{"id":16653,"date":"2022-06-09T14:58:06","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T12:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/?post_type=purple_issue&p=16653"},"modified":"2022-06-09T18:15:58","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T16:15:58","slug":"meadows-for-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/2022\/06\/09\/meadows-for-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Meadows for the future"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

JUBILEE WALKS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n

DAY OUT: <\/strong>Mosshill Coronation Meadow, Conwy <\/span><\/p>\n\n

Meadows for the future<\/p>\n\n

Julie Brominicks<\/strong> meets the ranger of Mosshill in Snowdonia, one of 90 Coronation Meadows established across Britain since the Queen\u2019s Diamond Jubilee <\/p>\n\n

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Mosshill is known for its betony, a meadow flower once planted in churchyards to deter ghosts <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n

It\u2019s a funny little site,\u201d says Andrew Roberts, the National Trust ranger who cares for Mosshill and the ponies that graze it in winter. Neither farmland nor technicolour dazzle, this meadow is uneven and rocky. <\/p>\n\n

\u201cBut,\u201d Andrew continues, \u201cbotanically, it is very important. <\/p>\n\n

In early summer we have orchids \u2013 butterfly, early purple, and a record of frog orchids. <\/p>\n\n

There\u2019s betony and yellow rattle, then devil\u2019s-bit scabious in August and September.\u201d <\/p>\n\n

Species richness granted Mosshill its Coronation Meadow status. In 2013, to mark 60 years of the Queen\u2019s reign, <\/p>\n\n

60 meadows were selected from across Britain to become Coronation Meadows (\u2018donor meadows\u2019), from which seed is harvested to create new ones nearby. There are now 90. <\/p>\n\n

There is no public access to Mosshill, but contemplation from the gate provides a lovely end to a walk from Betws-y-Coed, via the woods and falls of Ffos Noddun and Rhaeadr y Graig Lwyd, followed by tea at Conwy Falls Caf\u00e9. <\/p>\n\n

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Julie Brominicks is a landscape writer and walker based in Wales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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