Our Zoom talk last Wednesday from Plantlife’s Grassland Advocacy Officer Jo Riggall was attended by 30 species-rich grassland enthusiasts, who all wanted to know more about this precious habitat getting the recognition it deserves. It is available to watch online here and the presentation slides here. Jo gave a summary of the impressive work that Plantlife has achieved managing, restoring… Read more →
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The Grassland Gap – Payment rates for flower rich grassland in CS have more than doubled in 2024 but is permanent flower rich grassland still the poor relation compared to other farm habitats?
Join us with speaker Jo Riggall, Plantlife’s Grassland Advocacy Officer Be inspired by Jo about what it might take to fill the gap through Policy and Practice. Hear about Plantlife’s work on irreplaceable grasslands, government and private funding streams, planning and much more. Discover how Herefordshire grassland managers can benefit and contribute to ensure better outcomes, incentives and rewards for… Read more →
Herefordshire’s Coronation Meadow 10 years on – National Meadows Day walk at Sollers Hope
To celebrate National Meadows Day 2023 Fiona Fyshe gave us a tour of the beautiful meadows at Sollers Hope on Friday 30th June. In 2015 this 3.6ha site at Hurstans received brush harvested seed from Joans Hill Coronation Meadow, a Plantlife nature reserve. The hay meadow now boast a healthy population of Green Winged Orchids as well as many other… Read more →
Plantlife investigates the success of the Coronation Meadows project 10 years on
Ten years ago, the former Prince of Wales launched Coronation Meadows in 2013 to honour the 60th year of the late Queen’s accession to the throne. In the face of the catastrophic loss of 97% of our wildflower meadows since the 1930s, the plan was to create new and restored meadows using donor seed from remaining fragments of ancient and… Read more →
Spring into Action with Plantlife
Plantlife are hosting a series of webinar events this February as part of their Spring into Action series. Whether you want to learn about identifying plants, explore our relationship with the environment through language or find out more about the places where Plantlife works and what they are doing or take action yourself, there is something for you. Full details… Read more →
For the Love of Meadows – a guide to starting and running a meadows group
Creating and managing a meadow is so much easier if you’re part of a supportive and friendly group where knowledge and perhaps machinery and livestock can be shared. As part of Plantlife’s Spring Into Action programme Herefordshire Meadows Chair James Hawkins and Caroline Hanks along with representatives from meadows groups across the border; Andew Martin (Carmarthenshire Meadows Group) and Steph… Read more →
Plantlife launches new surveying app for 2021 Great British Wildflower Hunt
The 2021 Great British Wildflower Hunt has just begun and this year Plantlife have developed a new, free surveying app ‘Survey123’ so that participants can use their smart phones to collect and submit their wildflower data. Over the sping and summer Plantlife will run four different Hunts with over 70 different iconic British Wildflowers to look out for. This is… Read more →
Watch Again: Dr Trevor Dines on Creating a Meadow in the Conwy Valley
Dr Trevor Dines is Plantlife’s botanical specialist. In a recent webinar presentation he talks about his personal experience of creating a wildflower meadow in North Wales. Watch this uplifting, informative and inspirational talk again here. Read more →
Leading a Green Recovery
Exciting news today for Herefordshire Meadows. You can read more about it on the Plantlife blog and in our official press release Read more →
Wonderful Waxcaps – What to look out for this autumn.
Waxcaps are familiar-shaped fungi that are often brightly-coloured with a waxy or slippery outside. They are found in grasslands that are generally poor in nutrients – such as old pasture, sand dunes, heathland, lawns and cemeteries. Plantlife have brought out a New Waxcap App (WaxcApp), which has been developed to help users identify them. It is important that we discover where they… Read more →