Fancy getting involved with your local natural environment? In 2010 we’ve a bunch of blooming great events running throughout England. Discover your inner botanist at a plant identification course or tell us your plant experiences at a reminiscence day. For families we’ve ‘hands-on’ activities and ‘toddle waddles’ whilst our Engaging Nature workshops are perfect for teachers, youth workers and community leaders wishing to access and enjoy natural spaces with those they work with. To find out more about Wild About Plants in Merseyside please click here

To book your place on an event being run by Plantlife please click here to download a booking form and email it to us or post it to Wild About Plants, Plantlife, 14 Rollestone Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 1DX. Please book at least 10 days before an event is due to run.

Please note that where there is low demand for an event we will cancel the event giving you a minimum of seven days notice.
 
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Pioneer
Pioneer
Become a Pioneer and find out more about the wild plants in your area. Visit our Parish Pioneer page and subscribe to our quarterly magazine or complete a Parish Record. Perhaps you feel inspired to write poetry. Find out more at www.wildaboutplants.org.uk/parish 		4
Wildflower discovery trail
Wildflower discovery trail
September 4th Wildflower discovery trail, Foxglove National Nature Reserve, Catterick, North Yorkshire. (11am – 3pm) Starts at Foxglove Covert field centre. Follow the clues around the reserve and learn how to identify some of our common wildflowers. Suitable for anyone. Dogs allowed on a lead. Places are limited, please book in advance. Contact Marion or Sophie on 01748 831113 or 07754 270980 or email foxglovelnr@btinternet.com		 5
Wildflower discovery trail
Wildflower discovery trail
Wildflower discovery trail, Foxglove National Nature Reserve, Catterick, North Yorkshire. (11am-3pm) Starts at Foxglove Covert field centre. Follow the clues around the reserve and learn how to identify some of our common wildflowers. Suitable for anyone. Dogs allowed on a lead. Places are limited, please book in advance. Contact Marion or Sophie on 01748 831113 or 07754 270980 or email foxglovelnr@btinternet.com
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Pioneer
Pioneer
Become a Pioneer and find out more about the wild plants in your area. Visit our Parish Pioneer page and subscribe to our quarterly magazine or complete a Parish Record. Perhaps you feel inspired to write poetry. Find out more at www.wildaboutplants.org.uk/parish 		11 12
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Pioneer
Pioneer
Become a Pioneer and find out more about the wild plants in your area. Visit our Parish Pioneer page and subscribe to our quarterly magazine or complete a Parish Record. Perhaps you feel inspired to write poetry. Find out more at www.wildaboutplants.org.uk/parish 		18 19
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Autumn on the fen
Autumn on the fen
(10am -2pm) Join Plantlife's Tim Pankhurst for an Autumn walk at Redgrave and Lopham Fen which is owned and managed by Suffolk Wildlife Trust. Following a short introduction in the morning spend the day outside looking at a range of plants. In the case of bad weather we will make some collections and examine them inside. You should wear clothing and footwear suitable for the outdoors and be comfortable walking over rough ground. Suitable for those with little or basic knowledge about plants. To book please download and complete our booking form and email it to wildaboutplants@plantlife.org.uk or send it to Wild About Plants, Plantlife, 14 Rollestone Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 1DX. Book anytime.		 24
Pioneer
Pioneer
Become a Pioneer and find out more about the wild plants in your area. Visit our Parish Pioneer page and subscribe to our quarterly magazine or complete a Parish Record. Perhaps you feel inspired to write poetry. Find out more at www.wildaboutplants.org.uk/parish 		25 26
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Looking in
closer detail
at wild plants
Sharing discoveries
at a recent
workshop
Getting up close
on a microhunt
What stories
can the mouse
tell us?
Using elder
to make
bug boxes
Plant ID at the
Natural History
Museum
Using hands to
measure tree age
Exploring plant families
at the Natural
History Museum
Engaging nature
workshops
for teachers
Using story telling
to discover
new places
A tree can
form the base for a journey of discovery
An Engaging Nature
workshop using
willow
All kinds of
learning can take part
in a local area
Using the
Bee Scene materials
with teachers
Planting some ideas
with children's centre colleagues
Look more closely
and see different
leaf shapes
Making seed
bombs
with youth workers
Making a mural with
moss paint in
North Park, Sefton
A walk & survey day
on the Martin and Pentridge Downs
Walk & talk through
a churchyard in
Laverstock