Everything you ever wanted to know about hedgerows!
Megan Gimber will outline the importance of healthy hedgerows. Attendees may record their learning on Farming Connect's Skills Store.
Megan Gimber will outline the importance and significance of healthy hedgerows. Attendees will be able to record their learning on Farming Connect's Skills Store - which in turn is linked to the new Continuous Professional Development requirements of the upcoming Sustainable Farming Scheme.
The workshop will explore:
- The benefits of hedgerows for biodiversity and farm business resilience
- The historical significance of hedgerows in the landscape
- Best practices for hedgerow management, focusing on planting, rejuvenation, and newly planted hedges
- The Healthy Hedgerows survey app: how it works, what it does, and its ease of use
- Creating farm-scale hedge management plans
After lunch, we'll head outdoors to examine real-life hedges and see practical examples and learn how to integrate hedgerow management at a farm scale.
Itinerary
9:30am - Arrival at Wynnstay Hotel, Machynlleth for registration and tea and coffee.
9:50 - Welcome and introductions
10:00 - 12:00 - Presentation by Megan Gimber
12:00 - 1:00 - Lunch (this will be provided)
1:00 - Travel to Cae Iago
1:15pm - Farm walk with Megan and the Edryd Davies
2:45pm -3:00pm - Final reflections and questions
Megan Gimber is a Key Habitats Officer at the People's Trust for Endangered Species, specializing in hedgerows and woodland edge habitats. A self-proclaimed "hedgerow geek," she developed the Healthy Hedgerows app to assist farmers with hedge management. She conducts training courses and promotes the benefits of hedgerows for wildlife, farming, and the environment.
You can find here more information on how Coed Cadw can support Welsh farmers and landowners.
This event has been made possible thanks to Coed Cadw, the Woodland Trust in Wales, with support from Players of People’s Postcode Lottery.
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Bydd Megan Gimber yn amlinellu pwysigrwydd a arwyddocâd gwrychoedd iach. Bydd mynychwyr yn gallu cofnodi eu dysgu ar Storfa Sgiliau Cyswllt Ffermio, gan ateb gofynion newydd Datblygiad Proffesiynol Parhaus y Cynllun Ffermio Cynaliadwy sydd ar ddod.
Bydd y gweithdy yn archwilio:
- Manteision gwrychoedd ar gyfer bioamrywiaeth a gwytnwch busnes fferm
- Arwyddocâd hanesyddol gwrychoedd yn y tirlun
- Arferion gorau ar gyfer rheoli gwrychoedd, gan ganolbwyntio ar blannu, adfywio, a gwrychoedd newydd eu plannu
- Ap arolwg Gwrychoedd Iach: sut mae'n gweithio, beth mae'n ei wneud, a pha mor hawdd yw ei ddefnyddio
- Creu cynlluniau rheoli gwrychoedd ar raddfa fferm
Ar ôl cinio, byddwn yn mynd allan i archwilio gwrychoedd go iawn ac yn gweld enghreifftiau ymarferol ac yn dysgu sut i integreiddio rheolaeth gwrychoedd ar raddfa fferm.
Amserlen
9:30yb - Cyrraedd Gwesty Wynnstay, Machynlleth ar gyfer cofrestru a the a choffi.
9:50yb - Croeso a chyflwyniadau
10:00yb - 12:00yh - Cyflwyniad gan Megan Gimber
12:00yh - 1:00yh - Cinio (darperir hwn)
1:00yh - Teithio i Cae Iago
1:15yh - Taith fferm gyda Megan a'r Edryd Davies
12:45 - 3:00yh Myfyrdodau terfynol a chwestiynau
Mae Megan Gimber yn Swyddog Cynefinoedd Allweddol yn Ymddiriedolaeth y Bobl dros Rywogaethau sydd mewn Perygl, gan arbenigo mewn gwrychoedd a chynefinoedd ymyl coetir. Mae hi'n cyfeirio ati hi ei hun fel "geek gwrychoedd," sydd wedi datblygu yr ap Gwrychoedd Iach i gynorthwyo ffermwyr â rheolaeth gwrychoedd. Mae hi'n cynnal cyrsiau hyfforddi ac yn hyrwyddo manteision gwrychoedd ar gyfer bywyd gwyllt, ffermio, a'r amgylchedd.
Gallwch ddod o hyd i ragor o wybodaeth yma am sut y gall Coed Cadw gefnogi ffermwyr a thirfeddianwyr Cymru.
Mae'r digwyddiad hwn wedi bod yn bosibl diolch i Coed Cadw, the Woodland Trust in Wales, gyda chefnogaeth gan chwaraewyr o’r People’s Postcode Lottery.
