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I'm trying a wildflower garden for the first time and I'm not sure if some of the seedlings are bunched together too closely. As my picture shows, in certain spots they are quite dense. This is due in part to uneven application of seeds but also due to where the water has been flowing and slower to drain.

Should I do anything about these dense areas or will the flowers take care of themselves? I'm concerned that they'll choke each other. The foreground third of the garden is groudcover, the back third is a mix of knee high plants, and the middle third is a transition between the two.

Welcome Dave! I would leave them as is until they get a little taller (maybe 3-4") and then you can thin them as you wish. At this stage, it's hard to tell what they are but once they develop their true leaves, you can start to identify what you have. Wait another week or two and then we'll check it again