Hepburn Photography
Meadow Plant Identification (Beginners)
Pentwyn Farm ,
Pentwyn, Penallt, Monmouth, Gwent, NP25 4SE
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Get to know the wide and diverse range of meadow plants with GWT Ecologist Gemma Bodé. The session will consist of a gentle stroll and sit down around the species-rich meadows of Pentwyn Farm looking at how to identify the wildflowers and grasses that the site supports including the key features in the separation of similar species
Suitable for all ages.
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Well behaved dogs on leads are welcome.
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The haymeadows at Pentwyn Farm (12 hectares) are among the largest remaining in Monmouthshire. They host over eighty species of wildflowers and grasses: from bright lemon-yellow Cowslips and striking Green-winged Orchids in May, to the eruption of Yellow Rattle, Milkwort, Eyebright, Meadow Vetchlings and trefoils attracting a huge variety of birds, butterflies, bees, crickets and moths in the summer months.
Since acquiring neighbouring Wyeswood Common (42 hectares) in 2007, we've been realising our vision of restoring this former intensive dairy farm into a mosaic of wildlife-rich habitats.
Our year-round restoration works involve 'conservation grazing' livestock, hedge-laying, tree-planting and green hay spreading from Pentwyn meadows alongside nature's own processes of regeneration.