The seeds are enough to plant 40 hectares of new wildflower areas and are being despatched by the Eden Project with funding from the Department for Education (DfE).
The gesture is in recognition of King Charles’ love of nature, and it is hoped it will give primary schools an opportunity to learn about nature and increase the biodiversity of their grounds.
As part of the initiative, the Eden Project has created free lesson resources for schools and families to learn how to make eco-decorations using natural objects found in their surrounding green spaces.
The packets of seeds include native annual wildflower species – cornflower, corn poppy, corn chamomile, corncockle, corn marigold and night-flowering catchfly – which if sown this spring, will be in bloom this summer.
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