With the recent heatwave affecting grass growth, fodder supply has been a growing concern for many farmers. At our farm walk on Thursday 10th July at Boycefield Farm, we explored three grazing systems that can help build farm resilience: Some excellent conversations about building up farm soils took place, and the key takeaways were: As we walked and talked, the… Read more →
We had a large turnout on a sweltering afternoon at Brockhampton Cottage on Wednesday for the 2025 National Meadows Day walk led by Peter Clay and the Garden and Estate Teams. Many thanks to Peter for sharing the remarkable achievement that is his large area of meadow, created on land ranging from former building foundations to ryegrass swards. How wonderfully… Read more →
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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 →
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 →
Newsletter Title May 2025 Newsletter Below is a roundup of our activities over the last few weeks, and information about our upcoming program of summer events.Click here to open in browser if you have trouble viewing this newsletter Upcoming Events Book onto our program of Meadow Walks!We have an exciting program of events for you this summer, with meadow walks… Read more →
Newsletter Title April 2025 Newsletter Below is a roundup of our activities over the last few weeks, including the growth of the Herefordshire Meadows team, plus information about our projects and upcoming events. Click here to open in browser if you have trouble viewing this newsletter Growth of the Herefordshire Meadows TeamWe are delighted to introduce our two new team-members and… Read more →
The Herefordshire Meadows team would like to thank you for your support during our week-long fundraiser for the Herefordshire Meadows Community, supported by Big Give’s annual Green Match Fund, which concluded on the 29th May. We were blown away by your generosity and are grateful for every donation, large and small, that helped us to surpass our fundraising target. The £8,896… Read more →
Herefordshire Meadows needs your help this summer to re-visit county meadows that have benefitted from past restoration efforts. Across Herefordshire, grasslands and fields were subject to improvement efforts in 2021 as part of the fantastic Plantlife ‘Meadow Makers’ initiative. Now, we want to find out what has happened at those sites. We would love to demonstrate the successes in boosting… Read more →
Newsletter Title March 2025 Newsletter Below is a roundup of our activities over the last few weeks, including our Annual Forum, plus information about our projects and upcoming events. Click here to open in browser if you have trouble viewing this newsletter Big Give 2025 If you have ever considered supporting Herefordshire Meadows with a donation, this spring from the 22nd… Read more →
