By September, most meadow wildflowers have set seed and are starting to flop and look tatty. So now is the time to carry out the annual mow. In this short video clip from Gardeners' World, Monty Don shows you his thriving one-year-old wildflower meadow, and demonstrates how to shear it and mow it, then compost the clippings.

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