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The Bishop’s Meadow has welcomed back a small group of cattle which can be seen grazing contentedly on the lush grass and buttercups in the top field.
We’re happy to share the news that we have cattle back in the top meadow!
There are many more casual walkers, runners, people walking dogs and even cyclists than have been seen for many a year and its important that everyone enjoys the experience.
We expect more people will now be using and accessing the meadow due to the number of people now working from home and using local green spaces to excersise and walk their dogs.
Over the last few weeks the meadows have been doing a sterling job of containing millions of gallons of floodwater from entering the town, saving it from a huge clean up bill.
The Herald featured an article of images capturing the recent flooding. Photos by Nick Green and Jez Pilgrim showed the meadows completely submerged under water.
The aftermath of two recent storms; storm Ciara and storm Dennis - and with groundwater levels being above normal for this time of year - the meadows once again flooded due to the quality of rainfall in the recent weeks.
On Thursday 26th December the Bishop’s Meadows made front page news of the Farnham Herald as the meadows clearly demonstrated how instrumental they were in protecting Farnham town centre from floods.
We got another opportunity to celebrate the Bishop Meadow’s success of achieving Gold in the category of ‘Large Conservation Area’
We are proud to share that the Bishops Meadow achieved the level of Gold in the category of ‘Large Conservation Area’ in this years South and South East in Bloom awards.
From the readers of the Farnham Herald there has been lots of funny recollections of when the elephants visited the meadow
views normally only reserved for our feathered friends, amazing to see down on the meadow from the sky.
But before the cattle can return the Trust needs to spend money on reinforcing and renewing some of the original fence and gate posts that where put in to create the wildlife areas.
At the AGM on Sunday 20th January, members of the Trust celebrated the successes of the last year
Do take a look at what we have been up to and come to our AGM this Sunday 20th January at 11.30am at space2grow.
Hibernation was the subject of last month's column from the Bishop's Meadow Trust and the space2grow, two local charities preserving more than 30 acres of natural water meadows running alongside the River Wey in the centre of Farnham.
Farnham Town Council is celebrating what may well be its best result yet in this year's South and South East in Bloom competition.
On a glorious summer day, 30 children from Badshot Lea Village Infant School, St Andrews C of E Infant school and St Peter's C of E Primary School came to the Bishop's Meadow with parents and teachers for a day of fun activities.
At the end of the summer term, in keeping with discovering about and helping the local community, the 3rd Farnham Cub Scouts visited Bishop’s Meadow as guests of the Bishop’s Meadow Trust.
Unfortunately, due to the ongoing hot summer and lack of rain, there is not enough grass growing for the cattle to eat.
The introduction of cattle is a trial and is intended to encourage flower growth, and discourage the growth of weeds.
A small but enthusiastic group of members attended the Bishop’s Meadow Trust AGM on Saturday 7th October 2017. Five Board Members were also present.
Fantastic news! At the award ceremony for South and South East in Bloom on 20th September 2017, the Bishop’s Meadow Trust won a Gold Award in the “Large Conservation Area” class.
The 2017 Annual General Meeting of the Bishop’s Meadow Trust is on Saturday 7th October starting at 2.30pm. The doors will open from 2.15pm.
It was a beautiful afternoon on 8th July – the date of our annual summer garden party at the Old Vicarage in Farnham.
Colin Firth dropped into Hayfest on Saturday to watch his son Will perform on stage
If you have been out walking on the Bishop’s Meadow recently and have spotted some strange activities going on – don’t worry!