All Things Rural Ltd

All Things Rural Ltd All Things Rural is a wholesaler of grass seed and wildflowers All Things Rural is one of the UKs largest wholesalers of grass seed and wildflowers.

We also grow, harvest, dry and clean many of the wildflower species we sell. For more information, please visit our website

🌿 Healthy Green Spaces = Healthy People 🌿From city green spaces helping reduce pollution and lessen the Urban Heat Islan...
08/01/2026

🌿 Healthy Green Spaces = Healthy People 🌿

From city green spaces helping reduce pollution and lessen the Urban Heat Island Effect to having a positive impact on people's mental health, research has shown that green spaces are important to communities.

Find out how green spaces are beneficial for us all and our environment!

05/01/2026

🎇 Back and Ready to Support the Season Ahead 🌱

Back and ready for the year ahead, we’re looking forward to sharing some exciting updates as we move into 2026!

🎄 Signing Off for the Festive Season 🎄We’ll be finishing up at midday tomorrow as we break for Christmas and will return...
23/12/2025

🎄 Signing Off for the Festive Season 🎄

We’ll be finishing up at midday tomorrow as we break for Christmas and will return Monday 5th January. Thank you to all of our customers and team for your continued support throughout the year. We truly appreciate everyone who’s been part of it. We wish you a Merry Christmas and look forward to what the New Year brings.

See you next year!! 🎉

🎨 Reflecting on the Warmer Weather's Colour Palette 🌸While we’re deep in the darker mornings and evenings of winter, we’...
19/12/2025

🎨 Reflecting on the Warmer Weather's Colour Palette 🌸

While we’re deep in the darker mornings and evenings of winter, we’ve been looking back on this year’s flowering season and the beautiful colours it brought. Here are the species behind the colours:
1 - Fumitory
2 - Common Spotted Orchid
3 - Sainfoin
4 - Corn Chamomile, Field Poppy & Cornflower
5 - Field Scabious
6 - Borage

❄️ Winter Care = Spring Colour. A Little Wildflower Maintenance Now Goes A Long Way ❄️With winter approaching, it’s impo...
17/12/2025

❄️ Winter Care = Spring Colour. A Little Wildflower Maintenance Now Goes A Long Way ❄️

With winter approaching, it’s important to care for your wildflower meadow now, ensuring it’s ready to bloom come spring. Here are some essential gardening tasks to keep in mind:
🌱 W**d Out Intruders: Winter is an ideal time to hand-pull any weeds invading your meadow, helping reduce competition and giving your wildflowers the best chance to thrive.
🐦‍⬛ Keep Seed Heads for Wildlife: Keeping wildflower seed heads plays a vital role in supporting wildlife through winter, offering essential habitat and a valuable food source for birds and insects.
🍂 Clear Fallen Leaves: Rake away any heavy leaf fall from nearby trees to prevent smothering young seedlings and adding excess nutrients to the soil.
✂️ Trim Back Old Growth: Cutting back last season’s dead growth helps prevent overcrowding and sets your meadow up for strong, healthy new growth in spring.
🌱 Prepare For Spring: Use the winter months to prepare for the next season, planning where additional seeds may be needed to fill bare patches in spring.

🌿 All Things Rural Ltd Goes On Tour 🌍Our team has been here, there, and everywhere this winter, especially over the past...
12/12/2025

🌿 All Things Rural Ltd Goes On Tour 🌍

Our team has been here, there, and everywhere this winter, especially over the past few days! Last Thursday, a few of them headed to the annual Seed Trade Dinner, where they enjoyed reconnecting with familiar faces, sharing great conversation, and tucking into delicious food. It was the perfect way to spark a little Christmas spirit and round off a busy year.

At the start of this week, a big group from our team set off for Düsseldorf, Germany, to visit the wonderful Feldsaaten Freudenberger. We spent the day exploring their innovative warehouse and nearby sites, chatting all things seeds along the way. A huge thank you to our friends at Feldsaaten Freudenberger for having us!

09/12/2025

🍃 From sun to soil, renewables give farmers fresh ways to save and earn. 🍃

Farming and renewable energy are a perfect match. Cleaner energy, extra income, and a stronger, more sustainable countryside for everyone, with benefits like:
⚡️ Cut Energy Costs: By generating your own power on-site, you reduce grid dependence and keep more savings on the farm.
📈 Additional Income Opportunities: Any surplus energy you generate can be sold back to the grid, turning extra power into a valuable second income for your farm.
💷 Diversified Income: Think of renewable energy as a ‘cash crop’ for your farm. A smart way to diversify income and strengthen your business.
🔒 Stronger Financial Security: Generating your own power helps farmers keep operating costs steady, giving greater control and peace of mind.
🌿 Environmental Gains: Moving towards a low-carbon future means using less fossil fuel in food production and cutting other greenhouse gas emissions from farming.

🪱 Celebrating World Soil Day: The Unsung Hero of Our Planet 🌱From being crucial for the world's food production to stori...
04/12/2025

🪱 Celebrating World Soil Day: The Unsung Hero of Our Planet 🌱

From being crucial for the world's food production to storing tonnes of carbon emissions to help tackle climate change, healthy soil is a valuable resource that we take for granted!

Find out why it is time to protect our ground that sustains us all before it is too late!

🌱 NEWS: All Things Rural Ltd Appoints Austin Britnell as Finance Director 🌱All Things Rural Ltd, the UK’s leading wholes...
03/12/2025

🌱 NEWS: All Things Rural Ltd Appoints Austin Britnell as Finance Director 🌱

All Things Rural Ltd, the UK’s leading wholesale seed specialist, is pleased to announce the appointment of Austin Britnell as Finance Director, effective immediately. This strategic appointment comes at a pivotal time as the company prepares for significant investments into the UK seed sector and welcomes new stakeholders.

Austin Britnell brings a unique combination of senior banking expertise and practical agricultural experience to All Things Rural Ltd. His background includes a senior executive role within HSBC agriculture division, complemented by hands-on farm management experience, particularly in the dairy sector. This rare blend of financial acumen and agricultural knowledge positions him ideally to support the company’s ambitious growth plans.

“We are delighted to welcome Austin to our leadership team,” said Will Compson, Managing Director of All Things Rural Ltd. “Austin’s appointment is vital as we enter an exciting new chapter. His deep understanding of agricultural finance, combined with his practical farming experience, will be instrumental as we make significant investments into the UK seed sector and expand our partnerships. He brings exactly the expertise we need at this pivotal moment.”

🌼 Wildflowers: Tiny factories powering big biodiversity for better food 🌼You may have seen more wildflower margins and m...
02/12/2025

🌼 Wildflowers: Tiny factories powering big biodiversity for better food 🌼

You may have seen more wildflower margins and meadows dotted around the British countryside, largely thanks to government schemes such as the SFI. Research shows fields located next to a diverse wildflower field margin or meadow can deliver a range of benefits to food production, biodiversity and economically, including:
🪲 Pest Control: Wildflower margins help reduce pest pressure by supporting natural enemies such as spiders and predatory beetles. The flowers provide alternative sugar sources, helping better control crop pests.
🐝 Increased Pollination: Wildflower areas attract beneficial pollinators and create corridors that guide them into nearby crops, improving pollination and boosting both crop quality and yields.
🌿 Reducing Costs: By reducing pesticide use while increasing crop production, wildflower patches can deliver meaningful economic gains for farmers.
💷 Increasing Profits: Less crop damage, better quality and bigger yields, wildflower margins help farmers grow both their crops and their profits.

With 20 years' experience as wholesalers, we've been proudly supplying the trade with high-quality and diverse wildflower mixes. Have a look at our Mixtures for Schemes which includes wildflower we offer: https://www.allthingsrural.co.uk/mixtures-for-schemes

28/11/2025

🌸 A lawn full of flowers is a lawn full of life. 🌸

Not much space in your garden but still want to do your bit for wildlife? No problem, meet the flowering lawn! Our Managing Director, Ellen, has been growing her own at home proving that even a small patch can make a big difference. These little wildflowers pack a punch, bringing a host of benefits, including:
🦋 A Home for Pollinators and Wildlife: Wildflowers feed and shelter bees, butterflies, and other insects, supporting the little creatures that keep our countryside buzzing and our ecosystems healthy.
🌱 Less Work, More Bloom: Established flowering lawns need far less mowing than regular grass, giving you more time to enjoy a garden full of colour and life.
🐦‍⬛ Boosts Biodiversity: With a flowering lawn, your garden becomes a thriving home for birds, small mammals, amphibians, and more, supporting nature right on your doorstep.
💧 Helps Save Water: Wildflowers are hardy and drought-tolerant, thriving on natural rainfall and making them a fuss-free, resilient alternative to traditional lawns.
🪱 Minimises Chemical Use: Wildflowers thrive even in less fertile soil and don’t need the regular chemical feeds that traditional lawns rely on, making them a naturally beautiful, low-maintenance choice.

We can’t wait to see how Ellen’s flowering lawn flourishes in spring! Want to try it yourself? Visit our website and look for our ATG Flora 11 - Low Grow Mix: https://www.allthingsrural.co.uk/wildflower-mixtures

🥕 Good for you. Good for the community. Back the farmers who feed your community. 🚜Choosing food grown close to home mea...
26/11/2025

🥕 Good for you. Good for the community. Back the farmers who feed your community. 🚜

Choosing food grown close to home means fresher produce, stronger local growers, and a healthier landscape, bringing a range of benefits along the way:
🥬 Maximum Freshness and Nutrition: Local produce is picked at its peak and reaches you fast, meaning more nutrients, more flavour and better tasting food.
🧑‍🌾 Sustains Local Farmers: Buying straight from local growers helps family farms thrive, keeping more income in their hands and supporting the sustainable practices that care for our countryside.
👣 Reduced Carbon Footprint: Choosing local cuts down on “food miles,” reducing emissions from transport and packaging a simple choice that’s kinder to our planet.
🍓 Fewer Preservatives and Chemicals: Local produce doesn’t need long journeys or heavy treatments. It’s picked ripe, handled with care and often grown with fewer chemicals. Giving you food that’s cleaner, fresher, and healthier food.
🌿 Preserves Farmland and Biodiversity: Supporting local farms helps keep green spaces alive and thriving. From protecting land from being sold for development to preserving the sustainable practices, soil health, and local biodiversity.

Address

Red Hill Farmyard, Red Hill
Alcester
B496NQ

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 6pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 6pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 6pm
Thursday 8:30am - 6pm
Friday 8:30am - 6pm

Telephone

+441789763159

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All Things Rural is your local country store! We stock a wide range of feed and bedding for horses, livestock, poultry, pets, wild birds and caged birds. Anything we don't stock we will order in. Our enthusiastic and knowledgeable team are happy to help with all your enquiries and look forward to seeing you in our shop.