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:
Echium
Supplier: Technology Crops International
Knapweed
Supplier: John Bingham & Emorsgate Seeds
Turtle Dove Mix
Supplier: RSPB and Kings Speciality Crops
Specialist Bee Mix
Partner: Cambridge University
Supplier: Moles Seeds
‘Operation Bumblebee’ – pollen and nectar seed mix
Partner: Campaign for the Farmed Environment
Supplier: Cotswold Seeds
‘Nectar’ – nectar meadow and field corner mixture
Partner: Campaign for the Farmed Environment
Supplier: Cotswold Seeds
Flora – wild flora mixture with grasses
Partner: Campaign for the Farmed Environment
Supplier: Cotswold Seeds
TAG-A – floristically enhanced grass mix
KWM2a – traditional pollen and nectar mix
Partner: Campaign for the Farmed Environment
Supplier: Kings Speciality Crops
GWCT RF-R1 – experimental mix
Partner: Campaign for the Farmed Environment
Partner: Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust
Supplier: Emorsgate Seeds
Boyce’s Bee Mixture
Supplier: JW Boyce
KAUT-1 – autumn-sown wildbird seed mix
Partner: Campaign for the Farmed Environment
Supplier: Kings Speciality Crops
