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National Meadows Day 2026

This year’s celebrations of the National Meadows Day took place on Saturday July 4th at Hill House Farm, courtesy of James, Victoria and Fraser Hawkins. The day coincided with our 10th Anniversary which added to the joyful atmosphere. It was a fully booked event and we were honoured to be joined by Dr Ellie Chowns, MP for North Herefordshire, a… Read more →

Forum 2026: Healthy Grasslands, Healthy Livestock

There was a great turnout for our Annual Forum on Saturday 28th Feb, which this year had the theme ‘Healthy Grasslands, Healthy Livestock’. A warm welcome by our Chair of Trustees Lyn Langford was followed by an overview of our achievements in 2025, and our project, advocacy and fundraising plans for 2026.  One of our proudest achievements over the last… Read more →

Update on Plantlife’s Grassland Taskforce

In the last week of January 2026 some 30 stakeholders have been invited to join the Farming and Countryside Programme’s ‘SFI Programme Forum meeting’, to discuss how they think the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) could be streamlined and changed, including whether some payments could be decreased. Read more →

Celebrating the Meadow Monitors 2025

If you follow us and our activities, you might remember our recruitment campaign for Meadow Monitors back in April– a call for volunteers to help us assess the progress of meadows restored through the 2021 Meadow Makers project. Thanks to Jules Agate, and the fantastic response from our community, that call quickly grew into the fully fledged and super efficient… Read more →