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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Plants of the meadows
Plants of the meadows
(10am - 12pm or 1pm - 3pm) National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire. Explore the wildflower meadows at the arboretum and be introduced to know five main plant families of the UK. Learn their characteristic features and feel more confident about spotting species from these families in the wild. Open to those 18 and over only. To book please download and complete our booking form. Email it to wildaboutplants@plantlife.org.uk or send it to us at Wild About Plants, Plantlife, 14 Rollestone Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 1DX. 		3
Engaging Nature
Engaging Nature
An all day workshop running in partnership with Northamptonshire County Council (Pocket Parks) for those working outdoors to explore involving younger and older audiences in discovering and exploring the natural world. (Fully booked).		 4
Wild in the Park
Wild in the Park
Join us at 1 pm at Crossens Community Park to take part in family activities involving wild plants. This event is being irun as part of Sefton Council's summer fun days.		 5 6
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
Plantastic
Plantastic
Join us at Liverpool museum as part of the museum's Plantastic exhibition. The Wild About PLants team have a host of family activities running throughout the day between 10-2. For more information contact Kate Deane - kate.deane@plantlife.org.uk.		 7
Pioneer
Pioneer
Become a Pioneer - complete a Parish record, subscribe to the magazine, share your memories or be inspired by poetry. Find out more at www.wildaboutplants.org.uk/parish		 8
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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 		14 15
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Wild in the Park
Wild in the Park
As part of Sefton Council's summer fun days join the Wild About Plants team at South Park for family activities and get to know the wild plants on your doorstep. For more information contact Kate Deane - kate.deane@plantlife.org.uk.		 19 20
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 		21 22
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Pioneer
Pioneer
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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