NIAB Innovation Farm

Environmental biodiversity

Partner:                        Campaign for the Farming Environment

NIAB Innovation Farm has demonstration plots of wildflower and grass mixtures providing food and nectar sources for birds and pollinating insects.  The mixtures are either commercially available or form part of on-going research.

IN THE FIELD

Crop:              ‘Operation Bumblebee’ – pollen and nectar seed mix

Supplier:         Cotswold Seeds

Crop:              ‘Nectar’ – nectar meadow and field corner mixture

Supplier:         Cotswold Seeds

Crop:              Flora – wild flora mixture with grasses

Supplier:         Cotswold Seeds

Crop:              TAG-A – floristically enhanced grass mix

Partner: HGCA

Crop:              KWM2a – traditional pollen and nectar mix

Supplier:         Kings Speciality Crops

Variety:          GWCT RF-R1 – experimental mix

Supplier:         Emorsgate Seeds

Partner:            Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust

Crop:              Boyce’s Bee Mixture

Supplier:         JW Boyce

Crop:              KAUT-1 – autumn-sown wildbird seed mix

Supplier:         Kings Speciality Crops