Advisory in grazing and maintaining nature areas using shepherded flocks

The Grazerie is specialized in using grazing animals to manage difficult or large scale nature areas in the Netherlands.

Due to our experience with various types of livestock and a intricate knowledge of their behavior we are able to estimate the effect of these animals in a grazed situation.  We have lots of experience with sheep grazing using both shepherded and fenced in free grazing sheep.

 We are able to advise various organizations such as municipalities, nature organizations, forestry department as to the use and effectiveness of utilizing grazing animals in their areas.  We are able to advise on, number, type, breed, management and behavior of all types of livestock.

Sometimes a combination of various grazers, large and small might be required to get the desired effect in the natural process. Animal grazing combined with other forms of traditional management, burning, cutting etc can and will lead to a more integrated management with better results in nature conservation.   We have grazed the following areas using shepherded flocks some of these areas had very specific requirements such as compatibility to work in military areas with helicopters and tanks, highly urban areas with lots of people and traffic, the dikes needed the grass as short as 5 cm in Fall to ensure strength and safety of the dikes, on the golf courses keeping the sheep off the greens, selective grazing to encourage a wide range of fauna and flora.

Here are some images of the work we have done.

City Parks

 River Dikes

Military grounds

 Golf Courses (the roughs)

 Heather regions