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specialist skills training DayWe offer the Wildflower Meadows course on other dates to private group bookings - for colleges, universities, consultancies and community groups between June and September. The minimum group size is 6 and maximum is 12. To enquire about booking a training day for your organisation, please contact our Courses Team. Please note our meadows are in full bloom July to August.
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ABOUT THE COURSE
This wildflower meadow course will equip you with the skills and knowledge to create, restore and enhance meadows, with a particular focus on chalk grassland. Whether you want to establish a mini meadow in your back garden or on a large scale, this course is for you.
Rachael Mairey will take you on a guided tour of The Sustainability Centre’s beautifully vibrant buzzing meadows and teach you how to establish and manage your own meadow effectively to provide a haven for pollinators and other wildlife. The Sustainability Centre offers a unique opportunity to glimpse meadows through time: from new meadows to longer-established meadows to mature chalk grassland. You will be able to compare these and understand the differences between them. There will also be a session on developing an Action Plan for your own meadow project using all the information you have been given
Rachael will guide you through seed saving techniques and how to identify some of the country’s most beautiful flowers within this amazing habitat. You will get to sow a small selection of wildflower plug plants to take home and plant at a later date.
Rachael Mairey will take you on a guided tour of The Sustainability Centre’s beautifully vibrant buzzing meadows and teach you how to establish and manage your own meadow effectively to provide a haven for pollinators and other wildlife. The Sustainability Centre offers a unique opportunity to glimpse meadows through time: from new meadows to longer-established meadows to mature chalk grassland. You will be able to compare these and understand the differences between them. There will also be a session on developing an Action Plan for your own meadow project using all the information you have been given
Rachael will guide you through seed saving techniques and how to identify some of the country’s most beautiful flowers within this amazing habitat. You will get to sow a small selection of wildflower plug plants to take home and plant at a later date.
THE COURSE WILL GIVE YOU
- Knowledge and skills to establish, enhance and restore meadows
- Effective meadow management methods to maximise biodiversity
- Understanding of chalk grassland and the importance of wildflower meadow habitats for wildlife
- Wildflower identification skills
- Seed saving techniques
- Wildflower plug plants to take home and plant
- An Action Plan created by you (with guidance, as required) for your own personal project
THIS COURSE IS SUITABLE FOR
Anyone who is keen to create, manage and understand wildflower meadows. The course will be held indoors and outdoors in all but the most extreme weathers so please make sure you follow the 'what to bring/wear' advice below. This course will involve walking downhill to our Wildflower Meadows and back uphill to the main building on uneven ground, if you have any mobility worries, please contact us before booking.
WHAT TO BRING/WEAR
- Please bring waterproofs or other weather-appropriate clothing including a hat. This course will go ahead during all weathers - time will be spent inside/outside to suit conditions
- Walking boots or stout shoes suitable for uneven terrain
- Notepad and pencils/pens and camera
- A small ruler
- Long trousers are recommended to provide protection from ticks
- A hand lens (if you own one)
- A water bottle
- Packed lunch or lunch can be purchased from the Beech Cafe
ABOUT THE TUTOR
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Rachael Mairey has been creating and managing wildflower meadows at The Sustainability Centre for over 15 years. All meadow areas and projects you will see and experience on this course, Rachael has co-ordinated and worked on personally. She has a keen interest in, and love of, the natural world, recognising the importance of enhancing and preserving its biodiversity. She is seriously passionate about plants and has a specialist knowledge of the British Flora.
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Check Out Accommodation
You can get 10% discount when you stay with us during your course in our campsite or eco lodge. Please call us on 01730 823166 to make your accommodation booking. Our reception is open Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm.
