Are you interested in wild flower meadows? Do you own or manage one, or a wild flower area in your garden, in Carmarthenshire, or nearby?

If so, come along to the spring meeting of Carmarthenshire Meadows, which is being held at Pumsaint Coronation Hall on Saturday, March 25, beginning at 10 am, and finishing about 1pm.

There will be a talk by Sinead Lynch, of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust. Sinead is the Trust’s Conservation Officer for Wales, and her role is to help provide more habitat for bumblebees in Wales, specifically in the areas where the rarest bees are found along the south coast.

There will also be the showing of a film, "Soft Rush, a Growing Problem". This 45 minute film was made by Julian and Fiona Wormald about their method of managing soft rush, and how six acres of their smallholding have been transformed from a virtual monoculture of soft rush to a species rich and productive meadow. It is expected that this film will generate much comment and discussion.

There will be plenty of opportunity for meeting other meadow owners and ecologists.

Entry is £3, and there will be a break for tea/coffee. The Coronation Hall at Pumsaint is on the A482 opposite the Dolaucothi Hotel. Please arrive promptly so we have plenty of time after the talk and film for discussion, both about meadow management and about how we are developing the group.

Please visit our website, www.carmarthenshiremeadows.com for more information.

The Meadows Group seeks to encourage the restoration and maintenance of wild flower rich meadows in the county, as a valuable resource, and reservoir of biodiversity. It hopes to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and experience about how to do this in the variety of conditions that meadow owners face. We will be having various outdoor events in the summer when our meadows are at their most interesting, including a tour of the meadows at the Waun Las nature reserve at the National Botanic Garden of Wales on May 20th, events on National Meadows Day July 1st 2017, practical courses on scything at a nature reserve near Lampeter, and the autumn indoor meeting with talks and discussion on 23rd September at Myddfai.