• Restoration Checklist : what to think about at the start of your project
• Meadow Restoration Plan – guidance notes for the first year of a restoration project   If you want a plan tailored to your field please ask for an advisory visit
• Herefordshire Meadows Top Tips for meadow restoration and creation : next steps once you’ve chosen your site and seed source
• Plantlife’s Grassland Restoration time flow-chart takes you through the whole restoration process
• Natural England  Technical Information Notes at the links below and from The National Archives
  • TIN 060 The use of yellow rattle to facilitate grassland diversification
  • TIN 061 Sward enhancement: selection of suitable sites
  • TIN 062 Sward enhancement: choice of methods
  • TIN 063 Sward enhancement: diversifying grassland by spreading species-rich green hay
  • TIN 064 Sward enhancement: diversifying grassland by oversowing and slot seeding
  • TIN 065 Sward enhancement: diversifying grassland using pot-grown wildflowers or seedling plugs
  • TIN 038  Seed sources for grassland restoration and re-creation in Environmental Stewardship
  • TIN 066 Arable reversion to species rich grassland – site selection 
  • TIN 067 Arable reversion to species rich grassland – establishing a sown sward
  • TIN 068 Arable reversion to species rich grassland – early management of the new sward
• Meadow restoration and holistic grazing can also be achieved using more innovative methods as demonstrated by Rob Havard in this video ‘How to create a wildflower meadows in the five minutes’ 
• Keith Datchler uses a ‘Green Seed method’, which is a new take on transferring meadow seed locally from donor to recipient site. To discover more, follow this link to his video on Green Seed 

• PFLA and Plantlife webinars on meadow restoration techniques and a showcase of british meadows and restoring and creating small areas of native grassland can be watched on Youtube

From Coronation Meadows projects 2016

• Creating bare ground for meadow restoration projects