May 24, 2023
Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust has led efforts to protect, restore and manage species rich wildflower meadows in the Yorkshire Dales since 2006. Meadows are crucial in addressing biodiversity loss and climate change, and can support more than 700 species of wild plants, and a rich... View Article
February 10, 2016
TV's Larry Lamb joined Sarah our Hay Time Officer to visit meadows at Bell Sykes Farm - where you can be entirely surrounded by one of the rarest habitats in England. See us on Discovering Britain More4 Wednesday 10th February.
How are hay meadows restored and why? The experts explain how, and our friends at Bentham Primary School tell us why hay meadows are so important.
January 10, 2014
Janet Rawlins, a talented local artist and long standing supporter of the Trust, was recently commissioned by the Archdeacon of Leeds to create a fabric collage inspired by the Yorkshire Dales. Entitled ‘Towards Hawes’, the artwork was to be a... View Article
September 12, 2013
Last weekend a team of volunteers from Dales Holiday Cottages donned their boots and donated their time (even the birthday girl Caroline!) to help us with the important task of restoring wildflower hay meadows in the Dales and the Forest... View Article
June 18, 2013
We’re back home today after taking our little piece of the Yorkshire Dales to Birmingham NEC for BBC Gardener’s World Live last week. What a week! On Tuesday, before the show opened to the public, our Hay Time garden –... View Article
April 22, 2013
Last Wednesday YDMT, with the help of TV presenter and Garden Designer Chris Myers, launched the Hay Time appeal in a bid to save one of the most iconic and threatened habitats in Britain – wildflower hay meadows. You may... View Article
March 1, 2013
The charity Plantlife are asking people to submit individual squares of patchwork inspired by Britain’s wild plants and flowers, to help create a giant patchwork ‘meadow’ celebrating our extraordinary floral heritage. Here at YDMT we’re passionate about protecting and restoring... View Article
July 8, 2011
We had a very exciting day yesterday when we met up with BBC’s Countryfile team who were filming in the Yorkshire Dales for a piece to appear on the programme on Sunday 24th July. We even got to spend the day with BBC presenter and... View Article
January 22, 2010
In December (and just in time for the great white out) we welcomed a new member to the YDMT team. Christa Perry came all the way from Cambridge to become a Hay Time Officer with the Trust. Christa says “since moving up from... View Article
