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The only supplier I know of is British Orchids, who are a reputable company that source UK provenance material.
https://britishorchids.co.uk/our-orchids/

This is another case where you might want to check out which species you actually have. Broad-leaved Dock and Curled Dock are 'injurious weeds' in the UK, but other, less 'weedy' species can also be common in Devon, especially Wood Dock and Clustered Dock. Many other species of dock are much rarer, ...

We have 3 acres at Coummunity Orchard Week (next to Dartington) where we're aiming to restore the grassland under the fruit trees.

Grass isn't growing much at the moment due to lack of rain, the rabbits are unlikely to be making much of an impact. Like many species they have population cycles - in the case of rabbits it seems to be mostly linked to waves of myxamytosis - every few years a new wave will kill off all the rabbits ...

The Devon Flora sold out pretty fast. Would be great to see it reprinted, but that would require spending a big chunk of money up front, which is tricky when it's written by unpaid volunteers and publication was supported by charitiable organisations. A crowdfunding effort might help, but I suspect ...

I strongly agree with Amy's approach - I've been collecting seeds from native species in our few local unimproved grassslands (mostly road verges) which I'm as confident as possible are from native, not sown or naturalised plants. A word of caution - Meadow Cranesbill isn't actually native in Devon,...

Also bear in mind that wood ash is often rich in potassium, which may have other unintended consequences. I always think it's best to get the management (cutting and/or grazing) and then see how the ecosystem responds rather than trying to force it into how one thinks a meadow 'should' look. Each pa...

If your habitat and management are good for these species, they will spread of their own accord. No point sowing seeds or plants if the habitat isn't just right for them. The best option to speed colonising new areas might be to grow a few plants in plugs or pots - plant them out when mature and the...

Great videos, and I strongly encourage everyone to get to know the grasses in their meadow - they can tell you so much about the ecology of your meadow. A request about videos - YouTube auto-generates subtitles, but these inevitably have some errors - whoever posts the video can go in to edit or cor...

Also note that 'arable weeds' are one of our most threatened groups of plant species, and PlantLife and others are doing lots of work to conserve them. Sadly, the widespread sowing seeds of 'wildflowers' often makes this conservation work more difficult, as those wildflower seeds are likely to be fr...