We have received some exciting news from the Middle Marches Community Land Trust - following a 10-month campaign by local people and nature conservationists, Minsterley Meadows has been purchased by MMCLT:
"Thanks are due to The National Lottery Heritage Fund, 367 donors (including Shropshire Botanical Society), Morris & Co ,100+ supporters and a hard-working group of volunteers on the Steering Group.The Meadows are nationally important and are amongst the best flowery grasslands in Shropshire. They support over 5,000 Green-winged orchids. This is a species which has severely declined over the last 100 years and over 90% of Shropshire’s Green-winged orchids are in these two hay meadows.
The meadows will be owned by the Middle Marches Community Land Trust, a local community-led Trust dedicated to helping to create an ecologically healthy and sustainable countryside. The Marches Meadow Group will help manage and look after the meadows and there are also funds to support local people to care for them and engage with young people to learn about them. This includes a local art project, activities and events as well as working closely with local primary and secondary schools."
For further information see the MMCLT website:
