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Praarda · Graz · since 2015

Wildflower seed and meadow turf for Styrian ground.

We grow the seed on our own field outside Graz and cut the turf to order. You tell us the ground, we tell you what will grow on it.

see the seed mixes meadow turf, cut to order
A cut slab of Praarda meadow turf in elevation, 30 mm deep, with ox-eye daisy, meadow sage, field scabious, bird's-foot trefoil, knapweed and yellow rattle standing on it and their roots drawn to depth against a scale in centimetres Ox-eye daisy Meadow sage Field scabious Bird's-foot trefoil Knapweed Yellow rattle 30 mm cm 051015202530 Root depth one year after laying

The Field, Month by Month

What is available, booking or closed in each month of the year.

  1. JanuaryClosedSeed orders by post, Tuesday to Thursday. Turf field closed.
  2. FebruaryBookingSeed by post. Turf bookings open for March laying.
  3. MarchAvailableSpring sowing starts mid month. Turf cut from the 15th.
  4. AprilAvailableSowing and turf. School sowing mornings run.
  5. MayAvailableLast spring sowing. Turf, best laid before the heat.
  6. JuneAvailableTurf with watering. Too dry to sow.
  7. JulyAvailableSeed harvest on the field. Turf in cool weeks only.
  8. AugustAvailableAutumn sowing from the 20th. Fresh yellow rattle seed.
  9. SeptemberAvailableThe best sowing month. Turf. School mornings run.
  10. OctoberBookingSowing and turf. Verge work booked for spring.
  11. NovemberAvailableTurf until the 15th. Yellow rattle sowing.
  12. DecemberClosedTurf field closed from the 15th. Last seed post on the 19th. Why we close
A field scabious seed head drawn ten times life size, each seed with its crown of bristles, and one seed lifted out beside it over a 5 mm scale bar Seed head One seed 5 mm Ten times life size
Fig. 2 Field scabious, one of the twelve species collected by hand for the first sowing in 2015.

Seed

Five mixes and yellow rattle on its own, all grown and cleaned on our own field and all native to this part of Austria. Prices start at €14.50 for 100 g of Garden Meadow, which sows 25 m². We post seed anywhere in Austria within 3 working days, free on orders over €120.

Each mix is matched to a kind of ground rather than a colour scheme: thin sunny banks, shady hedge bottoms, a school patch, a roadside verge. Here is how much you need for your patch.

A roll of meadow turf half unrolled on raked ground, the 30 mm layer of soil and roots shown at its cut edge 30 mm Rolled for the pallet About 28 kg per square metre
Fig. 3 A roll lifted from the field, with the 30 mm layer of soil and roots at its edge.

Meadow Turf

A mat of soil, roots and around 25 species, grown on our field for 14 months before we cut it. It costs €19.50 per m² collected from the field, with a minimum of 20 m² and 10 working days from your order to cutting.

It is heavier than lawn turf and it has to be down within 24 hours of cutting, so read what laying involves before you book, or ask us about your ground.

A roadside verge in section: the road edge, a strip mown short beside it, the sown meadow beyond and a bank rising behind Road Mown short Sown meadow, cut once
Fig. 4 A verge in section: mown strip at the road, meadow beyond, one cut a year.

Schools and Verges

A school sowing morning is €390 for up to 30 pupils, with the seed, rakes and boards for a 50 m² patch. For verges, banks and village greens we start with a survey and a written seed specification for €180, taken off any verge order over €1,500.

Here is what a sowing morning looks like, and how a verge job runs from survey to the first cut.

Before You Write

Hours in season Mon to Fri, 7:30 to 16:00

March to November, with Saturday 8:00 to 12:00 for turf collection by arrangement. Closed Sunday.

full hours and the winter closure

How far we travel 80 km of Graz

For laying and ground preparation. Verge jobs over 1,000 m² go up to 150 km. Seed goes by post to anywhere in Austria.

How to order hello@praarda.com

Give the area in m², the town, and what is growing there now. We answer within two working days.

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