Butterfly in a meadow (credit: Janet Packham)
Creating a new meadow
Bursting with colourful wildflowers and buzzing with precious pollinators, the great British meadow is a vital part of our rural landscape.
Creating a new meadow can add valuable habitats for all sorts of wildlife to grow, feed, hunt, and rest. Meadows also play an important part in connecting separate habitats across the county, and in connecting people with wildlife.
Before creating a new meadow, it is important to consider what is present already. It would be unwise to create a meadow where valuable habitat already exists.
Useful links
| Making meadows | Find advice about how to make or restore a meadow on your patch. | Plantlife - making meadows |
| Managing, restoring and creating meadows | Information about grassland management, restoration and creation. | Natural England - |
Purple wildflowers (credit: Vaughn Matthews)
Coronation MeadowsÂ
The Coronation Meadows Project, led by Plantlife and in partnership with The Wildlife Trusts and the Rare Breeds Survival Trust, worked to create new meadows and celebrate existing meadows.