News & events | Floodplain Meadows Partnership

FMP to speak at the third National Meadows Conference 2026 “Translating Science into Practice”

A tractor cutting vegetation in a field

Mitti Matters - floodplain meadow engaged research

People standing in front of a presentation

© Members of Irreplaceable Habitats Policy Lab

Policy Lab on Irreplaceable Habitats

SFI review sees removal of funding for species rich grasslands within the English ELM scheme

A group of people around a table making pipecleaner animals and plants

FMP at the Northern Ireland Science Festival

Exploring the role of floodplain meadows in England’s Landscape Recovery schemes

Plants in a field

Oceanic wet grasslands in the Scottish coastal lowlands – publication now available

A painting of a field of grasses and herbs

© Julia Loken 'Long Mead in Late June' one of the winners of our 2021 floodplain meadow art competition

How art can save meadows

A map showing the floodplain of the rivers Nene Ise and Tove highlighted

© The area that the project is aiming to cover

A 20 Year Strategy for the Nene, Ise and Tove

Map of UK showing the location of river catchments used in the research

© Map of England and Wales showing locations of floodplain meadows on river catchments and parts of river catchments referred to in the text. For further detail see https://floodplainmeadows.org.uk/discover/learn/history

Paper published - Historic Floodplain Meadows in the Landscape

A picture of some grasses and herbs and text and logos

New Toolkit Supporting Farmers to Access Funding for Grassland Restoration

People in pairs bending down counting plants

© Counting fritillaries at North Meadow, Cricklade

Snake's-head fritillary annual count April 23rd 2026

Tractor cutting grass in a field to make hay

Training Webinars for CSHT CGS18 Floodplain Meadows

A row of pipecleaner flowers in vases

© Pipecleaner snake's-head fritillaries

North Meadow snake's-head fritillary winter workshop March 2026

A field with different coloured flowers arranged according to soil wetness.

New PhD opportunity with the Floodplain Meadows Partnership

Pages from the booklet showing information about floodplain meadows

© Floodplain meadows feature in the booklet

Hamza’s Hidden Wild Isles

Burnt moth on purple flower

© Burnet moth on devil's-bit scabious

FMP Advocacy update

Picture of purple flower in a field

© Floodplain meadows along the Nene (C) Caroline O'Rourke

Water Restoration Fund Success!!

A group of people watching a speaker in a marquee

© George Peterken at the second National Meadows Conference 2025

National Meadows Conference 2025

A group of people standing in a field

© Natural England farm advisers at a training event held at Long Mead (Oxfordshire) in June 2025.

Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier CGS18 – now launched

Several people standing talking in a field on a sunny day

© Professor David Gowing (FMP Director) talks to Tony Juniper and Alan Lovell

Natural England and Environment Agency Chairs visit floodplain meadow site

Inside Outside

National Trust Partnership – National Trust Treasure project (Tools to Realise Socio-Economic Benefits from Floodplains Under Restoration (TREASURE)

A row of snake's-head fritillary flowers made from pipecleaners in vases

© Our pipecleaner fritillaries

Floodplain Meadows and the arts

Donald giving a talk

© Donald was the after-dinner speaker at our 2014 conference

Donald MacIntyre 1949 - 2025

A pster repeating the text on the main screen and image of the river and fields.

Midsummer Meadows Gathering

An open grassy field in a floodplain

© Blicking Hall on the River Bure had what look like old meadows with some interesting species

Tools to Realise Socio-Economic Benefits from Floodplains Under Restoration" (TREASURE)

A painting of snakes head fritillary flowers

© Artist: Marie-Therese King

Invitation to a creative workshop 29th June 2025

Tractor with a trailer carrying bales of hay in a field

© Hay making

Quick update on agricultural funding for Floodplain Meadow through the ELM scheme

map of wales showing pink outline detailing where it is suitable for grassland potential

© Biophysical suitability for MG4 grassland

Welsh Floodplain Meadows Project Update

Six people standing in front of an interpretation board for the North Meadow NNR

© Roz Savage MP visits North Meadow NNR

Local MP joins the Annual Fritillary Count at North Meadow

A tractor cutting grass in a field

© Mike Dodd. Making Hay.

Floodplain Meadow Open Learn free Course

Tractor pulling trailer of hay bales in a field

© Hay making at North Meadow. Andy Rumming

New agricultural payments for Floodplain Meadow management and restoration published

Riverside meadows alongside an unmodified river

Society for Ecological Restoration Europe (SERE) Conference

Green hay spread on a restoration field

Grassland restoration with plant material transfer: bridging the knowledge gap between science and practice

3 panel meadow weaving artwork

FMP at the Grassland Parliamentary Reception

Volunteer scythers at work

Why use a scythe? Oxley Mead hay cutting trial

Restoration meadow

FMP fieldwork program in the summer 2024

Meadow map for Shapwick

A method for identifying historic floodplain meadows through readily available online maps to aid restoration decision making

Three people holding a certificate

Floodplain Meadows Project Wins OSC Challenge Us! Competition Funding Award

Floodplain meadow in the Windrush Valley

A 20-year strategy for floodplain meadow restoration in the Windrush Valley

People talking at the FMP stand at eh BioBlitz event.

