21/08/2026
Bring a little wildness to your garden
There is something wonderfully effortless about a naturalistic garden. Soft grasses swaying in the breeze, vibrant blooms rising through generous planting and delicate flowers drawing bees and butterflies from one plant to the next.
Prairie style planting continues to inspire gardeners looking for a more relaxed, natural approach. Beautiful to look at and often wonderfully low maintenance, it is a lovely way to create a garden that feels abundant, resilient and full of life.
Grasses bring height, texture and movement to borders, their fine stems catching the light and swaying gently in the breeze. Plant them in generous drifts for a softer, more natural look, or weave them between flowering perennials for added texture.
For those bursts of colour, look to prairie favourites such as echinaceas and rudbeckias. Their generous flowers bring warmth and vibrancy to planting, while their open blooms provide a valuable food source for visiting pollinators.
Delicate, airy flowers can be woven amongst larger blooms to create layers of texture and interest. Their lighter forms bring a beautiful sense of movement and, with many varieties loved by pollinators, they can help make your garden a haven for bees and butterflies too.
For the finishing touch, introduce a few umbellifers. Their distinctive, airy flowerheads create a beautiful contrast amongst grasses and bolder blooms, while offering a perfect landing place for visiting pollinators.
Whether you are refreshing an existing border or starting from scratch, a prairie inspired planting scheme is a wonderful way to embrace a more relaxed style of gardening.
Discover grasses, flowering plants and pollinator friendly favourites in store at The Orchard, and bring a little wildness home.
Visit The Orchard and let your garden grow beautifully wild.
