Sowing the Seeds

Olive sowing wildflower seeds in the Brendon Hills

Your donations will help us to restore, create and link species-rich grassland on Exmoor.

We are now working with 59 landowners, managers, and community groups to restore, rejuvenate, and create wildflower meadows across over 325 hectares of Exmoor. Our Sowing the Seeds project officer Lucy Cornwall has been busy undertaking soil and botanical surveys to monitor the success of seeds sown, as well as assessing how best to create more meadows. Donations to CareMoor have supported our purchase of a straw chopper and salt spreader and trailer, all essential for this work.

In 2024, we’ll be setting up a wildflower nursery to grow more plants and become a community growing hub. This will be an important resource for propagating meadow plant species such as devils-bit scabious, which benefits from nursery propagation.

Donations will continue to help us work with communities across Exmoor to create and restore species-rich grasslands and inspire an appreciation of our valuable meadow habitats. Every £10 donated will help us create and manage 10m2 of wildflower meadow.

If you’d like to make a donation to support this exciting and worthwhile project, then you can DONATE DIRECT TO THE APPPEAL ONLINE HERE.

Send a gift card

You can send a specially designed Greetings Card and Certificate of Donation to the Sowing the Seeds Appeal, by visiting one of our National Park Centres or using our online shop. See the links below for details and images of the cards.

If you’d like to discuss your donation with us, please email caremoor@exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk

Would you like to help, learn more or become a donor site?

We would love to hear from anyone interested in meadow creation, at any scale, and also from people with existing flower-rich meadows who might be interested in becoming a donor site. Please contact us at naturerecovery@exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk.