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Monmouthshire Meadows Group |
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| Members...it's haymaking time. Send in your requirements to Bill on 01291 689447 | ||||
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Who are we and what do we do? Our aims are to conserve and restore flower rich grasslands in Monmouthshire by enabling members to manage their own fields and gardens effectively.
The group was formed in Spring 2003, and
within 18 months we had more than 60 members with a total of 300 acres
of grassland sites ranging from less than a quarter of an acre to well
over 30 acres. Many members wish to restore flowering hay meadows,
or create wild areas in their gardens. We give individual botanical training and prepare documentation on all our members' sites. We work closely with other conservation agencies such as the Countryside Council for Wales, Gwent Wildlife Trust and the Wye Valley AONB, by whom we are grant assisted.
Together with our neighbouring conservation group across the Wye,
The Parish Grasslands Group in Gloucestershire, we have been awarded Heritage
Lottery funding for the purchase of a tractor and peripheral equipment to help
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How do we help our
members to manage their meadows? We begin by making a preliminary survey of members' meadows. We provide training in species identification and meadow management to members. We work with our members to prepare and implement management plans that will meet their needs, whether they be recreational, agricultural or economic. We are fortunate in having two ecologists on our committee and prepare scientific records of sites of particular biological interest. |
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Join us:
Contact us:
Hope Mansell Herefordshire HR9 5TL
Tel 01989 750740 Email by clicking here New! Click here to visit our own web site, launched in 2010 Click here for more detailed information about our activities. |
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