One man and his firm, went to sow a meadow

Who are your flower meadows for and why are they better than normal lawns? Karol Podyma, the owner of urban meadow developer Łąki Kwietne: Flower meadows are much better than lawns in a number of ways. Let’s start with their environmental impact, which for us is the most important advantage. A grass monoculture is a very poor environment for a variety of species and could even be called an ecological desert. When you then take into account the invasive measures required to look after it – including toxic chemicals, such as artificial fertilisers, pesticides and herbicides, as well as the vast amounts of water and exhaust fumes from the lawnmowers – it becomes clear that lawns and nature have very little in common. And all these measures and chemicals come at a very high cost. Looking after a meadow only requires occasional mowing, once or twice a year. In this way, we are not only taking care of the environment by recreating an ecosystem, but also generating real