Click here to read the latest newsletter from Rural Hub Herefordshire which includes details of how to submit your data for the Nature Recovery Map being compiled by Herefordshire Council to guide habitat restoration across the county. There are also details of the Regenified scheme which offers workshops on regenerative farming.
It is less than a month now until the start of ‘No Mow May’, Plantlife’s annual campaign to encourage everyone to put away the lawn mower and let their grass grow and flower, providing food and habitat for all sorts of insects, mammals, reptiles and birds. Click here to sign up to take part and to receive more details and updates about the campaign.
AECG Event Nature’s greatest hidden secrets: biofluorescence and bioluminescence. This evening, Friday March 28th 7-8.30pm at Llangrove Village Hall. Yolande Watson, Executive member of CPRE Herefordshire and Lead for Dark Skies Herefordshire will open our eyes to the wonder of nature’s ability to glow at night-time. She will also share why natural darkness is so important for us all and what local groups in Herefordshire are doing to raise awareness in their communities. Kington Kleen Event – Growing A Future The final
Herefordshire Rural Hub & NFU Herefordshire are running a webinar on ‘Grants & Government Land Proposals’ on 2nd April between 1pm and 2pm via Teams. Click here for more details and to read the other items in the Rural Hub newsletter.
Apply by 03 April for Veolia’s Environmental Trust Funding. Veolia are awarding grants towards projects that make improvements to community facilities and the natural environment. Grants are available for both Community Projects, to create or improve publicly accessible spaces for the benefit of the community, and Habitat and Biodiversity Projects, which fund improvements to or the creation of natural habitats. Apply by 08 April for The William Sutton Prize for Sustainability. The Clarion Housing Group are looking for breakthrough ideas in new homes and existing neighbourhoods that can actively contribute to the restoration and preservation of our natural world. Submissions are welcome
The final session in the “What on Earth?” Talk’s series takes place in 2 weeks time: Talk No.5 Growing A Future Discussion with Lucinda Lewis & James Hitchcock; Tuesday 1st April at Kingswood Village Hall This event is more about the other people in the room who are an intelligent, experienced and focussed group who will be encouraged to share their thoughts respectfully around the future of land use across a range of opinions and even politics!?! Talk No: 4 People Power Click here for a recording of James Hitchcock’s presentation at New Radnor Community Hub on Tuesday 25th February 2025 hosted by Resilient
Just across the border in Malvern, Worcestershire on Thursday 24th April at The Cube, there will be a live show called Three Acres And A Cow: a history of land rights and protest in folk song and story. It covers topics like the enclosures, Swing Riots and the Luddites, the Glasgow rent strikes and the 90s road protest movement, finishing up at the present day, dealing with social and environmental justice, access to land, social history, folk music – all that good stuff! Click here to book tickets
Click here for the latest newsletter from Rural Hub Herefordshire which includes information about the sudden closure of the Sustainable Farming Incentive for 2025.
Plantlife, the charity for wild plants and fungi, is looking for garden case studies to help spread the word about #No Mow May, their campaign to re-wild the nation’s lawns. If you would be happy for your lawn to feature as part of their press campaign to promote No Mow May this year, click here to read more and sign up.
31/01/2025
Snowdrops flowering in gardens and verges; the leaves of wild daffodils pushing through the mud; Blue Tits checking out the nest box built into my cottage wall; day length gradually stretching out : all signs that the year has turned and that spring is on its way. There is a definite spring feel to this week’s newsletter with many of our members’ events focusing on planting and gardening. Seed Swaps are a great way to share seeds that you have too many of and receive seeds of vegetables and flowers that you may not have tried growing before. CLaN CIC and
