July 4th 2026 – National Meadows Day!
This is a day for celebrating the treasure of meadows all over the UK! Cowbar grassland was once agricultural land decades ago. Now it is a species-rich stretch of ‘semi-improved’…
Cowbar Yarrow – medicine and myth
Holding him by the heel, the Greek goddess, Thetis, bathed her little boy, Achilles, in water fortified by a local plant that would make him invincible. Shame about the heel,…
#NOMOWMAY and Why we need Dandelions
NO MOW MAY has begun! One of the most beautiful flowers to benefit from this Plantlife initiative, now adopted by people and organisations across the UK, is the Dandelion. Its name…
Biodiversity policies and Cowbar
Did you know that thanks to the 2021 Environment Act there is now a legal requirement for all parish and town councils to not only conserve the biodiversity within their…
Thank you from Cowbar
Many thanks to the Staithes Arts and Heritage Festival committee for another generous donation to the Cowbar Nature funds, via our Buy Me A Coffee page. This is the second…
Raking Day on Cowbar!
Thursday October 17th was a great day: over a mile of verge arisings raked along Cowbar Lane and 27 little gorse plants safely in the ground in just one day.…
Cowbar Verges
Use this link to our page about verges if you would like to find out more. Link: Plantlife Link: …
What to look for on Cowbar in July and August
These four plants are looking particularly splendid on Cowbar in July. As August moves on, they will be joined by stands of Knapweed, Fleabane and Common Sow Thistle. The slow…
Have you seen these Orchids?
The wet weather this spring has delayed many of the flowers we expect on Cowbar. Click here to see a spectacular plant which has just begun to bloom!