For our second meadow walk of the summer we were very kindly hosted by Adhisthana, a Buddhist centre in Coddington. Adhisthana was one of our 2021 Meadow Maker sites and we supported them to create a new meadow on site using seed from an existing meadow which they had created in 2012. We began the walk in the newly established… Read more →
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Meadows and Ponds event a great success
On Wednesday 11th June we hosted the first of our 2025 evening meadow walks at Parsonage Farm courtesy of Lyn and Richard Langford in conjunction with the Herefordshire Pond Group. The walk took place in a field that was restored from species rich grassland to wildflower meadow in 2020 as part of our Pollinator Meadows project supported by Plantlife and… Read more →
Herefordshire Meadows Forum: Meadows, trees and more with guest speaker Dan Carne
We had a full house at Withington Village Hall for our 2025 Forum entitled Meadows, trees and more. The morning began with a welcome from newly appointed Chair of Trustees, Julian Partridge who gave a summary of some of Herefordshire Meadow’s planned activities for 2025. This includes; revisiting 30 of our historic restoration sites to assess progress and offer follow… Read more →
Herefordshire Meadows on TV
On Tuesday 28th January Herefordshire Meadows featured on BBC One’s Escape to the Country. Watch again on BBCiPlayer as Meadows Adviser Rory Johnson visits a 2021 restoration site in Coddington with presenter and Herefordshire resident, Jules Hudson, to assess progress and discuss all the benefits of species rich grasslands. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0027f3m Read more →
Herefordshire Meadows Winter Webinar – ELMs Grassland Options Update
On Tuesday 21st January we held our Winter Webinar which gave an update on the government’s Environmental Land Management scheme (ELMs). Rory Johnson kicked things off with a deep dive into the new, endorsed, Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) action GRH6 – Manage priority habitat species-rich grassland. After discussing the actions aims, Rory then went on to explain how the action requirements differ… Read more →
More meadows in 2024!
Herefordshire Meadows had another successful year in 2024 supporting 74.38ha of species-rich grasslands creation and enhancement at 26 sites across Herefordshire including: This year’s work brings the 6-year total to around 332.5 hectares of species rich grassland created across the county! Thank you to all our partners and funders, and all the landowners committed to creating species-rich grassland on their… Read more →
From Mud Pies to Microbes – Celebrating World Soil Day
To celebrate World Soil Day on Thursday 5th December, Meadows Adviser Rory Johnson was invited to be on the panel of an event organised by Angela Lloyd at Grange Court in Leominster. There was a whole host of stimulating questions covering a wide range of topics and highlighting how improving soil health is central to mitigating the climate and biodiversity… Read more →
We are looking for a Meadows Adviser to join the team – closing date 14 February 2025
Meadows Adviser – Herefordshire Meadows We’re looking for someone to join our small team of dedicated advisers: If you’re from the farming or conservation world, with some small scale project management experience and are enthusiastic about diverse swards in the farmed and wider landscape please see the job description below for more information and application details. https://www.herefordshiremeadows.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Job-Description-December-2024-5.pdf Interested applicants should… Read more →
WEIF Project Update
This year we have been supporting landowners in the Frome, Arrow, Lugg and Wye catchments to carry out species rich grassland restoration and enhancement works with support from the Environment Agency’s Water Environment Improvement Fund (WEIF). We have worked with 10 different landowners to: The project will increase biodiversity, reduce nutrient use and run off, improve soil health, improve animal… Read more →
Herefordshire Meadows AGM with guest speaker John Phillips
This year’s AGM was held on Tuesday 3rd December at Holme Lacey Village Hall with guest speaker John Phillips Grazing & Landscape Manager at Epping Forest. Cattle grazing plays a crucial role in the management of Epping Forest’s extensive and nationally important habitat mosaic of veteran trees, woodland, pasture, heathland and scrub, and was home to the UK’s first ever… Read more →