Yay! Make your own seed balls! It’s super fun, pretty messy and a brilliant activity for all ages!
Each kit includes 3 plastic free pouches of raw materials, which when mixed together with water will create enough mix for 40-60 balls (size depending!)
1. Bee & Butterfly Friendly Wildflower seeds (see mix details below)
2. Clay powder
3. Peat-free compost
You’ll need a mixing bowl, some water and a tray to dry the balls on. Also included is an instruction sheet giving full details of how to make the balls. Making seed balls can take from approximately 20 minutes to an hour depending on your dedication to rolling perfection!
How to use
Throw onto soil or compost in a garden bed or planter in Spring or Autumn, leaving at least 10cm between each ball. Your Seedball has everything it needs to grow and, once the ball becomes moist and the temperature is right, your seeds will germinate!
Once rolled, the seed balls are best scattered in the Autumn, followed by Spring (but as a rule of thumb anytime except winter is fine).
Material/Fabric
Common Poppy (Papaver rhoeas)
Common Toadflax (Linaria vulgaris)
Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus)
Cowslip (Primula veris)
Meadow Cranesbill (Geranium pratense)
Musk Mallow (Malva moschata)
Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)
Red Campion (Silene dioica)
Seed balls are made from a unique blend of seed, clay (to protect the seed from ants, mice, birds etc.) peat free compost (to give seeds a boost) and chilli powder (an extra predator deterrent).