Llanllowell House is the home of Meadows Group member Hamish Sandison. He has two lovely hay meadows, an orchard meadow and woodland alongside a stream called Llewellyn’s Dingle. The meadows will be open in the afternoon from 2pm. There will also be an opportunity to see the Gwent Wildlife Trust reserve at Springdale Farm. Because… Read More Llanllowell Meadows Open Day 27 June
The Big Meadow Search is project based on the RSPB’s Big Garden Bird Watch, but recording plants instead of birds. It has been developed by Carmarthenshire Meadows Group with the help of the Carmarthenshire county plant recorder and it is open to everyone to take part. You don’t need your own meadow (but do get… Read More Big Meadow Search 2021
UPDATE: Places are now fully booked for our Open Day on 13th June. We are operating a waiting list so please complete the form below to be added to this. We are sorry we can’t fit more people in! There will be two Meadows Open Days in 2021: Sunday 13th June in the Llanishen/Trellech area;… Read More Meadows Open Day – 13 June 2021
Our Spring 2021 newsletter is available to download here Contents include: An update on MMG’s activities, conversion to a Charitable Incorporated Organisation and news from our reserves Plans for open meadows days, and other events in 2021 Our Spring Social and AGM online in April Day-flying Moths Monmouthshire County Council’s cutting regime supporting Nature isn’t… Read More Spring Newsletter 2021
Many MMG members have fields designated as Local Wildlife Sites (LWSs), and they will have received an invitation to this year’s LWS Landowners’ Morning on Zoom, on Sunday 7th March (10am to 1pm). As usual, Gwent Wildlife Trust have extended the invitation to all MMG members, whether or not LWS landowners, so if you would like to join in please book via… Read More Local Wildlife Site Owners’ Day: Online 7th March 2021
Online via Zoom on Tuesday 20th April, 7pm While we cannot get together for our usual buffet supper evening, we can meet virtually for our Annual General Meeting and a talk by Sean Cole, co author of the highly regarded Britain’s Orchids: A Field Guide to the Orchids of Great Britain and Ireland, published by the… Read More Spring Social & AGM with a Talk on Orchids by Sean Cole
Our Autumn 2020 newsletter is available to download here As well as a round up of our recent activities, the contents include: The launch of the second edition of our Grassland Fungi field guide Meadows, tree planting and climate change Buying wildflower seeds for meadows Botanists ‘Go Hemlock’ Micro-managing a meadow Pictures and news from… Read More Autumn Newsletter 2020
Having been forced to cancel the scheduled AGM in April, the official meeting took place over Zoom on Tuesday 20th October, starting at 7.30pm. PRESENTATION FROM THE MEETING DRAFT MINUTES OF THE AGM AGENDA Welcome by the chair Apologies Minutes of 2019 AGM (download pdf) Chair’s report Treasurer’s report (download Financial Statement for 2019-20) Election… Read More Annual General Meeting 2020: Online 20th October
The first edition of Grassland Fungi: A Field Guide, published in 2017, has been a great success. Since then, Elsa Wood and Jon Dunkelman have continued to survey grasslands in the Wye Valley and Monmouthshire, photographing and recording their finds. This new edition includes the results of that extra research, with 23 new species and… Read More Grassland Fungi: A Field Guide – Second Edition
July 2020 The Trustees of Monmouthshire Meadows Group have proposed that MMG should convert its charitable status to a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO). Since its original establishment in 2005, MMG has had the good fortune to become a significant land-owner through the purchase or bequest of two outstanding areas of high species-diversity meadow land. The… Read More Conversion to a CIO
