There are some places on this training day for Herefordshire Meadows members Anyone interested please contact Caroline Hanks Read more →
Past events
Rapid method grassland assessment training
Rob Havard at Swards for the Future with Herefordshire Meadows
Rob was one of six speakers at Herefordshire Meadows Forum on 2nd March 2019. He’s featured in Farmers Weekly on 22 February including 5 steps to building organic matter in your grassaland. You can also read about his grazing system through Pasture for Life and Agricology websites and on Twitter below Tweets by @RobHavard1 Read more →
Herefordshire Meadows Annual Forum 2018
Links to the presentations at the Forum are on the NEWS page Do you have permanent pasture, meadows and herbal leys? Are you considering how to manage them to benefit your farm business and help wildlife thrive? The Economics of Permanent Grassland and Herbal Leys in livestock systems; Jonty Brunyee – pasture fed livestock farmer, Nuffield Scholar and farm business… Read more →
Grassland fungi and waxcaps – fully booked
Follow up from the walk Jo has provided the records of fungi we found and offered to identify any fungi you find on your farms and meadows. You can download our summary sheet about grassland fungi and Waxcaps ID with fungi identification, books, guides and articles includes a brand new book published by Monmouthshire Meadows. The Plantlife Cymru Waxcap ID guide has a… Read more →
Water meadows in the Herefordshire landscape
Follow up from this event Useful information can be found by downloading a copy of the paper History of your farm by David Lovelace A draft report for Historic England about other water meadow sites in Herefordshire together with maps and photographs is available by typing h2om.uk in your browser Ivingtonbury, Ivington, HR6 0JH (SO 475569) – courtesy of W S Layton… Read more →
The Making of Herefordshire’s Coronation Meadows
Join us to follow the complete meadow enhancement process from the donor meadow at Joan’s Hill Farm, with Plantlife’s Reserves Manager Joe Costley, to the recipient grassland at Hurstans, Sollers Hope with Fiona Fyshe. We will also hear about how some of the meadows at Joan’s Hill have been enhanced by “natural” movement of seed around the site. A must… Read more →
Species rich grassland restoration
Follow up to the event Good discussion down by the River Wye on 11 year old arable reversion field and field of permanent pasture next to it. Handout on points to consider when restoring species rich grassland there are no precise recipes and the challenge at Fawley is how to make a suitable seed bed without disturbing the weed seed bank. … Read more →
What’s under your grassland?
Storm Doris failed to stop an intrepid group of Herefordshire Meadows enthusiasts from visiting Lucinda and James Lewis fascinating fields at Sollers Dilwyn on 23rd February 2017. A historical map sequence gave us the background for the walk and was followed by short presentations over tea from Tim Hoverd, Herefordshire Archaeology, on how to interpret the lumps and bumps on your farm, and… Read more →