This year the Flora Locale training programme features our Director, John Harold, who will be delivering courses in urban meadow management and Managing woodlands and gardens for wildlife and sustainability.

Thee Flora Locale training programme Flora Locale training programme is created for people involved in the design management and restoration of landscapes for biodiversity, whether on a farm, smallholding, village green or garden. Improve your wildflower id skills or learn how to introduce woodland wildflowers into new woods.

Urban gardens, meadows & greenspace

Wed 24 June 2015, Colwyn Bay, Conwy
Facilitator: John Harold Director, Snowdonia Society

10 years on, this exemplar site for urban meadow management continues to mature and throw up new challenges. The course will cover: issues with municipal sites, practical plant id, site management, ecology of ungrazed meadows, and planning for the longer-term. Expect to be inspired and challenged, and encouraged to observe and think!

Small woodlands and wildlife gardens take a lot of looking after and that work is mostly done for love. The Ugly House is no different, but the Snowdonia Society is developing small-scale sustainable productive use of the natural resources here. Come to learn about woodland management, wildlife gardening, and the connections betweens bees, trees, seeds, and human needs. The land is actively managed to benefit pollinators and a wide range of wildlife, while producing firewood, honey, seeds, and queen bees.