Restoring Richmond’s Lost Meadows

Project partners harvested seed from local meadows and used this to re-introduce many wildflowers which have been missing from the area for a long time. In addition we have restored neglected grassland through programmes of scrub and invasive weed control, and by introducing new grassland management regimes. New fencing and gates were erected and grazing was re-introduced to an area of riverside grazing, which saw significant benefits to the wildflowers of the area.

Thank you to the landowners who kindly granted us permission to harvest seed from their meadows to use in the grassland restoration work. Also, a big thank you to the North Yorkshire County Council volunteers who provided much needed help with scrub clearance and plug planting.