Swards for the Future
Over 80 people attended Herefordshire Meadows Forum to hear a range of speakers on the subject of Swards for the Future. This was a wonderfully positive day focussing on why…
Rob Havard at Swards for the Future with Herefordshire Meadows – on “Profiting from native pasture”
Rob was one of six speakers at Herefordshire Meadows Forum on 2nd March 2019. He’s featured in Farmers Weekly on 22 February including 5 steps to building organic matter in…
Countryside Stewardship now open for new applications
Applications for Countryside Stewardship Schemes including Mid-Tier, Higher Tier, Wildlife Offers, Hedgerows & Boundaries, all opened on 18th February 2019. Because options for flower rich grassland such as GS6 need…
Hedge laying weekend course in the sun
February 23 and 24 saw Herefordshire Meadows members learning the art of hedge laying under instruction from Martin Hales at Sollers Hope. Fiona Fyshe was having a hedge laid on…
Nature Recovery Network pilot – Coronation Meadows and Pollinators
Herefordshire Meadows is now involved in 1 of 6 Nature Recovery Network pilots across the country. We’re in partnership with Natural England, Plantlife, GWCT and Clarence House. It’s a wonderful…
Healthy grassland soils at Upper Pengethley
Herefordshire Meadows first discussion meeting about soil health was held at Upper Pengethley Farm on 16 October courtesy of Julian and Sue Partridge with Kate Speke Adams leading the session. …
Late summer activity enhancing grassland in Herefordshire
After a packed summer of meadow events, discussions, training in grassland assessment and wild plant ID many members have gone home and cracked on with great work to restore, enhance…
Roadside Verges – Herefordshire’s micro meadows
Suzanne Noble, Sally Webster and Anne Crane have completed a survey of Herefordshire’s 33 roadside verge Local wildlife Sites with mixed results. Some are thriving, others not. Verge cutting is…