Tag Archive for meadows

Winter management and seedling safari

On Wednesday 3rd December, in a welcome break between what felt like weeks of rain, we gathered with a group of farmers and land managers at Bitterly Hyde, courtesy of hosts Camilla and Henry Dangerfield, to discuss winter management of newly restored grassland and to have a go at identifying emerging seedlings. Species-rich grasslands play a significant role in improving… Read more →

Jewels beneath our feet – waxcap and grassland fungi walk

On Friday 7th November, our Meadow Monitors enjoyed a wonderful opportunity to take part in a grassland fungi foray at Stockings Meadow, Herefordshire Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve, led by the Fungi County Recorder, Jo Weightman. The event formed part of our extended training programme for the Meadow Monitors, designed to deepen understanding of additional indicators of grassland health, other than… Read more →

Meadows and Mental Health

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 →

Meadows and Ponds event a great success

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 →

May 2025 Newsletter

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 →