Wild flower turf

The area of the Gardeners' World railway that fascinated me more than anything is the planting seen in the photo above. 

It's all created using a product I'd never heard of - wild flower turf.  

Just like normal turf, it arrives rolled, and you simply spread it out on your soil, or even lawn, apparently, but unlike turf, there isn't any grass.  Instead, it's a mass of native wildflowers. 

Our turf instantly provided a nice rural look to one end of the railway. I'm told that we were possibly a couple of weeks early, as later in the season, more of the flowers would be on display, but I like the texture it gave to this end of the line. 

While not cheap, the results are pretty much instant, ideal for show gardens, and probably why Alan Titchmarsh uses it on the telly, I'm told. 

At the end of the weekend, the turf was due to be re-homed with a school, but I begged a couple of small pieces, which have found a home in our garden.

 No idea what will happen, but I'm looking forward to the results.