The Meadow Makers' Network Forum

The National Meadow Groups Conference 2024 took place in Norbury, Shropshire on Friday 15 November. It was organised and hosted by Marches Meadow Group, Middle Marches Community Land Trust and the Shropshire Hills National Landscape. It was a busy day with a full schedule of presentations and, in th...

To everyone who has been on the waiting list for this event: I've just been informed that more tickets have been released so you should be able to book now. Also, there is an answer to Gavin's friend's question, which was, "Does registering for an SBI number have any tax, business rate or insur...

Further to my comment above, here is the formal reply I have now received from Business Information Point, who will be delivering the talk: "That [the eligibility statement] is a legacy statement from when the FFR project, which is providing your workshop, was set up: those terms and conditions...

Hi Paul, I've just spoken to the people who will be delivering this talk. it was agreed that the information on the Eventbrite page is somewhat confusing and contradictory so please don't worry about the eligibility statement there. The purpose of the talk is to help us all understand what steps hav...

This is a reminder about the online workshop on Monday 13 November at 19:00 on funding for species-rich grassland management provided under the Sustainable Farming Initiative (SFI). There is no longer a minimum acreage requirement for qualifying for funding, so small land holdings or even gardens ca...

Here's a date for your summer diaries. We will be holding a Plant ID event on Sunday 4 August led by Rebecca Chance, a Natural England plant surveyor. This event will be kindly hosted by Julian Pady at Goren Farm, Stockland. Goren offers mostly generalised grassland and we should be able to see/lear...

The new East Devon Meadows Group is now firmly established and we're enjoying our first Open Meadows programme. The details are here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-qrcXBDQzG2yN3xyPHwOPD0EwwwQuqQQ85rz-fCHoBo/edit?usp=sharing and on a map here https://tinyurl.com/s294zfv5 . We have our first 'Le...

Now that it is drier (if not warmer) it is time to start thinking about walking through flowery meadows amongst fluttering butterflies and buzzing bees . . . And, with a wave of our magic wand, we can offer you a selection of over two dozen beautiful meadows to amble in as our Open Meadows programme...

Come and enjoy the birdsong at Langaford Farm, North Bovey, on Sunday 21 April 2024 on a walk led by Phil Page. The walk starts at 0930. Book via info@langafordtrust.org or call 01647 432889 (please leave contact details so that we can call you back). Directions and details about parking will be giv...

A new sister group to Moor Meadows is taking shape in East Devon. For those of you who live in that direction, or who would like to come along and show sisterly support for this fledgling group, we will be holding an event on Saturday 27 January from 10:00 to 12:15 in Woodbury Village Hall. You will...