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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

A request for help from Dana and Stu on a relatively new permaculture/regenerative land based project adjacent to the national botanical gardens. Permablitz at Coed Glas, Llanarthney, SA32 8HS. Pin drop https://maps.app.goo.gl/nYY7m5B8L3CuLBcY9Please enter up the brand new track – not yet … Continue reading →

Plantlife are planning an orchid count day at its Carmarthenshire based reserve – Cae Blaen-Dyffryn for the 4th July.  This is a second count to test the reliability of the counting across the two weeks and to ensure they haven’t missed … Continue reading →

Recently we posted that this was taking place: “On Sunday 15th June, the Carbon Community will be hosting meadow walks, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.  The Carbon Community, near Cynghordy, is a charity set up to … Continue reading →