Kew's native flower seeds project - in pictures

A species-rich, trackside verge at Beech Estate, East Sussex. The project is initially concentrating on the lowland meadows that make up part of the country's semi-natural grassland habitats, 98% of which have vanished from England and Wales since the 1930s Photograph: Andrew McRobb/RBG Kew Larger permanent seed beds stretching over a hectare (2.5 acres) are being prepared to harvest seeds that can then be grown on by seed companies to bulk up their supplies for conservation groups and landowners to use Photograph: Wolfgang Stuppy/RBG Kew Cuckoo flower ( Cardamine pratensis) is one of the first seed crops to be grown in the temporary beds for Kew's UK Native Seed Hub Photograph: Wolfgang Stuppy/RBG Kew Interim seed production beds, open to the public until the end of September, have been set up in the walled nursery at Wakehurst Place Photograph: Wolfgang Stuppy/RBG Kew Oxeye daisy ( Leucanthemum vulgare ). Visitors will also be able to experience a newly restored lowland meadow around the Millennium Seed Bank building Photograph: Wolfgang Stuppy/RBG Kew Common knapweed ( Centaurea nigra ) is one of the meadow flowers that will be cultivated Photograph: Wolfgang Stuppy/RBG Kew Common sorrel ( Rumex acetosa ) Photograph: H.Zell/RBG Kew Cowslip ( Primula veris ) Photograph: Wolfgang Stuppy/RBG Kew Devil's-bit scabious ( Succisa pratensis ) Photograph: Wolfgang Stuppy/RBG Kew Birdsfoot trefoil ( Lotus corniculatus ) Photograph: Wolfgang Stuppy/RBG Kew Autumn hawkbit ( Leontodon autumnalis ) Photograph: Kristian Peters/Fabelfroh/RBG Kew Ragged-robin ( Silene flos-cuculi ) Photograph: Wolfgang Stuppy/RBG Kew Yellow archangel ( Lamiastrum galeobdolon ) Photograph: Darkone/RBG Kew Pasque flower ( Pulsatilla vulgaris ) Photograph: Wenkbrauwalbatros/RBG Kew Flatweed ( Hypochaeris radicata ) Photograph: Wolfgang Stuppy/RBG Kew Saw-wort ( Serratula tinctoria ) Photograph: Franz Xaver/RBG Kew Dyer's greenwood Genista tinctoria Photograph: Bernd Haynold/RBG Kew Harebell ( Campanula rotundifolia ) Photograph: Hans Hillewaert/RBG Kew Cuckoo flower ( Cardamine pratensis ) Photograph: Wolfgang Stuppy/RBG Kew Bugle ( Ajuga reptans ) Photograph: H.Zell/RBG Kew Green field-speedwell ( Veronica agrestis ) Photograph: Fornax/RBG Kew