Cricklade North Meadow BioBlitz

Group photo of event participants standing in a meadow. Image credit: Sivi Sivanesan

© Sivi Sivanesan.

Talking hay while the sun shines

Field full of wildflowers

© North Meadow National Nature Reserve

North Meadow Bioblitz and Summer Event

Volunteer tending to floodplain meadow plants

Flourishing Floodplains in the Severn and Avon Vale 2021-2023

POSTnote 709: Freshwater habitat restoration

POSTNote on Restoring Floodplain Habitats

Red tractor cutting hay

Increased payment for species-rich grasslands under ELMS

Map of grasslands in Worcestershire

Soil carbon, floodplain meadows and Local Nature Recovery Strategies

Map of historic meadows

Exploring the history of floodplain land use: an update

People carrying out a fritillary count in a meadow

Snake’s-head fritillary count 2024 and Celebration event in June

Ragged robin, one of the most abundant species

FMP's Scottish adventures

WWT volunteers tending to floodplain meadow plants, © WWT

Slimbridge Community Growing Hub

Three people in a meadow examining a site map.

Summer surveys 2023: restoration, research and strategy

Second flowering at Clattinger by Ann Skinner

Why unpredictable weather necessitates flexible cutting dates

Soil, Meadow, River artwork by Alice Walker

Arts Project: Discover, Create & Celebrate

Three pairs of feet wearing colourful handmade farm sneakers

From Floodplain Farm to Feet

Grassland Action Plan

The Grassland Gap: Call for a Grassland Action Plan

FMP joins the Nature 2030 campaign

FMP at Groundswell 2023

FMP at Groundswell 2023

Species-rich wet meadows of the Outer Hebrides

Event: Species-rich wet meadows of the Outer Hebrides

CIEEM Awards 2023: Commended

Commendation at the CIEEM Awards 2023

Yarnton Mead in June © Vicky Bowskill

© Vicky Bowskill

The Floodplain Meadows Partnership is coming to Wales!

Restoration montage 2023

Floodplain meadow restoration, Summer 2023

Buttercup meadow by Jane Thatcher

© © Jane Thatcher

The art of meadow science

FMP conference 2023 by Patrycja Meadows

FMP Conference 2023 from Freshwater Ecologist perspective

Photo montage from the FMP conference by Molly Mills

Inspired, encouraged and excited at the FMP Conference

Photo of a conference presentation showing the Shoots to Roots poster

Spreading seeds and ideas to restore floodplain meadows

Graphical abstract of article by Vicky Bowskill

© Vicky Bowskill

Hay Days: restoring our floodplain landscape through haymaking

Artwork copyright Alice Walker

© Alice Walker

Conference 2023. Restoring meadow communities: plants, soils, people

Image of a researcher in a field

Flourishing Floodplains - a volunteer perspective

Photo of meadow flowers

Floodplain Meadow Restoration in Lincolnshire

Legacy effect of past grazing treatments at Somerford Mead

Simple map of grazing plots at Somerford Mead

Securing the future of monitoring data from Somerford Mead

Photo of a soil sample being held

© Caroline O'Rourke

Flourishing Floodplains project update

Image of plug planting

Can you help the Environment Agency restore and expand the floodplain meadows on Clifton Ings?

Book cover for 'Meadow: The intimate bond between plants and places"

Meadow: the intimate bond between people, place and plants

Image of a GIS map

Assessing the extent of historical floodplain meadows using GIS

Photo of researchers collecting insects

Ecover Fertilise the Future ‘Meadows for the Climate’: one year in

Image of people at Long Mead

Meeting with Ministers, Defra civil servants and APPG’s: A policy update

Image of book cover for technical handbook

Image of a cow

Flourishing Floodplains project update

Photo of oceanic wet grassland

Work on Oceanic Wet Grasslands in Scotland – an update

Photo of fritillary

Fritillary Fest 2022

Photo of hay bales

Floodplain farmers - we need your views!

Image of Juliet Bailey in a meadow

Flourishing Floodplains: Green Recovery Challenge Fund in the Severn Vale

Image of a river flowing through meadows

OU experts ask: Why aren’t we exploiting sustainable agriculture’s emission-reducing potential?

Image of a cake shaped as a cow on grass

Sustainable grasslands – some news from around the world

Photo of a tractor

Working with seasonal growth on floodplain meadows

Image of a person taking a soil sample from a field

4th Floodplain Meadows Partnership conference 13-15th October 2021

Photo of meadowseet by Vicky Bowskill

Putting meadowsweet back in its place: a field experiment at Fancott Woods and Meadow SSSI

The fritillary counts are upon us

The Floodplain Meadows Partnership visit Germany: lessons from the Rhine Floodplain.

Bee surveys on floodplain meadows

Image of Fritillary

Snakeshead fritillaries

Image of a bee on a flower - Copyright Mike Dodd

© Mike Dodd

Bumblebee surveys on floodplain meadows