The Meadow Makers' Network Forum

Hi Jon, As I surveyed the meadows in June/July I wasn't aware of some of those other species present (I might have heard of the Camassias being in the sward), so was planning to use it to restore a species-poor pasture. I agree that some purists would discourage it being spread anywhere outside of a...

Hi, I visited Rosemoor last year through my work on the West Country Buzz project, and was hoping to do some green hay, the meadows there are great and I surveyed the species (most frequent species include greater knapweed, meadow cranesbill, cats ear, betony, red clover, oxeye daisy, yellow rattle,...

I thought this might be of interest to some members - although the Bioblitz is focussing on insects, they are an important part of the dune grasslands of Braunton Burrows, which holds a third of all plant species: Tuesday 23rd August – Bumblebee and Insect Bioblitz Spend a day in the field as we sea...

I was interested I'm your comment about having plenty of meadows, but not many flowers ( despite trying!) Because I just read a book by Monty Don where he says: 'a wildflower meadow can look as beautiful as any herbaceous border, but the flowers make surprisingly little difference to the quality of...