Work on wildflower meadow for pollinators started at Pierrepont Farm

We're really excited to announce work has started on our wildflower meadow at Pierrepont Farm in Surrey after our hugely successful 2025 summer appeal. 

Thanks to the generosity of our wonderful donors, we have begun creating a half-hectare pollinator field that will transform a patch of overgrown scrub and species-poor grassland into a thriving habitat for bees, butterflies, hoverflies and other essential insects. 

The appeal raised nearly £5,000 to support the creation of the pollinator field that will eventually be bursting with native wildflowers. 

Work has started on the wildflower meadow at Pierrepont Farm

Contractors have now completed the initial scrub clearance and ground preparations. The next step will see our volunteers broadcasting an acid-tolerant meadow seed mix by hand. 

The seed mix contains a wide range of wildflowers, including Common Knapweed, Lady’s Bedstraw, Autumn Hawkbit, Oxeye Daisy, Ragged Robin, Cowslip, Yellow Rattle, Sheep’s Sorrel, Devil's-bit Scabious, Tufted Vetch, and grasses such as Sweet Vernal Grass, Crested Dog's-tail. 

Leslie Hackett, the CRT’s Head of Volunteering, said: “It's wonderful to see work getting under way on our wildflower meadow at Pierrepont. Much of the work is being carried out by our dedicated volunteers, with support from our conservation experts. 

“As well as planting wildflowers, we’re incorporating features that are vital for pollinators, including areas for ground-nesting bees, dead wood for solitary bees, and host plants for butterfly and moth caterpillars.”

Helena Darragh, the CRT’s Head of Conservation, said: “Our new pollinator field will attract a wide variety of essential pollinator species, each playing a unique role in the ecosystem.   

“While bees are often the first pollinators to come to mind, many other insects are equally vital. We anticipate welcoming diverse species of bees, hoverflies, butterflies and moths, various wasps, beetles, and other flies to our pollinator paradise.”  

We will keep you updated as the project progresses.