Herefordshire Meadows is an informal network of meadow owners managing and conserving flower rich grassland.
Founded in 2015 to arrange informal visits to grassland in Herefordshire, fifty five Herefordshire Meadows members are now supported by Natural England as a Facilitation Fund Group. We work collaboratively across the whole of the Herefordshire landscape holding events and discussions on how to manage, create and restore meadows to benefit wildlife, soil and water quality, historic features, natural flood management and livestock farming businesses.
We are building up a network of local people with skills in plant identification, management advice and contracting services for grassland management.
Herefordshire Meadows activities are open to all, space permitting, and you can join the mailing list to be notified about our activities by emailing us with your contact details.
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Upcoming events
Wild Plant ID training
Stuart Hedley will lead a session on farm meadows and wet grassland. Learn new ID skills or brush up your plant monitoring. Booking not yet open.
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At Lewstone Farm, Ganarew courtesy of James and Anne Herbert
Wildflower grassland and meat boxes
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At Pentwyn Farm, Penallt, Monmouth courtesy of Gwent Wildlife Trust
More events are listed on Upcoming Events
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Latest news
Small scale grazing strategies
A great afternoon at Brookmead, Colwall was the venue for a discussion on Small Scale Grazing Strategies hosted by Lindsay and Jane Williams. With further thanks to James Hawkins and Sue Holland…
Big Farm Bird Count results are in
63 Herefordshire farmers took part in this years count in February and the results make interesting reading. Only Norfolk and Suffolk sent in more records than Herefordshire and this was…
Curlew Country video
You might like to watch this short film at https://vimeo.com/302684414 It was made last year by a film student who was “embedded” with the Curlew Country project team in Shropshire and…
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Contact
If you have any queries please contact Caroline Hanks.
Telephone: 07779 080940
or email Herefordshire Rural Hub
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Acknowledgement
“The European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development: Europe investing in rural areas. Herefordshire Meadows has received European Union funding under the Countryside Stewardship Scheme’s Facilitation Fund”.
