megilleland Posted July 21, 2022 Report Share Posted July 21, 2022 Good idea to improve the environment. Bartonsham Meadow Management Plan Vision The vision of Friends of Bartonsham Meadows is to transform a small, suburban, riverside farm from intensive agriculture to outstanding natural habitat delivering a broad range of social and environmental public goods. Our focus centres on biodiversity and regenerative land-management practices to deliver benefits such as: Flood mitigation Carbon sequestration Biodiversity Improved river water quality Leisure and quality of life Sustainable agriculture and food production The management plan highlights how we could deliver these public goods. See the plan here: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megilleland Posted September 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2022 HELLO from Friends of Bartonsham meadows The big news is we had a great AGM! Thanks so much to everyone who came along and shared their enthusiasm for creating a biodiverse floodplain meadow at Bartonsham. We’ve written it up as a blog which is available on our website here and follows various updates in our newsletter. THE HEADLINES * The Church Commissioners told us they would be signing a 25 year lease with Herefordshire Wildlife Trust in September or early October at the latest! There will be a ban on ploughing it up again 🙂 * Huge gratitude to the 437 of you who have filled in our survey! Some results are included in the blog. We have shared the full anonymised results with HWT to assist them in applying for lottery funds to support the restoration of Bartonsham Meadows. * A whopping 60 odd people attended our AGM to hear about the project, share enthusiasm and questions, and eat and drink goodies including Fran’s dock seed cake. * In response to requests from local residents and FoBM the Commissioners cut a fire break along the back of Park Street (days before a fire broke out on the adjacent farm across the river). *Last weekend the Council mowed the river path to ease access, in response to requests from Jeremy Milln. * Want an information-rich one minute on floodplains? Check out this video Caroline Hanks of Herefordshire Meadows recommended from the Floodplain Meadows Partnership. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megilleland Posted February 2, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2023 Friends of Bartonsham Meadows Please join us for a bird walk this Sunday 5 February Meet at 9am at the Canary Bridge for a ‘What’s That Bird?’ around the Meadows. Bring binocs, dogs on lead or under close control, and youngsters whether under control or not. http://www.friendsofbartonshammeadows.org/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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