The Meadows Group’s main mission is to be a forum for the exchange of knowledge and experience in meadow management, restoration, and creation. The group exists to help and support those who own or manage meadows so as to maintain them … Continue reading
Category Archives: Meadow Flowers
Eyebright at the National Botanic Garden of Wales
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Bruce Langridge, Head of Interpretation at the National Botanic Garden of Wales, has been in touch, asking if we would distribute the link to his recent blog post on the NBGW website. Always interested in what is going on over … Continue reading
Autumn Meeting poster – here it is.
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I decided against amending my previous post – so here is the poster. I think its being emailed to members – if you can print off from the email and put somewhere that might grab some attention, that would be … Continue reading
Green Hay at the National Botanic Garden of Wales – update post
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This report follows on from the visit by CMG members to see the results of the green hay experiment at the NBGW (see previous post on the blog): https://carmarthenshiremeadows.com/2019/07/25/visit-to-the-national-botanic-garden-of-wales-to-see-results-of-green-hay-experiment/#respond An opportunity for us to collect some freshly cut hay from … Continue reading
Opportunity to visit a local meadow – members only.
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As mentioned in a previous post (https://carmarthenshiremeadows.com/2019/04/11/visits-to-cmg-members-fields/) we’d like to encourage Meadows Group members to visit each other’s fields to exchange knowledge and experience as well as having a nice walk in a meadow. So Andrew and Helen Martin will … Continue reading
Grass growth near treelines – questions, questions….
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A post from Andrew: Our two fields (which are managed as meadows) are adjacent but separated by a treeline. The treeline comprises 6 large oaks and some hawthorn, willow, blackthorn, holly and hazel with bramble undergrowth. The canopy of the oaks is … Continue reading
Guided walk at Ynys Dawela Nature Park – 6 July 2019 10-12
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Guided walk at Ynys Dawela Nature Park Ynys Dawela Nature park is a local nature reserve managed by Carmarthenshire County Council. It’s in Brynamman, and contains a variety of habitats. It’s at SN70202 14102. There’s an information leaflet about it here: … Continue reading
Visits to CMG members fields
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In the early days of the Meadows Group, we arranged to visit not only nature reserves belonging to/managed by various conservation organisations but also fields belonging to the new group’s individual members. This was a very useful thing to do, and … Continue reading
2019 Spring Meeting – 23 Mawrth/March 2019
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2019 Spring Meeting Yes, its nearly Spring and time to post the details of our spring meeting. We hope to see you and what we think will be a useful and practical meeting: We are promoting this meeting on various … Continue reading
Plantlife and its campaign for proper mapping of meadows.
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You may have already been following Plantlife’s campaign for a full inventory of Britain’s remaining meadows. There is a petition to encourage wider participation in the issue. Plantlife have recently had the opportunity to meet with the Special Advisor on the … Continue reading
