We are delighted to be working in partnership with Plantlife again this summer as part of the Pollinator Meadows 2020 project to restore and create flower rich meadows with funding from The Duke of Cornwall’s Benevolent Fund. We’d like to thank everyone who applied to take part this year and those who have agreed to donate seed for this exciting… Read more →
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Have your say in the ELM policy discussion – closes 31 July 2020
This is a chance to feed your ideas and views on grassland, and other crops and habitats, to The Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme that is the new agricultural policy for England. You can feedback to DEFRA on the discussion questions as an individual You can also feed comments on meadows and diverse swards to Caroline Hanks who is collating… Read more →
Herefordshire’s new buzz. B-Lines network announced
Buglife has just announced the B-Lines network available for wildflower restoration, helping our pollinating insects to thrive across the county. You can see the map of the B-Lines network and read more in the recent press release If you are wanting to create meadows then looking at this map and discussing your plans with Herefordshire Meadows advisers might help justify… Read more →
Meadow creation option coming soon in local Natural Flood Management Construction grant
Herefordshire River Wye and Lugg Natural Flood Management Project is a Herefordshire Council project working in seven catchments in the county. There are a range of grant items available for land owners who want to get involved. Bethany Lewis is the project officer who is arranging for wildflower meadow creation to be added to the list of landowner innovation options… Read more →
Boost for Biodiversity grant. New funding from Severn Trent includes meadow restoration
Severn Trent Water are working with the Wye & Usk Foundation to fund advice and grant schemes in the Wye on annual basis. The main STEPS scheme has been running for several years and is restricted to the Drinking Water Safe Guarding Zone which follows the main rivers. This has been popular with farmers along the main stem of the… Read more →
Scrub management at Credenhill Park Wood hill fort
This walk has been rearranged from March 2020 This walk is on steep forest paths and scrubby grassland. It is of interest to anyone managing historic sites and any kind of grassland, scrub, tree mosaic with or without livestock. Booking will open nearer the time but please save the date Please bring your own drink – roll provided for lunch … Read more →
Hay Days Survey
Floodplain Meadows PhD Student Vicky Bowskill, is looking at hay as part of her studies. She is making a plea to anyone who makes hay from species rich fields, or buys it in for livestock use, to fill in the questionnaire here https://openuniversity.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/hay-days Further information about the study is attached and can also be found on our website. Please share… Read more →
Diverse swards ARE part of the solution to the climate emergency
Herefordshire Meadows 4th annual Forum was held on 29th February 2020. Over 90 farmers and meadow owners gathered to hear a varied programme of speakers. One farmer commented that the morning provided us with ” how to make a meadow and why we should all be doing it ” all in one session. One of our smallholder members wrote ”… Read more →
Moths, meadows and mills
Our hosts are Hilary and Matthew Engel who will guide us around the farm and the historic mill at Fair Oak. David Lovelace will then set up one or more light traps and we will have the chance to see how this is done and to start to learn how to identify moths typical of the grassland landscape of the… Read more →
Scrub management at Credenhill Park Wood hill fort – CANCELLED
This joint event with the Woodland Trust has been cancelled. We hope to re arrange for the AUTUMN. Please watch this space. This walk is on steep forest paths and scrubby grassland. It is of interest to anyone managing historic sites and any kind of grassland, scrub, tree mosaic with or without livestock. For full details of possible discussion… Read more →