Our Company
Experience and Advice
British Wildflower Seeds is a trading name of Habitat Aid Ltd. We are a small Somerset based business, trading since 2008. We have been making meadows for over 20 years and are happy to advise you on yours. We source seed from most of the best wildflower seed harvesters in the UK, including the very small.
Ethics
We have donated c.£150,000 to UK conservation NGOs through our structured giving programme and work more generally to promote habitats like grassland. We are a certified B Corporation and licenced to sell seeds by DEFRA. We are also a Plant Healthy Nursery and authorised to issue Plant Passports.
It’s not our objective to make as much money as possible out of what we do. We want to play a practical part in the fight against biodiversity loss. This means empowering customers, helping suppliers and, of course, putting wildflower meadows back into our landscape.
Our Seed
Quality
Our seed is freshly sourced from the best harvesters around the UK. We test it randomly at an independent laboratory.
Choice and Provenance
We have an unbeatable range of meadow mixes to suit (nearly!) all conditions. These are often sustainably harvested from donor meadows around Britain and are regularly not available commercially elsewhere. We also offer seed mixes constructed to set %s.
Floral Content
Our constructed mixes aren’t the cheapest as they have 30% wildflowers, rather than the traditional 20% or lower. Nitrogen deposition and warmer winters mean that mixes with these lower rates are liable to lose diversity.
The harvested mixes we sell have up to 70% wildflowers to 30% grasses and much higher species diversity, sometimes including relatively rare flowers. They often offer outstanding value for money.
None of our mixes include non-native or imported flower seed. Period.
Our Customers
We’re not sure how many people we’ve dealt with over the years – many tens of thousands. Happy customers include The National Trust, Wildlife Trusts, Natural England, leading garden designers, housebuilders, BNG specialists, solar farm developers, local councils, etc. etc..
We have an average over 4.5 Judge.me customer rating, which puts us in the top 10% of stores.
You can typically expect your seed to be dispatched on the day you place your order or the following day. There may occasionally be a small delay while we restock; please do tell us if there’s a special event you need the seed for if you’re ordering at the last minute.
We usually send packages under 1kg by Royal Mail first class and larger weights by courier, overnight delivery. Over something like 200kg usually on a pallet.
Delivery charges are included in the prices quoted on the website.
Sadly we cannot currently deliver to Northern Ireland because of the mess following Brexit. We don’t export seed either, other than in exceptional circumstances.
Seed arrived quickly and looked to be in good condition. Well packaged. Easy to follow instructions - won’t know if it works or not until next year though….
Lots of lovely flowers within a few months.Very happy .
How lovely are these, did very little ground prep, just a good rake, sowed these on valentines day, slow to start, but did water through the dry spell, 4 months later, boom! Rewarded with this lovely display, the bees are loving it, plenty of hover flies, no butterflies yet, but not disappointed.
Thanks for letting us know Dale. Looks lovely!
I have purchased wildflower seeds from other companies in the past and when they have arrived they were full of mixed grasses as well. This seed has no grasses - hooray. I just now have to watch for the results. No issues and fast delivery. Thanks
Thanks for the opportunity to buy some of what sound like wonderful wildflower seed mixes. I doubled up on bees and butterflies & moths. The seeds arrived in good time for sowing. Fingers crossed!