Wood grassland gardens

How wood pasture and wood meadow create species rich habitats

What is wood pasture?

Our garden is almost entirely a mix of trees and open areas of grassland. This mix is often called wood pasture, when grass and herbs are grazed by livestock, deer or other animals (rabbits and hares are also key grazers for us!)

However I’d say a lot of ours is actually wood meadow because the flower rich grassland areas are mown by a farmer for hay or by me using a mower or scythe. Either way, the aim is largely the same, to have areas of trees growing in open areas of grassland.