Garden Meadows for Biodiversity

A garden can be a myriad of things. Whilst many of us use our gardens to relax in as well as grow both edible and decorative plants, there are great opportunities for wildlife to benefit from every garden.

The talks will focus on how to manage a garden meadow, what you do and don't need to do and some of the amazing benefits that a nature friendly garden meadow can bring to a whole range of surprising wildlife.

The talks are free to attend but we welcome donations.
If you would like to contribute a home-baked cake please contact [email protected]

Info: Dr. Steph Tyler is a nationally-renowned botanist and President-elect of the Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland. She will be sharing her expertise to highlight the wildlife that can benefit from the plants we grow — helping to put the humble garden meadow into a much bigger ecological picture.

Info: Charles Hawes is a renowned garden photographer, and co-author of ‘Discovering Welsh Gardens’. He and Anne Wareham , author ‘The Bad-tempered Gardener’ created Veddw House Garden. Charles will be sharing their experiences of making a garden meadow.

Info: Laura Moss is Project Lead of the Big Meadow Search, led by Carmarthenshire Meadows Group.
The Big Meadow Search project collects data from grassland sites across the UK, including wild gardens. Laura will be sharing insights from the project and exploring what recording can tell us about the wildlife within wild garden meadows.

Info: Sally Jones learnt to propagate wildflowers from locally sourced seed while running her own organic wildflower micro-nursery. She will be sharing her experience and will advise on useful resources for gardeners wanting to develop a garden meadow.

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The Memorial Hall, South Car Park, Maryport St., Newport, United Kingdom

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