North Cave-based Mires Beck Nursery, Yorkshire’s leading supplier of wildflowers has supplied and planted more than 1,280 native wildflowers to help create a vibrant new wildflower area within Hull’s Queens Gardens.
The new wildflower area in Queens Gardens, previously dominated by ornamental planting and mown grass, will become a more natural space, with a more diverse range of native wildflower species offering crucial habitat for local wildlife. The planting includes a selection of species that are both drought and shade-loving native wildflowers such as foxgloves, primroses, bluebells, and wood avens - all of which have been lovingly grown and prepared by service users at Mires Beck.
The nusery plays a vital role as a therapeutic environment for adults with learning and physical disabilities and provides a safe, inclusive space where over 100 service users each week. They are given meaningful opportunities to learn, grow, and connect with nature.
Some of the adults, aged between 18 and 60, have been part of the process of sowing, growing, and conserving the wildflowers that will soon be planted in the gardens. This hands-on involvement not only nurtures confidence and horticultural skills but also reinforces the nursery’s mission to provide enriching experiences for those it supports.
