MMG has received funding from The Pollinator Fund to purchase new display material, including a revised version of our leaflet Management of Grasslands for Wildlife. The leaflet, written by Steph Tyler and designed by Clare Adamson of MMG, includes essential information on managing species-rich grasslands. It includes all the important points about caring for your hay… Read More Managing Grasslands for Wildlife: Leaflet
This year we have three Open Meadows events, all free to attend and open to everyone. Scroll down for directions and maps for each of these. Sunday 16th June, 2pm to 5pm: Northridge House at Shirenewton and the SAMFAL fields between Shirenewton and Mynyddbach Sunday 23rd June, 11am to 4.30pm: Wet Meadow and New Grove… Read More 2019 Open Meadows Days
Tuesday 30th April, 7pm at Llanishen Village Hall Our Annual General Meeting and Spring Social is at Llanishen and will be the usual great opportunity to meet fellow meadow enthusiasts and catch up on MMG activities. Our speaker is botanist Elsa Wood, joint vice county recorder for the BSBI (Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland), and… Read More 2019 Spring Social & AGM
The Long Forest Project is a project initiated by Keep Wales Tidy in partnership with The Woodland Trust, funded by support from the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation. Their aim is to recruit thousands of volunteers to plant 100,000 trees and improve around 120,000 metres of hedgerow in Wales. The Project is… Read More Long Forest Project: Work Parties
We have work parties planned at Trellech Wet Meadow, the Local Wildlife Site reserve we manage together with Gwent Wildlife Trust. Wet Meadow comprises five fields, 24 acres in total, in the north west of Trellech. The land lies between Roman Way, Trellech Surgery and the B4293 to the east and Red House Farm land and… Read More Work Parties at Trellech Wet Meadow 2019
All MMG members are invited to Gwent Wildlife Trust’s Local Wildlife Site Landowner Morning on Sunday 3rd February 2019, from 9.30am to 1pm. This will be a morning of talks and informal wildlife discussion at Llanishen Village Hall, Monmouthshire (directions below). There is a great line-up of speakers on a wide range of interesting topics… Read More Local Wildlife Sites Landowners Day: 3 February 2019
Our Autumn newsletter for 2018 is available to download here. As well as our own news and upcoming events, it includes: Is Rye-grass Always Greener: News of research published by Save our Magnificent Meadows into the potential benefits to cattle and humans of grazing farm animals on species-rich grassland Gwent Fungus Group Roger Ruston’s Encounters with Long-horned… Read More Autumn Newsletter 2018
To celebrate UK Fungus Day, Gwent Fungus Group are holding an Open Event at Gwent Wildlife Trust’s Pentwyn Farm reserve in Penallt. This is on Sunday 7th October, from 2pm to 4.30pm. It is open to the public and there’s no entrance charge. There will be fungus identification sessions (you can bring along any you want… Read More UK Fungus Day Event at Pentwyn Farm: 7th October
Instead of holding a one-day event, this year we are planning afternoon and evening Open Meadows, to which MMG members and supporters, their family and friends are invited. As always, we are very grateful to our hosts who allow us to come on to their land to enjoy the results of their hard work. The first… Read More 2018 Open Meadows
Our latest newsletter is available to download here. It includes our latest news, upcoming events and articles including: An update from our chair, Steph Tyler, on recent activities Our Spring Social and plans for Open Meadows this year Meadow Butterflies: A Personal View by Dr Rupert Perkins How Old is Your Meadow? Managing Trellech Wet Meadow Monmouthshire Botany… Read More Spring 2018 Newsletter
