Scatter a rainbow this Pride Month with a colourful array of wildflowers

June is Pride month, a time dedicated to celebration and commemoration of the LGBTQ+ community, its history, and achievements. To help celebrate this vibrant time, disruptive wildflower company, Seedball, is encouraging people to ‘scatter a rainbow’ to bring beauty, colour and pretty wildflowers to their patch, using its innovative, native wildflower seed balls. 

‘Scattering a rainbow’ not only shows people’s support of Pride Month, it also boosts biodiversity and wildlife in the UK, with wildflowers attracting insect and pollinator populations – including the beloved bumblebee. Growing wildflowers in a pot, a strip of lawn or in garden beds can help these vital insects survive and have a huge impact on our ecosystem. 

Emily Lambert from Seedball said: “Pride Month is such an important time – it honours those who were part of the gay rights protests, paving the way for those of us who are part of the LGBTQIA+ community, as Ana and I are. It allows us to celebrate how far we’ve come, as well as breaking down barriers that are still prevalent in our society today.  

“Using wildflowers to create a rainbow – whether that’s in a garden, a window box or balcony, pays homage to the vital work that Pride propagates, while also bringing a splash of colour and encouraging a more diverse ecosystem, creating benefits for years to come.” 

To get started on your rewilding adventure this Pride, Seedball has put together some of its most vibrant collections that are guaranteed to invite bursts of colour and wildlife to the garden. 

Rainbow Wildflowers (pack of 3) – RRP: £9.00 

The vibrant trio of Rainbow seed boxes are filled with beautiful, native wildflowers for garden beds and pots. Simply scatter in early spring and autumn, then let nature do the rest. 

Each of these cute little boxes contain six seed balls with seeds of poppy, cornflower, oxeye daisy, red campion, meadow cranesbill, musk mallow and forget-me-not, the perfect combination for a colourful Pride display! 

Set of 5 Wildflower Tubes – RRP: £30.00

Seedball’s Wildflower Tubes covers off six of the seven colours of the rainbow! Red from the common poppy, orange from the oxeye daisy, pink from the red campion, violet from forget-me-nots and blue from cornflowers will bring vibrancy to any garden, while the greenery of stems adds a verdant touch.  

That just leaves purple, which can be brought to the garden through Seedball’s Shade Mix – a mixture of British native wildflowers which are ideal for the shadier parts of the garden. Beautiful bellflowers, with delicate purple flowers, form part of this seedball mixture, growing between 50-100cm and flowering between June and September – ideal timing for Pride. 

Or, if people prefer to tailor their colour schemes for themselves, tins which feature shades across the spectrum are available from Seedball – from pretty pinks, vibrant reds, and many different shades of blue, violet and purple. Not only that, but people can choose varieties which welcome specific animals and insects, including hedgehogs, butterflies and, of course, the bumblebee. 

To explore Seedball’s wider product range, and to learn more about the not-for-profit rewilding company, visit the website at www.seedball.co.uk  

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Editors notes

Seedball was founded by two conservation scientists wanting to boost biodiversity and help wildlife.

Seedball Ltd is an innovative organisation on a mission to help increase the abundance of British wildflowers and the wildlife that depends upon them.

Owned by Project Maya – a non-profit enterprise - Seedball manufactures wildflower seed balls using a unique innovation of wildflower seeds mixed with clay, peat-free compost and chilli powder to naturally protect seeds from predators. Its products are sold in over 500 stores in the UK, including Kew Gardens, The Woodland Trust and Blue Diamond Garden Centres, as well as online retailers such as Crocus and Marie Curie. Each year, Seedball also donates products to hundreds of schools and community groups to help support their nature projects.