Herefordshire Meadows had another successful year in 2024 supporting the creation of 58ha of species-rich grasslands at 21 sites across Herefordshire including: This year’s work brings the 6-year total to around 297 hectares of species rich grassland created across the county! Thank you to all our partners and funders, and all the landowners committed to creating species-rich grassland on their… Read more →
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A busy 2023 for Herefordshire Meadows
Herefordshire Meadows has had a busy year creating around 71ha of new species-rich grasslands at 24 sites across Herefordshire: 36.49ha of new species-rich grassland was created thanks our 2-year Botanica project funded by WWF & Airwick (a total of 63.5ha of species rich grassland created over 2022-2023). 18ha was created in North Herefordshire in partnership with Buglife, as part of… Read more →
Herefordshire Meadows welcomes new assistant Meadow Adviser
Herefordshire Meadows is pleased to announce a new member to the team as we welcome our new assistant meadows advisor Carys Solman. This new role will support Caroline Hanks and Rory Johnson on our Airwick Botanica grassland restoration and Buglife B-lines projects as well as the Herefordshire Meadows Advisory Service. Carys Solman has been working with the Wildlife Trusts for… Read more →
More restoration sites in 2022!!
In 2022, we created and restored a further 27ha of species rich grassland across Herefordshire. It has been fantastic to be able to work with more farmers and landowners across the county to keep on adding dots to our restoration map.
Woolhope Dome Workshop
On September 28th the Woolhope Village Hall was filled for a workshop entitled ‘Developing Natural Capital and Agri-environment schemes in the Woolhope Dome’. The event brought together farmers, smallholders and a whole host of other local stakeholders and organisations all interested in the management of this unique part of the county. Andrew Blake of Wye Valley AONB introduced the evening… Read more →
Making Meadows across Herefordshire
With the support of various funders, since 2019 Herefordshire Meadows members have been able to carry out meadow restoration works across the county. Most recently, in 2021, as a partner on Plantlife’s Green Recovery Challenge Fund Meadow Makers project we have restored over 56ha of additional wildflower meadows across Herefordshire. Below is a map showing where we have been working.… Read more →