Oliver Seeds Stewardship Mixes

BGM 1 with Cocksfoot

All Margins and Beetle Banks (EC24, EE1, EE2, EE3, EE8, EE9, EF7 & EJ9)

A blend containing a high proportion of taller, tussocky grasses designed to create an environment attracting and protecting a wide range of insects, birds and mammals. BGM1 produces attractive field margins offering permanent wildlife ‘corridors’ and a physical barrier to weeds.

• Excellent drought tolerance
• Ideal for nesting areas for pheasant and partridge
• Also suitable for field corners

20%	Hard Fescue
20%	Creeping Red Fescue
20%	Cocksfoot
20%	Timothy
20%	Tall Fescue
Seed Rate:	20kg / hectare
Pack Size:	20kg

BGM 2 No Cocksfoot

For Denser Field Margins (EC24, EE1, EE2, EE3, EE8, EE9, EF7 & EJ9).

Lower growing grass species combined to produce a dense, easily managed turf, which when grown alongside the BGM 1 mixture, will attract a wider range of wildlife, provide an easier run for larger mammals and produce a barrier reducing the risk of weed infestation to any adjacent crop.

• More functional than the Habitat Mix offering a lower growing option
• Good ground cover potential for weed suppression

20%	Hard Fescue
20%	Creeping Red Fescue
20%	Chewings Fescue
20%	Timothy
20%	Meadow Fescue
Seed Rate:	20kg / ha
Pack Size:	20kg

Sowing: Drill shallow 0.5-1.0cm deep and consolidate well

BGM 3 with Cocksfoot & Clover

All Margins and Beetle Banks (EC24, EE1, EE2, EE3, EE8, EE9, EF7 & EJ9)

An improved version of the standard HABITAT mix. The inclusion of legumes not only improves the drought tolerance of the sward but also attracts more insects and adds a splash of colour when flowering.

20%	Hard Fescue
20%	Creeping Red Fescue
15%	Cocksfoot
20%	Timothy
15%	Tall Fescue
5%	Small Leaved White Clover
5%	Birdsfoot Trefoil
Seed Rate:	20kg / ha
Pack Size:	20kg

BGM 4 with Wildflowers

For 6m Margins & Field Corners (EC24, EE3, EE8, EE9, EF1 & EJ9)

The wide range of species in this mix adds interest and colour to the margin. There are ample tall plants for cover, dense growing species for ground cover enabling weed suppression and ornamental grasses with attractive seed heads for extra impact. The inclusion of a range of wild flowers puts a swath of colour at the side of the field.

20%	Creeping Red Fescue
15%	Hard Fescue
10%	Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass
10%	Meadow Fescue
7.5%	Chewings Fescue
2.5%	Meadow Foxtail
5%	Tall Oat Grass
10%	Highland Bentgrass
20%	WF1 (Countryside Flora)
Seed Rate:	20kg / ha
Pack Size:	20kg

Sowing: Drill shallow at 0.5-1.0 cm and consolidate well

Butterfly and Bumblebee Mix

A Field Corner mixture with Extra Feed for Bees and Insects. (EF1)

10%	Common Bent Grass
10%	Hard Fescue
15%	Creeping Red Fescue
15%	Sheeps Fescue
9%	Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass
5%	Rough Stalked Meadow Grass
3%	Tufted Hair Grass
5%	Yorkshire Fog
4%	Agrimony
3%	BIrdsfoot Trefoil
0.25%	Common Nettle
4%	Phacelia
2%	Devils Bit Scabious
4%	Kidney Vetch
4%	Lucerne (Inoculated)
1.75%	Red CloverSainfoin
2%	Sheeps Sorrel
1%	Wild Pansy
2%	Early English Vetch
2%	Ribwort Plantain
Seed Rate:	Variable
Pack Size:	1kg

Nectar Rich Bronze

Economy Nectar Flower Mixture (EF4)

50%	Sainfoin
10%	Late Flowering Red Clover
10.5%	Alsike
10%	Birdsfoot Trefoil
4.5%	White Campion
15%	Early English Winter Vetch
Seed Rate:	10kg / hectare
Pack Size:	10kg

Nectar Rich Gold

Premium Nectar Flower Mixture. (EF4)

This option has replaced EG3 nectar flower mixture in grassland areas and is available on arable land or temporary grassland (sown to grass for less than 5 years). Sowing an area of flowering plants into the farmed landscape will boost the availability of essential food sources for a range of nectar-feeding insects, including butterflies and bumblebees.

40%	Sainfoin
10%	Late Flowering Red Clover
10%	Alsike
17%	Early English Winter Vetch
10%	Birdsfoot Trefoil
9.5%	Lucerne
2%	Black Knapweed
1.5%	Musk Mallow
Seed Rate:	10kg / hectare
Pack Size:	10kg

Pollen & Nectar Mix with grass

Extra Feed for Bees & Insects (EC24, EE3, EE8, EE9, EF1 & EJ9).

A broad spectrum grass and legume mixture that contains a number of species which provide an excellent source of nectar for bees and other insects over an extended season.

• Attractive extra colour in field margins combined with excellent drought tolerance
• Similar growth pattern to Habitat for maximum insect, bird and mammal retention

20%	Meadow Fescue
10%	Tall Oat Grass
10%	Cocksfoot
10%	Timothy
10%	Tall Fescue
9%	Sainfoin
6%	Early English Vetch
3%	Late Flowering Red Clover
8%	Birdsfoot Trefoil
6%	Alsike
6.5%	Black Medick
0.5%	Musk Mallow
1%	Black Knapweed
Seed Rate:	20kg / hectare
Pack Size:	10kg

WBA 1

Wild Bird Seed Autumn sown Mixture (EF2, EF3 & EG2)

A combination of species that will establish and mature to provide feed in the fall of the year after sowing

The cereal provides a climbing frame for the Vetch in the mix to prevent excess lodging

Sow late August-end September

kgs per acre
8.0	Winter Barley
6.0	Winter Triticale
2.0	Oilseed Rape
4.0	Winter Vetch
20	Per pack

Seed Rate	Pack Size	Sowing Depth	Row Width
40-50kg / hectare	20kg	Approx. 1-2cm	10-15cm or Broadcast

WF1 (Countryside Flora)

For Colourful Field Margins. (EC24 & EF1)

Over the seasons, wild flowers adapted to your local soils and management will appear in fields or headlands managed under Stewardship protocols. To get a faster environmental and visual impact, wild flowers and legumes can be sown with the grass. A small amount of wild flower seed can go a long, long way.

Countryside Flora is a competitively priced mixture of legumes and wild flowers suitable for adding into any of the Stewardship grass mixtures. Add to the standard mixtures when drilling, or sow by hand afterwards along the headlands to produce drifts of wild flowers.

6%	Black Knapweed
11%	Red Clover
12%	Birdsfoot Trefoil
6%	Ox Eye Daisy
4%	Red Campion
2%	White Campion
6%	Yarrow
11%	Black Medick
42%	Sainfoin
6%	Alsike
Pack Size:	1kg