Foragers are a singular breed, they are saints and sinners both. For those concerned by the disconnect between what we eat and where it comes from, by factory farming, £2 chickens and sluicing the planet in pesticides, then foraging is Read More
Blades were out at the Mackenzie Hall on Saturday 17th October, as were the rakes and the shovels, as the Parish Grasslands Project took on the topic of hand tools for its autumn meeting. We picked our way between assorted Read More
Jon Dunkelman, a member of the Monmouthshire Meadows Group, is compiling a field guide to grasslands fungi of the lower Wye Valley. Local mycologist Elsa Wood is providing the fungi expertise and a couple of photographers have been recruited to Read More
Once again members of the Parish Grasslands Project made arrangements for children from the St Briavels Play Group and St Briavels School to visit and see the variety of wild flowers growing at Hollyside Farm and to use sweep nets Read More
The evening of 15 May saw a 16 strong group of Grasslanders pay a visit to Gadr Farm, near Trelleck, home to Mr Alan Morgan and his family. The farm is a 160 acre holding of traditional livestock rearing pasture, Read More
We were a full house for the autumn meeting, with near 60 of us packed into the Mac and out of the hail and thunder (contrary to rumours circulating, the committee deny all responsibility for the apocalyptic weather so often Read More
With the wonderful summer weather, the growth of bracken grasses and flowers in Jean Green’s meadows has been enormous – so much so that the children from the Early Years (St Briavels Playgroup) and the Reception class (St Briavels School) Read More
Saturday 1 October saw our autumn meeting, this year a mini-symposium on the subject of Water. It was a full house at the Mackenzie Hall with over 60 people packed in to hear the speakers. The PGP’s George Peterken began Read More
After a spell of dry weather, the Met. Office accurately forecast rain to start at 4.0 clock p.m.on Thursday 27th June in West Gloucestershire. The predicted drizzle intensified and by 6.0 p.m. when 20 stalwarts assembled in the car park Read More
Warm, cloudy but, happily dry, the 18th June was the day when 21 pre-school age children from the St Briavels Early Years and 17 from the School’s reception class visited flower meadows at Hollyside Farm, Brockweir Common. The meadows..permanent pasture Read More