Floral enhancements are increasingly present in agri-environmental programmes
worldwide. They aim to promote biodiversity and ecosystem services. In the present study, we
investigated whether sown wildflower strips and companion plants reduce the abundance and
associated damage of flower thrips (FT) in strawberry production. In a replicated on-farm
experiment, flower strips tended to reduce the abundance and associated damage of FT on
strawberry, whereas companion plants increased the FT associated damage. Damage levels next
to companion plants were acceptable, only in combination with repellent UV-mulch. The
targeted use of such agroecological interventions provide fundamental resources for natural
enemies of crop pests, without posing major environmental risks and could contribute
significantly to effective integrated pest management.