The Meadow Makers' Network Forum

On 14th August we are holding a grassland wildflowers ID workshop at National Trust Brownsham, which is just a bit further west along the North Devon coast from Clovelly. The reserve has some interesting habitats, including culm grassland and we'll be identifying wildflowers and discussing how the h...

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...