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Reminder: Autumn Meeting Saturday 5 October – Drefach Felindre – 10 am to about 1pm.

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Posted on Sep 30, 2024 by earlypurpleorchid

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You may know one of our speakers, Kate MacRae, better as Wildlife Kate: https://www.wildlifekate.co.uk/ Here are some tasters from Kate’s year in Carmarthenshire:

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Training Days for Waxcap Fungi

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Posted on Sep 20, 2024 by earlypurpleorchid

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A message from Bryony Jenkins of Plantife: Now that we’re heading into the cooler seasons, we have the exciting opportunity to see and learn about the different types of grassland fungi that are starting to pop their heads up, in particular … Continue reading →

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Reminder of the Autumn meeting – 5 October – Drefach Felindre

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Posted on Sep 16, 2024 by earlypurpleorchid

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Below is the poster – and (hopefully) a link so you can download, print off and tell others!

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Autumn 2024 Meeting – Saturday 5 October

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Posted on Sep 8, 2024 by earlypurpleorchid

The Meadows Group will be holding this year’s Autumn Meeting in the Red Dragon Hall, Drefach Felindre.  We will hear a short talk by Maggie Carr on “The Incredible Seed Library”, another by Alison Fraser on “Invasive Non-Native Species – … Continue reading →

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A message from the Carbon Community to CMG – an invitation….to join them on the Big Tree Measure 2024

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Posted on Sep 8, 2024 by earlypurpleorchid

Heather Allen of the Carbon Community, Cynghordy, Llandovery sent us this invitation to join them in their carbon study for the Big Tree Measure 2024. Heather says “Glandwr Forest is a new native broadleaf forest and is home to The Carbon … Continue reading →

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A couple of things that may be of interest! (one on 8 September)

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Posted on Aug 30, 2024 by earlypurpleorchid

Firstly – a message Plantlife: Following the resounding success of meadows groups in Carmarthenshire and Monmouthshire, and the newly launched Ceredigion Group, Plantlife and the Bannau Brycheiniog National Park Authority are keen to see a similar initiative in the National … Continue reading →

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Late Hay Cut – Pros and Cons

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Posted on Aug 21, 2024 by earlypurpleorchid

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Andrew Martin comments: There has been an interesting discussion on the CMG Facebook Group about late hay cutting.  If your main priority is to get maximum floral diversity in the meadow (rather than the best hay crop), then cutting later … Continue reading →

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Useful research paper – wildflowers and carbon capture

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Posted on Aug 6, 2024 by earlypurpleorchid

A research paper has recently been published describing a nice experiment carried out in Surrey.  It’s now well known that Wildflower meadows can make a significant contribution to carbon capture and sequestration, but there are various different ways of establishing … Continue reading →

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Have you had a go at the Big Meadow Search?

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Posted on Jul 29, 2024 by earlypurpleorchid

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The Big Meadow Search (BMS) started out in 2021 as a modest project just for our county, to get more of an idea of which plants were in grassland on our members’ land.  It arose from a discussion in the … Continue reading →

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A Guided Walk Around The Meadows At Dinefwr Park – Sunday 7 July 2-4pm

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Posted on Jul 1, 2024 by earlypurpleorchid

The East Carmarthenshire Local Group of the Wildlige Trust of South and West Wales is holding a guided walk at Dinefwr this Sunday 7th July. Meeting point: Dinefwr Park Llandeilo SA19 6RT at the visitor centre car park just before … Continue reading →

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  • Get Involved! – Big Meadow Search 2026 – also The Scythe Association of Britain and Ireland Newsletter June 2026 is published. Jun 2, 2026
  • Guided Walk 27 June – Carbon Community near Cynghordy, Llandovery plus Volunteers needed to record health of hawthorns. May 29, 2026
  • Meadow Visit and Big Meadow Search May 19, 2026
  • Please take note: talk on imminent threat of Yellow Legged Asian Hornet. Saturday 16 May – Carmarthen Civic Hall 1.30 for 2pm start. May 6, 2026
  • No Mow May – and other things May 4, 2026

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