The Hive Meadow
Since September 2022, we have been converting an unloved patch of grass between the Hive building and the Savernake Road entrance into a wildflower meadow. This is part of plans to beautify this entrance to the Heath and improve habitats for butterflies across London through the Big City Butterflies project . It has been seeded with a special mix of native wildflowers and cornfield annuals, as well as planted with native bulbs and wildflower plants to provide nectar and caterpillar foodplants. Creating this new meadow required a lot of work, as you can see below: