There is still time to take part in this year’s Big Meadow Search, which will be accepting new records until the end of this month.  If you haven’t yet tried it, why not have a go?  You don’t have to … Continue reading →

Reports on the ground of some careful verge cutting on the Llandeilo by-pass part of the A40 has resulted in noticeably better amounts of flowering species than many other road verges.  Our roving reporter noted that the verges had been … Continue reading →

CMG stopped indoor meetings when the pandemic arrived and since then we have not been able to have indoor meetings in village halls around the county.  For the last two autumns and winters, we have been having online meetings using … Continue reading →

There is a fascinating article by Bruce Langridge in the Blog section on the National Botanic Garden of Wales website: https://botanicgarden.wales/2022/08/mycorrhizal-fungi-in-a-wildflower-meadow/ with insights from Raphaella Hull (a visiting PhD student from Cambridge University) into the part fungi play in meadows … Continue reading →

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We are just over halfway through the time available to take part in this year’s Big Meadow Search (BMS), with the rest of July and all of August remaining.  If you haven’t considered doing a BMS yourself, perhaps you should!  … Continue reading →

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A new project to raise awareness and interest in plants, to highlight their importance and their interactions with other species and to collect records across the UK: Last year, our Meadows Group introduced a scheme called the Big Meadow Search … Continue reading →

Bit short notice – but if you have time, there will be a talk will be taking place tomorrow ie on Sunday morning at the National Botanic Gardens of Wales on tackling invasive species. It’s part of the launch of … Continue reading →

There are several events in the county coming up which may be of interest to CMG members. Meet the Contractors: Sharing Best Practice in Meadow and Grassland Management Wednesday 25 May, 12:30 – 17:00  Pantwgan Farm, National Botanic Garden of … Continue reading →

For anyone who missed our last online meeting, but would like to see the recording of it, it’s now available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0RBTYaTv-8&t=1s Rhys Evans is the organiser of the Nature Friendly Farming Network in Wales – he explained the aims of … Continue reading →