Healthy horse pasture can support far more than grazing.

The way horse land is managed influences soil health, water infiltration, biodiversity, drought resilience and the wider landscape, alongside horse welfare. This free recorded webinar explores how increasing biodiversity within horse pastures can improve horse welfare while supporting healthier soils, water infiltration, pollinators and more resilient landscapes. Through practical examples and scientific evidence, you'll discover how ecological pasture management can improve horse welfare while supporting healthier soils, biodiversity and more resilient landscapes.

What you'll learn

Why horse pasture affects more than your horses

Learn why horse pasture management affects soil health, water movement, flooding, biodiversity and horse welfare, and why small management changes can have landscape-scale benefits.

Practical ways to improve soil function

Discover how small management changes can improve water infiltration, reduce erosion, support healthier grazing and build more resilient pasture over time.

Supporting horses, biodiversity and the wider environment

Learn how improving soil health and pasture function can benefit horse welfare while creating healthier habitats and more resilient landscapes.

About this webinar

Horse pasture occupies thousands of hectares across the UK, meaning the way we manage it can influence far more than horse welfare alone. Compacted, poached horse pasture sheds rainfall, increases runoff, contributes to flooding and becomes more vulnerable to drought. Healthy, functioning soils absorb water, support deeper rooting, improve pasture resilience and reduce environmental impacts. In this collaborative webinar, specialists in equine pasture management, ecology and regenerative land management explore how improving soil function can benefit horses, biodiversity and the wider environment. Rather than prescribing one management system, the webinar explains how horse pasture functions as an ecological system so you can make informed decisions that suit your own horses, land and circumstances.

Delivered in collaboration with

This webinar brings together organisations with expertise in equine pasture management, ecology and regenerative land management. Together, they explore how improving horse pasture can benefit horse welfare while supporting healthier, more resilient landscapes.

Ogwell Parish Council Biodiversity Action Group

The Ogwell Parish Council Biodiversity Action Group supports the protection and enhancement of local biodiversity by working with residents, land managers and local organisations across the parish. The group focuses on raising awareness of biodiversity in everyday settings, encouraging practical actions that help wildlife, landscapes and ecosystems function more resiliently at a local level. Where appropriate, they support and involve the community in projects on parish land, such as tree planting, wildflower areas and habitat creation. Working in partnership with Ogwild and other organisations, the group aims to promote positive, achievable approaches to biodiversity that reflect the character, ecology and land use of the parish.

Hoof and Habitat Ltd

Hoof & Habitat provides evidence-led education for horse owners, yard managers and professionals who want to improve pasture health and horse welfare by working with ecological processes rather than against them. Through on-demand courses, practical tools and horse-safe seed mixes, Hoof & Habitat helps people understand soil function, forage diversity and grazing systems so they can restore tired paddocks, support biodiversity, and create more species-appropriate environments that support equine health, nutrition and natural foraging behaviour. Hoof & Habitat focuses on education and decision-making, and signposts learners to specialist consultants when site-specific support is needed.

Switch Equine

A Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM) Registered Practice specialising in regenerative, horse‑centred land‑management consultancy. They combine environmental science, land mapping and ethical horsemanship to restore soil health, rebuild biodiversity and improve horse welfare — all grounded in current research on grazing behaviour, pasture ecology and equine health. From track systems and conservation grazing to whole‑property design, Switch Equine creates nature‑led solutions that regenerate land and support healthier, happier horses.

Roots In: Ty Mawr Farm

Roots In combines technical knowledge, progressive mindset and years of in depth implementation to support and inspire regenerative farming. Their core mission is to scale regenerative farming by supporting others to grow in the practice through public engagement and private consultancy. Their involvement in several landscape recovery projects has enabled them to embed regenerative principles into strategic decision-making frameworks ensuring that prosperity, health, and ecological integrity are central to future land use.