We would like to say a big thank you to all our volunteers who donate time and energy to the meadow and have been doing so for much of the year. Our volunteers continue to grow plug plants in Lancaster City Council’s poly tunnels and plant out the plugs most weeks on to the meadow …
Hay Time Project Officer, Carol Edmondson, lead a morning of floral immersion on the 6th July. The walk started with a relaxing stroll around the Life 4 a Life meadow on the banks of the River Lune. There was time to absorb the abundance of bees, flowers and bird life enjoying the habitat (created in partnership …
Marking National Meadows Day, two colourful new interpretation boards were installed in July at the entrances to the meadow. The boards outline how Britain has lost 97% of its species-rich wildflower meadows, and how important these meadows were historically, for both communities and for nature. There are drawings of many of the wildflowers growing in …
We are absolutely delighted with the progress to transform Hermitage Field into a Species rich wildflower meadow. Thank you to all our volunteers, our funders, Plantlife, The Green Recovery Challenge, Halton Lune Hydro, The Areti Charitable Foundation, Life for Life Memorial Forests. We would like to thank the meadow team at Forest Of Bowland Area …
Abbeystead youth group joined us on a chilly November morning for the final plug planting of the season. This organised and experienced young team planted 170 wild flowers into the meadow, and had a bit of fun seed bombing with some locally harvested seed.Working as a team they built a fabulous ‘dead hedge” to provide …
Thank you to our super teams of volunteers who have turned up frequently to support the creation of a community wild flower meadow on Hermitage Field. It has been an absolutely fabulous community effort and we have been able to plant an amazing 9,451 wild flower plugs into the meadow, culminating in 414 hours of …
9,451 wild flower plug plants planted. 816 hours of donated volunteer time! Read More »
We have welcomed lots of volunteers to the meadow recently to plant in the wild flower plugs which have been grown in the poly tunnel. These relaxing informal sessions are a chance to get out into the fresh air, enjoy the stunning landscape and meet people from the community of all ages – we have …
