Foster's Green Meadows National Nature Reserve

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Overview

Eades Meadow, the largest field in the Foster’s Green Meadows NNR, is a traditional hay meadow with surviving medieval ridge-and-furrow earthworks. It is surrounded by dense hedges made up of field maple, wild service, spindle and elm. Foster’s Green and Eades Meadows were once part of Foster’s Green Farm and their importance lies in the fact that they have not been ploughed for at least 100 years nor have they ever been treated with chemical fertilisers, herbicides or other agricultural chemicals. The meadows lie on heavy clay soils, and the main natural history interest lies in the over 180 plants which have been recorded here, and the huge number of insects, spiders and other invertebrates that they support. Eades Meadow is particularly famous for its green-winged orchids in spring and meadow saffron in autumn. The colour of the meadow changes daily as different plants come into flower throughout the spring and summer.

Location

BROMSGROVE, B60 4HY

About the area

Worcestershire is a county of rolling hills, save for the flat Vale of Evesham in the east and the prominent spine of the Malverns in the west. Nearly all of the land is worked in some way; arable farming predominates – oilseed rape, cereals and potatoes – but there are concentrated areas of specific land uses, such as market gardening and plum growing.

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Foster's Green Meadows National Nature Reserve

BROMSGROVE, B60 4HY

01905 754919

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Foster's Green Meadows National Nature Reserve

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Overview

Eades Meadow, the largest field in the Foster’s Green Meadows NNR, is a traditional hay meadow with surviving medieval ridge-and-furrow earthworks. It is surrounded by dense hedges made up of field maple, wild service, spindle and elm. Foster’s Green and Eades Meadows were once part of Foster’s Green Farm and their importance lies in the fact that they have not been ploughed for at least 100 years nor have they ever been treated with chemical fertilisers, herbicides or other agricultural chemicals. The meadows lie on heavy clay soils, and the main natural history interest lies in the over 180 plants which have been recorded here, and the huge number of insects, spiders and other invertebrates that they support. Eades Meadow is particularly famous for its green-winged orchids in spring and meadow saffron in autumn. The colour of the meadow changes daily as different plants come into flower throughout the spring and summer.

Location

BROMSGROVE, B60 4HY

About the area

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Worcestershire is a county of rolling hills, save for the flat Vale of Evesham in the east and the prominent spine of the Malverns in the west. Nearly all of the land is worked in some way; arable farming predominates – oilseed rape, cereals and potatoes – but there are concentrated areas of specific land uses, such as market gardening and plum growing.

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