in local ecosystems. Lack of suitable habitat for bees can lead to a sharp decline in pollination rates. The planting of mono-crops, the use of pesticides and the rise in temperature associated with climate change create problems for bee populations and, as a result, affect the quality of the plants we grow. Decreased pollination rates also pose an immediate threat to nutrition. If this trend continues, nutritious crops such as fruits, nuts and many vegetable crops will increasingly be replaced in the human diet by staple crops such as rice, corn and potatoes, eventually leading to unbalanced diets.
Therefore, the UN General Assembly in 2017 decided to declare World Bee Day to raise awareness of the importance of bees and other pollinators, the threats they face and their contribution to sustainable development.
What is a flower bomb and how to make it? It's easy and fast!
The flower bomb is a small ball of compost, soil and seeds. The compost and earth act as a seed carrier so they can be tossed over walls or fences to hard-to-reach places like wastelands or railroads.
To make flower bombs you will need:
- Wildflower seeds - from your garden or store bought. It is very important to obtain seeds of native varieties. We advise you to learn about the typical local flora and use them.
- Earth (preferably clay)
- Compost
- Water
- bowl
Step by Step Instructions
- Mix 1 cup of seeds with 5 cups of compost and 2 to 3 cups of earth (clay soil is best if you have it) in a bowl.
- Slowly mix with water with your hands until everything sticks together.
- Roll the mixture into firm balls.
- Leave the balls to dry in the sun.
- And now the fun part! Plant your bombs by throwing them on bare parts of the garden or on city wastelands (abandoned roads, flower beds, etc.).
We recommend using wildflower seeds in your flower bombs for a better chance of attracting pollinators.
Why? Wildflower species are native or natural plants that grow on their own without human assistance. Many pollinators are also local to a particular area and will seek out plants that grow in their natural habitat. It's part of nature's plan: wildflowers and pollinators need each other to survive!
One last thing: fire the bombs as soon as possible after you've made them, before the seeds begin to sprout.
It's your turn! We can't wait to see your flower bombs, so feel free to share images of yourself in action with us on Facebook ( @slowfoodinrussia ), Twitter ( @SlowFoodEurope; @SlowFoodHQ ) and Instagram (@slowfoodinrussia).
And don't forget to subscribe and share ECI #SaveBeesandFarmers #WorldBeeDay #Savethebees.
The celebration of World Bee Day serves to draw attention to the enormous role played by honey bees in pollinating plants and obtaining honey and other bee products.
The material uses photos and videos from slowfood.com, fao.org, worldbeeday.org
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Flower bombs - New Year's express gift! — AgroXXI
Anna Medvedeva
New Year holidays are good for everyone: a smart Christmas tree, a rich table, cheerful guests and, of course, gifts.
However, if the budget is limited, and among your acquaintances there are many avid gardeners and gardeners, here is a life hack - a homemade flower bomb that looks very cute
If you're thinking about how to increase your fruit and vegetable harvest this year, consider flowers! These are all the more pleasant reflections when it is snowing outside the window and you want to dream about the bright colors of summer. It's also a profitable thought - at the Christmas sales you can buy flower seeds at a discount.
Flowers are considered food crops' best friends for good reason - they attract pollinating insects, work as cover plants to protect the soil and compete with weeds, and confuse harmful insects with their scent. Finally, the contemplation of a biodiverse vegetable garden and garden improves mood, and flowers of marigold, nasturtium, violets are edible and suitable for decorating dishes. As you can see, there are some advantages that you can share with friends and family.
Handmade gifts don't have to be time consuming and require fantastic creativity or a hefty financial outlay. The main condition is that they should be bright, useful and presented from the heart!
Flower bombs are great for gifts. They are very quick and easy to make, they are stored for a long time, and in the spring the recipient simply throws them into the soil in the garden, waters them and gets a luxurious flower bed.
All the basic ingredients can be found in one supermarket, which has a children's art section and gardening counters.
Here's what you'll need:
- colored tissue paper (multiple colors are best)
- a mixture of flower seeds of your choice.
Of course, when choosing a flower mix, be guided by the preferences and possibilities of the person to whom you are making a gift. For example, if a person does not have the time or desire to spend a lot of time caring for plants, choose unpretentious wildflowers; for experienced gardeners, pick up "advanced level" seeds; make it easy for beginners by narrowing down the options to the simplest plants that will take root well in a given place.
Plant height, flowering time and color should also be taken into account when choosing. Especially if you decide to assemble the mix yourself.
Remember that creating the right color combinations can be tricky. This is where Itten's color wheel comes in handy, in which contrasting colors are located as far as possible, and close ones are adjacent. By drawing a straight line through the center of the circle, you will see the most contrasting combinations.
Colors that are side by side on the color wheel, such as purple and red, work well together, as do opposite colors, such as purple and yellow.
Photos from open sources.
Foliage can also serve as an object of visual interest when the flowers have withered.
When counting the number of "bombs", resort to a landscape designer's trick: plant at least three (or any odd number) of the same type of plant at some distance from each other. This technique gives the flower bed a logical conclusion than just a collection of different plants.
It is important that all seeds purchased do not require pretreatment, stratification (cold aging) or scarification (violation of the seed coat for better germination).
It's great if you can combine the tone of tissue paper with the main color of future colors so that the recipient does not get confused. Otherwise, make a separate small reminder postcard, adding growing tips along with New Year's wishes.
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...Now take a deep bowl and a glass of water.
Tear the tissue paper into small pieces about 8-10 cm in size. Place the piece in a bowl and add a teaspoon of water. Stir the paper so that all the pieces become wet.
If the mixture is too watery, add more pieces of paper. If the paper is too dry, add water accordingly.
Pour about 1 tablespoon of flower seeds into a bowl.
Photo: Katie Femia.
Form the mixture into a ball. Roll the ball, squeezing out excess water.
