Leaving small/ large areas to do their own thing.

When I had a lawn I would mow the edges to leave a 'flower meadow' in the centre. I've put that in inverted commas as not many flowers actually grew, but at least there was a nice variety of grasses.

yes and I have done so for as long as I have owned a garden, some 45 years. I do make them keep to their own places and cut off wind carried seeds out of politeness to my neighbours. I don't use chemical pest control but I do still use weedkiller once a year, otherwise I would have a garden full of docks and brambles and nothing else and my paved areas would deteriorate rapidly. I also do no mow may and have done for almost as long.

When we moved to our current house I set an area of grass, about 30 yards square to 'rewild'. Fodn ideas of those lovely hay meadow lawns ran through my head.

And that is where they have stayed for the last 25 years. Initially it looked if the whole area would be over run by nettles, so bang went my idea of untouched rewilding, I pulled most of them up and sprayed on an idividual basis too, To stop the dandelions taking over I took to taking the flower heads off and I pulled up some, though not all of the buttercup too.

25 years on I now have a rewilded garden consisting of coarse grasses, dandelions, buttercup, ragwort, daisies (large tall ones) and meadow sweet, which is lovely to look at but spreads everywhere else in the garden and has thick roots that go down to Australia.

I do not have the wildflower lawns of Monty Don and Prince Charles. Those kind of lawns, need preparation and nurturing and occupy even more time than grass cutting.

We have French poplars growing along two sides of our garden, they provide a fab wind break, don't spoil the view but suck all the goodness/moisture out of the soil. Fortunately we have a garden that is much too big so we leave this area as a wilderness garden. We do chuck in the odd shrub or perennial and if it survives that's great. I also scatter lots of poppy seeds, hollyhocks etc and wait to see what comes up. It's a haven for wild life. some of the poplars have come down in the storms and we leave them.

I ve never enjoyed manicured gardens as much as those that pop up but I did used to weed but this year I decided not too and have some wonderful surprises, I love it, the paths are being taken over with various types of poppies, buttercups, cowslips forget me nots and that’s fine I can tiptoe between them I love it and so do the bees

I don’t have a wild area but I do grow a very wide range of plants and my garden is alive with insects and wildlife. I only use a very occasional weed killer if I’m desperate and never ever use pesticides.

I do not have the wildflower lawns of Monty Don and Prince Charles. Those kind of lawns, need preparation and nurturing and occupy even more time than grass cutting.

Me neither, despite all the wildflower seeds I scattered, after carefully scraping small areas first to prepare the "lawn" which is more weed than lawn anyway. I did get some interesting wild flowers but it wasn't what you could call pretty and, as it was at the front, I gave in this year after 4 years of striving.
As my knowledgeable neighbour pointed, out, poppies and cornflowers grow in the ploughed fields rather than amongst grass.

I do have a small wild area in the back and also plenty of weeds where I don't want them. Forgetmenots seem to have taken hold in the veg garden and chives grow in the cracks between paving slabs. The bees love them.

We have a large church yard in the centre of the village which a group of (recently arrived) enthusiasts wants us to rewild. It looks dreadful and older village families find it disrespectful to say the least and squalid to say the worst. The last thing to cause division of this magnitude was the Civil War, never very far below the surface in local controversies!

We have a massive area around our oak tree which is 'meadow' so it's part planted/seeded with yellow rattle, jack by the hedge, poppies etc but there are grasses and weeds amongst it. Then out the back gate we have thigh high weeds/nettles with a mowed bit so we can get onto the field. Then a mowed lawn/nice pots etc

I have so many nettles in the garden that I-keep some antihistamine near the back do as I’m always stinging myself.

We have left a small area 'wild' it was full of weeds last year but this year looks amazing.

The top end of my garden, just between the greenhouse and the compost heap, is left unweeded. I try to plant the rest of the garden densely so that few weeds can survive and need little control.

Actually I am now, had a lovely show of dandelions in my lawn, which is actually more weed than grass, after reading about the benefits to wildlife. I was reading today about leaving weeds to grow, as they are native to these islands and are better for the native ? ? insects.

I've just checked my wild garden and it's basically a right mess. There's long grass nettles dandelions and a few buttercups. I'm trying to keep it as the hoverflies love it but I would like a few more flowers ?

We have a 'daisy lawn', it's lovely. I've also seen violets and some herbs seem to have spread into the lawn too.
We don't have it cut every week and it's never cut closely.

Me too Callistemon, in fact this year, despite several applications of "weed and feed" after mowing, I can't remember when I last saw so many daisies! I've got a few little violets, some self heal and another flower that I can't identify. Tiny little yellow flowers, so low growing that it escapes the mower and it looks almost like a flowering moss.

When we moved here it was just a patio and lawn. I got rid of the lawn planted trees shrubs grasses and endless flowers. It is a haven for wildlife we have a large area of wild flowers and weeds. My son and I built a pond area and a large raised bed. Now my raised bed is full of young veg such as peas beans potatoes lettuce and lots of herbs. Wild flowers rise above the veg to attract insects and I love it. Just sitting there watching different varieties of bees alone really makes me happy. I have never been interested in a show garden only a living garden. I don't use any bug killers or peat products and I make compost. I consider I am so lucky to have this garden to work in sit in and help nature.

We haven't weeded or fed the lawn for years, there is some grass but mainly weeds.

Tiny little yellow flowers, so low growing that it escapes the mower and it looks almost like a flowering moss.
I used to try to get rid of that, spent ages with an old kitchen fork which scrapes it together and then it could be pulled out but I've given in now. It is invasive though.
Is it Lesser Trefoil?

Why do my chives flourish in cracks in the paving slabs but not in a pot?
We don't eat them often but the bees love the flowers

I have a wildlife area which i maintained a bit but i didn't touch it last year due to long covid. So hopefully there should be some wildlife happily wallowing their. Bone of contention as husband reckons mice.
I keep the front tidy but obviously have a lot of bee friendly plants like verbena bonariensis and i am a fan of salvias so i have a bit of a collection going.
I mow weekly just can't let it go. But we have got more borders than lawn. I am a weeder it's just so relaxing. But i have never used pesticides

I am a weeder it's just so relaxing.
You could come and relax in my garden Whatdayisit ?

Weeds amongst the roses are definitely a plant in the wrong place as are the ones in the pots. We seem to have a few oak trees growing in the pots this year, thank you Mr Squirrel!

Nah Callistemon, I've had a look at the Lesser Trefoil but it's much smaller even than that. I'm stumped!

Callistemon that would be lovely.
It would be enjoyable to work in other people's gardens as a working holiday in exchange for bed and board!

I think it's the same as mine though, whatever it is, it grows from one tap root into a tea plate sized thing, then flowers, seeds and spreads.
Because it's flat the mower just skims it.
I've given in with it now.

We also have bindweed, awful stuff. That can't go into the garden waste.