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Glorious Grasslands

The Glorious Grasslands project restores over 50ha of wildflower meadow each year across the Cotswolds.

The main activities are seed harvesting, seed spreading, habitat management and botanical surveys

A steep bank down to a valley floor with river in the background. People working on the slope.

Rolling with gorse

Wed 5th Feb '25Wed 5th Feb '25

Another stunning new site with Glorious Grasslands in the Windrush valley. A classic steep sided bank down to a floodpain. This site...

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A woodland with cleared floor and logs forming a square in the middle

Raking up flys

Wed 29th Jan '25

Returned to the same site as last week with Glorious Grasslands to work on habitat restoration for the rare fly orchid and...

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A landrover parked on a hilly field with a gate in the background

More fly and dukes

Wed 22nd Jan '25

Returned to a favourite site today with Glorious Grasslands where we last did habitat management at the end of 2023 and also...

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A line of cows in a barn poking their heads through to eat hay

Glorious Interviews

Fri 17th Jan '25Wed 22nd Jan '25

Following the departure of Lorna last year, Glorious Grasslands are recruiting a new staff member to join the team and continue the...

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A village nestled in a valley next to a river

North bank of the Windrush

Wed 15th Jan '25Thu 16th Jan '25

Headed to a new site with Glorious Grasslands, which was just along the Windrush valley from another site we did earlier in...

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A steep bank with two old Ash trees and grassland slope

Restoring Quarry Grassland

Wed 8th Jan '25Wed 8th Jan '25

Revisited a site we did last year with Glorious Grasslands to continue restoring a beautiful calcareous site within a former quarry. I...

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A well cut and raked sloping meadow with people working in the distance and tall trees in the background

Budging grass at Budge Hill

Wed 18th Dec '24Wed 18th Dec '24

It’s the sixth year I’ve been to this site with Glorious Grasslands, and it’s become the fixture for a work party followed...

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Steep bank onto a flat field on the valley floor. Grass is cut. Dead Elm in foreground

Remote bank restoration

Wed 11th Dec '24Thu 12th Dec '24

It was a long drive today over to Oxfordshire to another new site with Glorious Grasslands. This is a remote corner of...

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A giant patch of bramble cleared on a sloping field. Woman in background.

Slaying bank bramble

Wed 4th Dec '24Fri 6th Dec '24

Back to the Windrush valley today with Glorious Grasslands to continue the restoration of a new site we started last week. The...

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Annual Reflections

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