Megan Gimber will outline the importance of healthy hedgerows. Attendees may record their learning on Farming Connect's Skills Store.
Megan Gimber will outline the importance and significance of healthy hedgerows. Attendees will be able to record their learning on Farming Connect's Skills Store - which in turn is linked to the new Continuous Professional Development requirements of the upcoming Sustainable Farming Scheme.
The workshop will explore:
- The benefits of hedgerows for biodiversity and farm business resilience
- The historical significance of hedgerows in the landscape
- Best practices for hedgerow management, focusing on planting, rejuvenation, and newly planted hedges
- The Healthy Hedgerows survey app: how it works, what it does, and its ease of use
- Creating farm-scale hedge management plans
After lunch, we'll head outdoors to examine real-life hedges and see practical examples and learn how to integrate hedgerow management at a farm scale.
Itinerary
9:30am - Arrival at Wynnstay Hotel, Machynlleth for registration and tea and coffee.
9:50 - Welcome and introductions
10:00 - 12:00 - Presentation by Megan Gimber
12:00 - 1:00 - Lunch (this will be provided)
1:00 - Travel to Cae Iago
1:15pm - Farm walk with Megan and the Edryd Davies
2:45pm -3:00pm - Final reflections and questions
Megan Gimber is a Key Habitats Officer at the People's Trust for Endangered Species, specializing in hedgerows and woodland edge habitats. A self-proclaimed "hedgerow geek," she developed the Healthy Hedgerows app to assist farmers with hedge management. She conducts training courses and promotes the benefits of hedgerows for wildlife, farming, and the environment.
You can find here more information on how Coed Cadw can support Welsh farmers and landowners.
This event has been made possible thanks to Coed Cadw, the Woodland Trust in Wales, with support from Players of People’s Postcode Lottery.
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Bydd Megan Gimber yn amlinellu pwysigrwydd a arwyddocâd gwrychoedd iach. Bydd mynychwyr yn gallu cofnodi eu dysgu ar Storfa Sgiliau Cyswllt Ffermio, gan ateb gofynion newydd Datblygiad Proffesiynol Parhaus y Cynllun Ffermio Cynaliadwy sydd ar ddod.
Bydd y gweithdy yn archwilio:
- Manteision gwrychoedd ar gyfer bioamrywiaeth a gwytnwch busnes fferm
- Arwyddocâd hanesyddol gwrychoedd yn y tirlun
- Arferion gorau ar gyfer rheoli gwrychoedd, gan ganolbwyntio ar blannu, adfywio, a gwrychoedd newydd eu plannu
- Ap arolwg Gwrychoedd Iach: sut mae'n gweithio, beth mae'n ei wneud, a pha mor hawdd yw ei ddefnyddio
- Creu cynlluniau rheoli gwrychoedd ar raddfa fferm
Ar ôl cinio, byddwn yn mynd allan i archwilio gwrychoedd go iawn ac yn gweld enghreifftiau ymarferol ac yn dysgu sut i integreiddio rheolaeth gwrychoedd ar raddfa fferm.
Amserlen
9:30yb - Cyrraedd Gwesty Wynnstay, Machynlleth ar gyfer cofrestru a the a choffi.
9:50yb - Croeso a chyflwyniadau
10:00yb - 12:00yh - Cyflwyniad gan Megan Gimber
12:00yh - 1:00yh - Cinio (darperir hwn)
1:00yh - Teithio i Cae Iago
1:15yh - Taith fferm gyda Megan a'r Edryd Davies
12:45 - 3:00yh Myfyrdodau terfynol a chwestiynau
Mae Megan Gimber yn Swyddog Cynefinoedd Allweddol yn Ymddiriedolaeth y Bobl dros Rywogaethau sydd mewn Perygl, gan arbenigo mewn gwrychoedd a chynefinoedd ymyl coetir. Mae hi'n cyfeirio ati hi ei hun fel "geek gwrychoedd," sydd wedi datblygu yr ap Gwrychoedd Iach i gynorthwyo ffermwyr â rheolaeth gwrychoedd. Mae hi'n cynnal cyrsiau hyfforddi ac yn hyrwyddo manteision gwrychoedd ar gyfer bywyd gwyllt, ffermio, a'r amgylchedd.
Gallwch ddod o hyd i ragor o wybodaeth yma am sut y gall Coed Cadw gefnogi ffermwyr a thirfeddianwyr Cymru.
Mae'r digwyddiad hwn wedi bod yn bosibl diolch i Coed Cadw, the Woodland Trust in Wales, gyda chefnogaeth gan chwaraewyr o’r People’s Postcode Lottery.