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Annual Meadow

This area of Savill Garden was recently sown with a mox of annuals to provide colourful meadow flowers. The mix uses predominantly blue flowers such as cornflower and larkspur. Sowing took place in the previous April for the expected flowering in the summer.

The Savill Garden is an enclosed part of Windsor Great Park in England, created by Sir Eric Savill in the 1930s. It is managed by the Crown Estate and charges an entrance fee. The garden includes woodland, ornamental areas and a pond. The attractions include the New Zealand Garden, the Queen Elizabeth Temperate House and trees planted by members of the Royal Family. In June 2010, a new contemporary rose garden designed by Andrew Wilson and Gavin McWilliam of Wilson McWilliam Studio was opened by Queen Elizabeth II.

Eric Savill (1895–1980) was the grandson of Alfred Savill the founder of a large firm of estate agents and was involved in managing Windsor Great Park from 1930 to 1970, being Director of Gardens from 1962 to 1970. He opened the Savill Garden to the public in 1951 and left it as a heritage to the nation.

In June 2006, the specially designed new visitor centre seen in the background, the Savill Building by Glenn Howells Architects was opened. The timber for the floor and roof came from the Windsor Estate.

The Savill Gardens and the nearby Valley Gardens are Grade I listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.

Commonly known as cornflower, Centaurea cyanus,is an annual flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to Europe. In the past it often grew as a weed in cornfields (in the broad sense of the word "corn", referring to grains, such as wheat, barley, rye, or oats), hence its name. It is now endangered in its native habitat by agricultural intensification, particularly over-use of herbicides, destroying its habitat; in the United Kingdom it has declined from 264 sites to just 3 sites in the last 50 years. In reaction to this, the conservation charity Plantlife named it as one of 101 species it would actively work to bring 'Back from the Brink'. It is also, however, through introduction as an ornamental plant in gardens and a seed contaminant in crop seeds, now naturalised in many other parts of the world, including North America and parts of Australia.

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Taken in: United Kingdom / England (show map)

Taken on: July 19, 2015

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