The Meadow Makers' Network Forum

The Devon Environment Foundation, which has generously supported Moor Meadows with grants to help launch this Forum and, more recently, to support The Big Devon Meadows Count (set for roll-out in 2025), is hosting an incredible Prize Draw! You could win 3 nights of luxury accommodation for up to 8 ...

Devon Rural Skills Trust is offering a small number of free places on its training courses to under-25s who have an interest in threatened countryside skills. One free place on each of its Saturday training courses will be available to young people aged 18 to 25. Devon Rural Skills Trust (DRST) run...

Hi everyone, if you couldn't make it to Chagford recently to see renowned ecologist John Walters' fascinating talk on wild bees - Masons, Miners and Scissors - Wild Bees of the Meadows - or if you did and you'd like to see his inspiring talk again - here's the link: https://youtu.be/P-2o-b41sdk John...

Talk reminder: Masons, Miners and Scissors - Wild Bees of the Meadows, is taking place at 7.30pm, Friday 4th October at Chagford’s Jubilee Hall. Registration & bar open from 7pm. Book your free place here: https://wildbeestalk.eventbrite.co.uk Speakers: Ecologist John Walters will focus on how t...

Once again, Devon County Council, with funding from the Woodland Trust, are offering free trees to landowners across Devon to help combat climate change, mitigate ash dieback, and support our declining wildlife. Each tree pack includes 45 native broadleaf trees, comprising of three species commonly ...

Join the Meadow-Makers Network's online talk: Species-rich Grasslands: how could SFI 2024 help to create and manage these biodiverse habitats? 7pm online, 18th November [/b] Defra's Sustainable Farming Incentive schemes incentivises farmers and landowners to protect and promote nature-friendly farm...

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The next Moor Meadows talk is: Masons, Miners and Scissors - Wild Bees of the Meadows 7.30pm, Friday 4th October, Jubilee Hall, Chagford Ecologist John Walters last gave a fascinating talk on wild bees in 2019 and we thought it’s time to do one again, with a focus on how to create and enhance habita...

A MICROCOSM OF THE DARTMOOR IN-BYE: do the answers lie in the soil?
 Friday 6 September 2024
 11am – 3.30pm Langaford Farm Trust, North Bovey, Chagford, Dartmoor Langaford Farm is a wonderful 100 acre nature reserve, a mosaic of rhos pasture and hay meadows, with a stunning variety of wild flowers a...

In case it's of interest, there's a very informative talk by RSPB's Adrian Thomas on creating and managing garden meadows on Moor Meadows youtube channel (first video in the Making Meadows section): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjHa28 ... 6FF5fPJ-gw