Wildflower plug and tree planting
Join us on our spring wildflower plug planting this year - not only in our meadows, but also in community spaces and to help restore our mosses and other habitats.
Join us on our spring wildflower plug planting this year - not only in our meadows, but also in community spaces and to help restore our mosses and other habitats.
Refresh or improve your identification skills of meadow plants
Meadow buttercup is a tall and stately buttercup, with buttery-yellow flowers that pepper meadows, pastures, gardens and parks with little drops of sunshine.
Are you passionate about wildlife and nature? Do you want to help us to inspire and enable the people of Cheshire to take action for nature? We are looking for a team of volunteers to support our…
Get to know the wide and diverse range of meadow plants with GWT Ecologist Gemma Bodé
A late-blooming flower, Meadow saffron looks like a crocus, displaying similar pink flowers once its leaves have died back. It is a highly poisonous plant of meadows and woodland rides and…
One of our most common butterflies, the meadow brown can be spotted on grasslands, and in gardens and parks, often in large numbers. There are four subspecies of meadow brown.
The meadow grasshopper can be found in damp, unimproved pastures and meadows throughout summer. Males can be seen rubbing their legs against their wings to create a 'song' for the…
A closer look at some of the lesser known and harder to identify meadow plants with GWT Ecologist Andy Karran
On first glance, the meadow thistle looks a bit like a knapweed - it's not as prickly as other thistles and only carries one pinky-purple flower head. It can be found in damp meadows and…
An excellent example of an unimproved hay meadow. Designated as Kent's Coronation Meadow.
A survivor from days gone by, Woodsides Meadow is part of a complex of rich wildflower meadows with more than 100 plant species.