The Meadow Makers' Network Forum

Learn about some of the wild plants that can be found in a Rhos pasture on Dartmoor, with botanist Hannah Gibbons. Rhos pastures are a mosaic of wet meadows, bogs, heaths, woodland and scrub. The marshy grassland areas can be very species-rich, characterised by purple moor-grass and rush, plus many ...

Find out how to create, restore and manage species rich hay meadows and find out about the wildlife that thrives within them. Saturday 1st July at White Rocks Cottage, Simonsbath, TA24 7JT The Exmoor Society have organised Exmoor's first Meadows Day in partnership with Sowing the Seed, Exmoor Natio...

Once the rain comes (assuming it will!) the grass will bounce back again so they'll be plenty of it for a hay cut later. If you have a lot of Yellow Rattle in the field it will only suppress the grass growth until it's set seed. Then the plant will die back, as it's an annual, and the grasses will v...

Wildflower ID for beginners Thursday 6th July, Mothecombe meadows PL8 1LB 6pm-8pm This workshop will be a relaxed few hours outdoors in the beautiful hay meadows at Mothecombe, with ecologist Fiona van Es. You'll be identifying the key wildflowers and grasses of a meadow with an introduction to som...

New half day workshop: Goren Farm meadows with owner Julian Pady and renowned ecologist John Walters Friday 14th July, Goren Farm, nr Honiton Morning or afternoon sessions available Enjoy a guided walk and talk through Goren Farm’s beautiful hay meadows with owner Julian Pady learning about wildflo...

Moor Meadows is delighted to release a new wildflower ID video. It’s a detailed look at some of the key wildflowers you may find in a species-rich meadow in Devon, with botanist Hannah Gibbons. A really good introduction for beginners, covering 19 wildflowers. We filmed Hannah at Challacombe Farm on...

To celebrate National Meadows Day on lst July Moor Meadows are co-hosting a ‘WILD WORDS’ workshop with Literature Works and Langaford Farm Trust. Wild Words 1st July, Langaford Farm meadows, nr Chagford Come and try your hand at storytelling and creative writing, inspired by the beautiful wildflowe...

The West Devon Meadows steering group visited RHS Rosemoor this week (I was a lucky hanger on!) to learn about the species-rich meadows that Jonathan Webster, Rosemoor's Curator, and his team have been restoring and creating over several years. The last time I visited, around seven years ago, the me...

We've been using a cut and collect mower, with a high tip, for our orchard grass for the last few years. If it's a flower-rich site that has set seed you could use some of the clippings to resow other areas (would need to use them immediately though, transferring to the prepared area straight away)....

A practical talk by author of Gardening for Wildlife, Adrian Thomas, on how to create a meadow in your lawn, plus recommendations for spring bulbs and how to attract more wildlife to your garden: