We are looking for around 15 volunteers and would ask you as a pilot team member of ‘Meadow Monitors’ to re-visit at least one, preferably 2 or 3 project sites near to you, to carry out a Rapid Monitoring Method survey and gather plant data.
This will help us to show that restoration works! It will enable us to maintain links with landowners in the longer term, ensure restored grasslands continue to succeed and demonstrate to funders and partners the value of meadow restoration, so that we can do more of it.

If you are a ‘Meadow Maker’, you may want to join our volunteer programme yourselves or already have someone locally helping with your surveying who you could nominate; we strongly encourage you to apply if you are interested. 

You’ll need to be available for surveys from May through to July and ideally on 21st May from 1 to 4pm for in-person training at Brockhampton Village Hall, HR1 4SG. 

See the role description here, and fill in the form HERE to apply.  Closing date Sunday 04 May. 

Once you apply, we will attempt to ‘match’ volunteers with local sites. As there are limited volunteer places available in this our pilot year, we’ll match sites to applicants based on availability, location, transport, skills and site complexity. We’re seeking to expand the range of activities and sites for the future and will maintain a waiting list for those we can’t accommodate in this first round.  

If we match you for this year’s surveys, we will invite you to the training event to meet other monitors, explain the project and demonstrate the method. A Herefordshire Meadows team member will accompany your first visit, and we’ll support with loans of field guides and hand lenses.  

If after reading the description you have any further questions, please email info@herefordshiremeadows.org.uk. We look forward to building our team! 

Beginning this Tuesday 22nd and ending at noon on Tuesday 29th April, Herefordshire Meadows are having a week-long fundraiser to support our continued program of free events and training for you all.

Donors at Big Give have agreed to support our fundraiser by matching every pound we raise over the next few days, as part of their yearly environmentally focussed event, the Green Match Fund. If we reach our target of raising £8000 in donations from our supporters over the next few days, Big Give donors will match every pound, giving us a total of £16,000 to spend on you, our supporters, meadow owners and enthusiasts, who form the Herefordshire Meadows Community.

The community provides a forum for landowners, farmers, and specialists and enthusiasts, to exchange knowledge, experience, and up-to-date research and guidance. Over the next two years the money we raise this week will be used to support a program of guided meadow walks, plant ID training sessions, citizen science, discussion groups and farm workshops, all free to attend and all aimed at sharing knowledge and appreciation of species-rich grassland in Herefordshire

If you have ever considered donating a little something to Herefordshire Meadows to show your appreciation and support, now is the time to do so! If you make your donation via our Big Give campaign page before the deadline at noon on Tuesday 29th April – your donation will be doubled.

Thank you for your support, and we look forward to seeing you out on a meadow walk soon.

National Meadows Day 2025

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Wednesday 2nd July 
at Brockhampton Cottage, Brockhampton, HR1 4QT
Courtesy of Peter Clay

A chance to hear from Peter how how the wildflower meadows have developed over many years using green hay strewing, seeding and plug planting techniques.  We will also explore ongoing research projects into the role of mycorrhizal fungi in the successful introduction and establishment of a wide range of orchids in these former pastures.

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BookingS open late May