Gadr Farm visit
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
Autumn Meeting 2014
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
Flower Hunt
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
Water Mini-Symposium
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
Flowers and Nightjars Walk
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
Flower Hunt 2013
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
Sward to Sweater
Our autumn meeting on Saturday 29 October proved to be the most popular we have held in ten years, save only for an even more popular evening on bats a few years ago. With 56 people crammed into the loft Read More
Deer Survey
For a few weeks in the summer of 2011, we placed a map in the village shop to collect deer sightings, and, thanks to 30 or so contributions, we now have a map showing where deer are most often seen. Read More
Food from our fields
The people who arrived to fuel the growth of settlements in the areas of Brockweir and Hewelsfield from around 1830 onwards would have been compelled to maximise the produce from the plots they, in most cases, ‘appropriated’ on the commons Read More
Orchard Field Visit
Sunday May 23rd was a beautiful, hot, sunny day, perfect weather for a relaxed walk around John Josephi’s orchard. Around two dozen people turned up to hear John start by explaining that he had inherited the land from his father, Read More