Wildflower Work

Research has shown that meadows are not only valuable wildlife habitats but are really efficient at absorbing and storing carbon. In Britain, we have lost 97% of wildflower meadows since the 1930s.

Wherever appropriate we work to manage, monitor and maintain wildflower meadows and create new ones. For example, we worked in partnership with Stroud District Council to plant the Capel’s Mill wildflower meadow in 2014. We regularly work onsite with volunteers to scythe this meadow, we compost the cuttings there and harvest the seeds for use on our other sites. It is important that meadows are managed and maintained once planted and to support this, we offer courses on scything in the summer months.

We also run a variety of wildflower-themed walks throughout the year. We may go to see bluebells in the spring, orchids in the summer or hold talks to help people grow and maintain wildflowers in their gardens.

Check our events page to see if there is anything coming up.