Sunday October 20th from 2pm to 5pm Llanllowell House, Llanllywel, Usk, NP15 1LL Bring your own apples and/or pears and make juice to take home Directions From Twyn Square in Usk follow the signs toward Llantrisant, pass the prison on your left, cross two stone bridges, go under the A449, and take the next left,… Read More Apple Pressing at Llanllowell House
Our Autumn 2019 newsletter is available to download here As well as a round up of our recent activities, the contents include: News of our Autumn Social Changing hearts and minds – the importance of understanding that Nature isn’t Neat Ash dieback and other concerns Members’ meadow successes Celebrating the M4 decision An update on… Read More Autumn Newsletter 2019
Gwent Fungi Group’ will be celebrating UK Fungus Day on Sunday 6th October with an open event at Pentwyn Farm (Gwent Wildlife Trust’s reserve in Penallt) from 2pm to 4.30pm. This will include a guided walk to identify fungi, demonstrations of 20-30 named species, and if you bring along specimens they will identify them for… Read More UK Fungus Day Event, Sunday 6th October 2019
Wednesday 23rd October at Monmouth Priory, 7pm Our Autumn Social this year is at the Priory in Monmouth, a beautiful old building in the centre of town, and will feature our guest speaker Carol Cook of Wye Valley Hedgehog Rescue. Carol will be talking about hedgehog ecology and how you can help them, and illustrating… Read More Autumn Social 2019
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
