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
This Autumn our meeting and social supper is at Abergavenny Community Centre, 7pm start. There will be a review of activities, followed by our main speaker Ruaridh MacDonald, owner of Blaentrothy Meadows, and then a buffet supper and social, with time to get to know fellow meadows enthusiasts. Blaentrothy meadows are part of the wonderful… Read More Our Autumn Social: Tuesday 16th October 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
Wednesday 25th April, 7pm at Llanishen Village Hall Our Annual General Meeting and Spring Social is once again at Llanishen, and will be the usual great opportunity to meet fellow meadow enthusiasts and catch up on MMG activities. This year our speaker is Colin Cheesman, Programme Director of Plantlife Cymru, the Welsh section of the… Read More Spring 2018 AGM and Social
All MMG members are invited to a morning of talks and informal wildlife discussion for Local Wildlife Site owners at Llanishen Village Hall, Sunday 18th February 2018, 9.30am – 13.00pm, organised by Gwent Wildlife Trust If you would like to attend please let Andy Karran know as soon as possible – e-mail akarran@gwentwildlife.org or call 01600 740600 The programme… Read More Local Wildlife Site Landowners Morning 18th February
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 Details of our new book Grassland Fungi: A Field Guide A school visit to Trellech Wet Meadow An article by bee recorder Roger Ruston on bees in Monmouthshire’s meadows… Read More Autumn 2017 Newsletter
Now available from NHBS Published in October 2017 by Monmouthshire Meadows Group and compiled by Elsa Wood and Jon Dunkelman, this field guide is the result of 2½ years surveying grassland sites in the Lower Wye Valley. Elsa and Jon were accompanied by photographers Malcolm Schuyl and Keith Moseley and assisted by production editor Marilyn… Read More Grassland Fungi: A Field Guide
This year’s Autumn Social will be at the Centenary Hall in Usk on Tuesday 31st October, starting at 7pm. The evening will feature a talk from Dr Rupert Perkins of Cardiff University on meadow butterflies, followed by a buffet supper. Dr Perkins is a Senior Lecturer at Cardiff University’s School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, and… Read More Autumn Get-together, Tuesday 31 October
