Wednesday 26th April, 7pm at Llanishen Village Hall Our Annual General Meeting and Spring Get-together is a great opportunity to meet fellow meadow enthusiasts and catch up on MMG activities. This year our speaker is Dr George Peterken, well known ecologist, author of several books including Wye Valley (in the Collins New Naturalist series) and… Read More Spring 2017 AGM and Get-together
Earlier this year, we decided to undertake a short membership survey as a simple way of giving members the opportunity to describe problems they might have with the management of their meadows, particularly those with whom we have no regular contact beyond the initial botanical survey and advice. Nearly 40% of the 238 members… Read More Members Survey 2016
We held our first Open Day at Kingcoed on National Meadows Day, 2nd July when over 60 people came along to enjoy the meadows in the sunshine. We were joined by Plantlife Cymru, who were launching their new, family-friendly meadows survey and meadow flower identification leaflet, a great help to visitors identifying some of the ninety… Read More Kingcoed Meadows Open Day and Species List
PONT, the Welsh organisation promoting grazing for the benefit of wildlife, has set up a Hay Exchange on their website. The aim is to help people who need or want hay or farmyard manure to get in touch with each other. This will support people who are creating and managing traditional hay meadows by finding an outlet… Read More Hay & Manure Exchange: PONT’s New Project
Our first event of 2016 will be a clearing up task force on Four Acres meadow in Maryland, The Narth, on Sunday 31st January, from 10.30am to about 12.30pm. This is the part of Ida Dunn’s property which is being given to Monmouthshire Meadows Group by her beneficiaries, and many of you will have visited on… Read More Four Acres Meadow: Work Party 31st January
Now available here as a high resolution download (2 MB pdf): MMG Newsletter Spring 2015 As well as news about our spring and summer events, and of course our Kingcoed appeal, contents include An update on Bee Friendly Monmouthshire and how the council’s Pollinator Policy is doing Our upcoming project, in collaboration with Parish Grasslands Project,… Read More Our Spring 2015 Newsletter
Monmouthshire County Council’s decision last year to adopt a Pollinator Policy was a major step forward for the wildflowers, bees and other pollinators. The county-wide displays of wildflowers were admired by everyone and were a major step forward. Link to How you Can Help There is still some way to go, however, before the Council’s… Read More Bee Friendly Verges: Improving but Still Could Do Better!
Gwent Wildlife Trust has 300 small bales of hay for sale, located at Pentwyn Farm, Penallt. It is certified organic and is made from their SSSI hay meadows. £3.50 buyer collects. For more information please contact Tim Green – tgreen@gwentwildlife.org 01600 740600
The Wye & Usk Foundation have been coordinating litter and rubbish removal from the Wye for 10 years now, clearing 900 miles of river bank and shifting over 100 tons of rubbish so far! The various tributaries (Ithon, Irfon, Lugg, Arrow, Monnow and all the smaller ones) have been cleared and on the main river,… Read More Work Parties on the Wye
Dean Meadows Group has alerted us to this event on Sunday 8th February: a Forest-wide Big Seed Swap at 5pm at the Bailey Inn in Yorkley, GL15 4RP. Bring your spare seeds, as well as seedling or bulbs, to swap and share. All will be free but please label your seed packets carefully with as… Read More Forest of Dean Big Seed Swap 8 February
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