On June 18th 2023, a one hectare meadow, which forms part of the complex layout of Eardisley Castle, an Historic England scheduled ancient monument layout was opened to the public to raise money for the Hereford Choral Society. The meadow was created in 2020 as part of the Pollinator Meadows Project, with the support of Herefordshire Meadows, Plantlife and… 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 →
Moths and Meadows in the Black Mountains
Hilary Engel hosted a moth evening at Fair Oak Farm this May, for some neighbouring Herefordshire Meadows members and other enthusiasts in the Black Mountains. Below is their report of the evening’s findings, and some links to resources for those wanting to get started with moth trapping. Moth Evening, Fair Oak Farm, May 2023 We set up three traps in… Read more →
Plant ID & Meadow Monitoring Training Day
On Tuesday 6th June meadow owners from across Herefordshire attended a Plant Identification training day at The Leen Farm, Pembridge. The day was led by County Botanical Recorder and Herefordshire Meadows Trustee Stuart Hedley, who introduced the group to the Rapid Plant Monitoring Method, a simple technique for monitoring changes in grassland over time. The session was aimed at equipping… Read more →
Surveying with the Floodplain Meadows Partnership
As part of our FiPL Floodplain Meadows Project we have been extremely fortunate to have been able to have two days of survey time in the field with Irina Tatarenko and Emma Rothero from the Floodplain Meadows Partnership. Over the two days we visited four sites which were a mix of recently restored and potential restoration areas. As well as… Read more →
Become a member of Herefordshire Meadows CIO
You will know from recent newsletters and Herefordshire Meadows website how we’ve grown since 2016 from 30 core members to a thriving network of over 550 people. We are now established as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation and you can read more about us Who we are What we do Why we’re here We want to thank everyone who’s working with… Read more →
First Summer Meadow Walk at Bromyard Downs and Warren Farm
On the 22nd May twenty nine keen attendees set off across Bromyard Downs and down onto Warren Farm in the early evening sunshine for the first of this year’s Meadow Walks. James Hawkins, Chair of the Bromyard Downs Commoners Association, tenant farmer at Warren Farm and Herefordshire Meadows Chair of Trustees, kindly led the tour through the land he manages,… Read more →
Herefordshire Meadows June Newsletter
Welcome to our June Newsletter. It has been catch-up time for meadows this month after a slow start to spring. On our first meadow walk event of the year at Bromyard Down we were treated to a lovely evening in the sun with far reaching views across to the Malvern Hills, and plenty of emerging flowers to admire and puzzle… Read more →
June Newsletter
Welcome to our June Newsletter. It has been catch-up time for meadows this month after a slow start to spring. On our first meadow walk event of the year at Bromyard Down we were treated to a lovely evening in the sun with far reaching views across to the Malvern Hills, and plenty of emerging flowers to admire and puzzle… Read more →
Towards a strategy for restoring Floodplain Meadows in the Wye Valley –
On 23rd May 2023 27 advisers from 13 organisations working in the Wye Catchment gathered at Brockhampton Hall for a training day on floodplain meadows funded by Environment Agency and Wye Valley AONB. Mark Wood and Chris Hudson hosted the day and provided delicious grass fed beef lunch (https://perrystonemeats.co.uk/) and showed us meadow restorations underway on the floodplain at Fawley… Read more →