Gwent Wildlife Trust have fully funded grants of up to £2,000 available for capital works that help enhance and restore Local Wildlife Sites in Monmouthshire. This is part of their Natural Assets Project, which aims to help identify and support the care of some of the best places for wildlife in Monmouthshire. So if you are… Read More Grants Available for Local Wildlife Sites
Our latest newsletter has just been published. Features include Founder member Ida Dunn Support for the Plantlife Road Verge Campaign and what you can do to help The sad demise of the Grasslands Trust The Million Ponds project Reports of our events over the summer and our autumn get-together as well as editorial from our… Read More MMG Autumn Newsletter
We have helped Rogiet Community Council and Tidy Towns with the management of the Rogiet Countryside Park in Rogiet near Caldicott (over the railway line at Severn Tunnels Junction and just to the right). The park hosts a number of rare and unusual plants in the meadow area. There will be work tasks there on… Read More Work Tasks at Rogiet Countryside Park
Dean Meadows Group are hosting two one-day courses in useful management skills for landowners or gardeners by Andrew Williams who is an experienced tutor and a committee member of the Forest of Dean and Wye Valley Hedge Layers Association: 1. Practical hedge laying instruction day on Saturday November 24th 2012 Andrew teaches the Midlands style… Read More Courses in Hedge Laying and Hurdle Making
The latest Recorders’ newsletter is available from the SEWBReC web site (download pdf file). It’s well worth a read. This issue’s contents include Wildlife haven in West Glamorgan Botanical highlights in 2012 Canada Tips & Quarry Pools, Blaenavon Blaencanaid Raven Roost Update Rare Fungus in Dingestow Wildboar in Gwent Recording around Ebbw Vale Wasp Spider… Read More Gwent-Glamorgan Recorders’ Autumn Newsletter
An update to a message from MMG members John & Sandra Lee : Should you be interested, we have Dexter beef maturing now and available for delivery on 24th November Grass only fed and locally butchered ELMCROFT DEXTERS Naturally Reared Pedigree Dexter Beef Grass Fed to produce Beef of the Finest Quality From this Traditional… Read More Naturally Reared Pedigree Dexter Beef
Flora locale run events for anyone involved in the design, management and restoration of wild plants and habitats for biodiversity, landscapes and people, whether on a farm, smallholding, village green or garden. Here’s a selection from their autumn programme: Good practice in managing ancient trees – Wednesday 17 October Location: Burnham Beeches, Slough Course Ref:… Read More Flora Locale Workshops
Wiggly Wigglers and The English Garden magazine have invited anyone that gardens with wildlife in mind to contribute a blog for their Green & Gorgeous Garden competition. Glynis Laws, an MMG committee member, has been writing about her garden and wildflower meadow and several of the other bloggers also have wildflower meadows or mini-meadows. You can follow… Read More Gardening for Wildlife
Monmouthshire Meadows Group supports the road verge campaign started by Plantlife. Many of our members are concerned about the mowing regime applied to our roadside verges by Monmouthshire County Council. Although some lanes have been left uncut, other lanes were cut very early this year. My own single-track lane has just been cut (at the… Read More Plantlife Road Verge Campaign
Pond Conservation are running the Million Ponds project which aims to create a network of new ponds across the UK for the benefit of endangered freshwater plants and animals. They are looking for sites for new ponds, and Wales Pond Officer Anna Bransden has sent the following request for help: “You may already be aware… Read More Million Ponds Project – Looking for Sites
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