Help needed to create more meadows

[Jon Valters]

Meadow enthusiasts in West Devon are urgently seeking others who share their passion for this rare and special habitat.
The West Devon Meadows Group – which is part of Moor Meadows – is looking for people to strengthen its steering group.
They’re particularly keen to hear from people with organising skills, social media and computer know-how, and experience of fundraising.
But the group would be pleased to be contacted by anyone with a passion for wildlife-rich meadows. We're also keen to hear from farmers who mayh be interested in helping. The committee currently has four members but the group would like to double that number. The informal meetings – often on-line – are held once a month and rarely last more than an hour.
The West Devon Group provides advice to people wanting to establish or restore a wildflower meadow in a garden or the wider landscape. It has already organised a successful public meeting in Lifton and held a number of courses. In future it hopes to run a number of projects to help local communities create areas of wildlife habitat. This could involve improving a churchyard for wildlife, helping a village with a wildflower verge project or creating a new community orchard.
Anyone interested in learning more is asked to contact Jon Valters on 01566 784196 or jon.valters@btinternet.com