Sue Holland and Caroline Hanks of Herefordshire Meadows will explain the simplified BEEWALK survey method and what you need to do to be ready to survey your Meadow Makers site this summer. Also suitable as a refresher for members who are in year 2 or 3 of any meadow restoration project. We will cover how to choose the route, set… Read more →
Events
Introduction to Plant Identification – rapid monitoring method
Stuart Hedley will lead a zoom session on meadow plant identification aimed at beginners and improvers. We will focus on an introduction to our rapid monitoring method because it gives us a quick way to assess changes in plants due to meadow management and restoration. This is a must for those in the 2021 Meadow Makers project and anyone else… Read more →
What’s the buzz about – are all pollinator habitats equal?
Dr Paul Cross is a senior lecturer at the School of Natural Sciences, Bangor University whose research interests include Unmanned Aerial Vehicle tracking systems for pollinators and the characteristic size and shape of bees. He is also a beekeeper, the proud custodian of a wildflower meadow on Ynys Mon and a butterfly fanatic. In this talk, Dr Cross will introduce… Read more →
Principles of Creating Flower Rich Meadows
Caroline Hanks and Sue Holland will share their experience and answer questions on the principles of meadow creation and restoration. Topics covered will include; what to think about when planning a meadow restoration, plus examples of some of the restoration methods Herefordshire Meadows’ members have used in recent years. This is for anyone who’s new to meadow creation and restoration,… Read more →
A Smallholders Experience of Machinery for Flower Rich Meadows
Tim Daniels will give us a presentation about his 5.5 acre flower rich smallholding near Longtown on the edge of the Black Mountains. Tim supports local meadow restoration projects as a seed donor and with practical management and restoration too. This talk is for any smallholder who’s wondering about the cost-benefits of purchasing their own machinery as opposed to setting… Read more →
Utilising Native Breeds for Conservation and Regenerative Grazing
This will be of interest to anyone who’d like to find out about Breed traits and their values for different grazing systems Economics of native breeds Native breeds in grassland, scrub, wood pasture mosaics Importance of native genetics in regenerative grazing systems Tom Blunt has been Field Officer for the Rare Breeds Survival Trust since October 2015. RBST are working… Read more →
Mapping diverse swards of the future
THIS workshop is a chance to feed in your needs and experience of mapping at a simple level to help us achieve the diverse swards we want for our farms, local groups or clusters and landscape scale projects. This workshop is for you if you are asking questions such as How do I get started when I don’t have mapping… Read more →
Opportunities for transition to profitable livestock farming
Russ Carrington is a regenerative farming and supply chain consultant, and coordinator of the Global Grassfed Alliance. He was formerly at the helm of the Pasture-Fed Livestock Association in the UK and tirelessly promotes the benefits of regenerative agriculture for animals, farmers and consumers. He also sits on a European Focus Group for Sustainable Beef and holds various roles across the… Read more →
Meadow Restoration 1 year on
This a great chance to see one of the 2019 pilot meadows a year on. Hilary Hillier is kindly showing us the meadow she enhanced a year ago with seed from Plantlife’s Joan’s Hill reserve. Come and hear how Hilary did the restoration work and see the results so far. This event is particularly relevant to anyone planning a restoration project… Read more →
Seedling Safari – First Stop of the Season
This is the first of our autumn seedling safaris and is a great chance to see a meadow in early establishment. Matt Pitts, Plantlife’s Meadow Adviser will be joining us to look at a restoration a few weeks after seeding where our host Ian Horsley has recently enhanced some permanent pasture with wildflower seed through the Boost for Biodiversity programme.… Read more →