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Seed Harvesting 2024 update

Over 6 days in late July, the Herefordshire Meadows seed harvesting team visited 6 very special meadows to spend a day collecting, sifting, sorting, weighing and distributing a total of 500kg of seed-rich mix, which this autumn will be used to restore around 27ha of grassland at 13 land holdings. Many of this year’s restoration sites are in North Herefordshire,… Read more →

Evening Meadow Walk at Broadmoor Common

On Thursday 25th July, we hosted our fourth meadow walk of the season at the stunning Broadmoor Common Local Nature Reserve. Broadmoor Common was declared a Local Nature Reserve (LNR) – one of only 6 in the county – by Hereford and Worcester County Council in 1987. The reserve was designated primarily for its areas of flower-rich unimproved grassland which… Read more →

Diverse swards: grassland management for soil, biodiversity and profit

On Wednesday evening, Herefordshire Meadows hosted a joint event with Pasture for Life, delving into the myriad benefits of diverse swards in productive farming systems. The event was held at Upper Pengethley Farm, kindly hosted by the Partridge family. Previously a mixed farm, the 260 acre parcel has made the change from arable to herbal leys, permanent pasture, and native… Read more →

Herefordshire Meadows May Newsletter

  With a bit of welcome rain, the meadow plants will all soon start shooting up and bursting into flower, meaning now is the time to start thinking about surveying. Irrespective of whether you already have a well-established meadow, have recently carried out restoration works or hope to carry out restoration works in the near future, it is good practice… Read more →

Herefordshire Meadows March Newsletter

We are officially into meteorological spring and for all those who restored meadows last year, or have well established meadows, now is the time to start looking for those yellow rattle seedlings and ensuring that livestock are removed when they start appearing. This month as we wrap the Meadow Makers project, we are excited to announce that we will be… Read more →

Role of well grazed and rested deep rooted diverse swards in carbon sequestration

We are grateful to Christine Page for sharing her drawings that help us think about the role of grazing systems with long rest periods and deep rooted diverse swards in carbon sequestration. To find out if your grazing system supports rapid or slow carbon sequestration click this link  You can find out more on our website  and Floodplain Meadows Partnership Read more →