Wild About Plants » Parish Pioneer


2010 is International Year of Biodiversity, the variety of living plants and animals, but just how much do we know about and appreciate the biodiversity on our doorstep? To help us illustrate the importance of wild plants and their habitats we are inviting you to become Wild About Plant Parish Pioneers. Pioneers are individuals, formal or informal groups or families who wish to get outside and enjoy the nature on their doorsteps. There are three ways in which you can be involved. You could take action for plants, join the e-learning community or complete a parish record. Whichever way you choose to get involved you will learn more about our wild plants and have the opportunity to enjoy the nature on your doorstep.

2010 is International Year of Biodiversity, the variety of living plants and animals, but just how much do we know about and appreciate the biodiversity on our doorstep? To help us illustrate the importance of wild plants and their habitats we are inviting you to become Wild About Plant Parish Pioneers. Pioneers are individuals, formal or informal groups or families who wish to get outside and enjoy the nature on their doorsteps. There are three ways in which you can be involved. You could take action for plants, join the e-learning community or complete a parish record. Whichever way you choose to get involved you will learn more about our wild plants and have the opportunity to enjoy the nature on your doorstep.


By becoming a parish pioneer you will receive our quarterly bulletin ‘PIONEER’ which will introduce you to new wild plants, the ways they can be identified and which will also feature contributions from other pioneers as well as the occasional puzzle and quiz. A quarterly bulletin will be sent to you in February, May, August and November. Click here to download the latest Pioneer.


Take ‘action for plants’ through photography, poetry, food, walking and sharing memories and record these on our action meter. Throughout the lifetime of this project we are hoping to record 2000 actions for plants. To find out more about these actions follow the green links: Take a pic, Way with words, Feed your senses, Out and about, Plant some memories. When you click on each of the coloured boxes below your actions will be added to the action meter and the number shown in the box will increase!


Finally for those pioneers who feel confident we would be really grateful if you could help us gather information by completing a parish record form. The parish record has been designed to give us a better insight over the next few years into the presence of twenty plant species within parishes throughout England and the way certain plants are used. We will gather information that we can share with you and rediscover some of the traditions associated with many of the wild plants that grow in out neighbourhoods.

Finally for those pioneers who feel confident we would be really grateful if you could help us gather information by completing a parish record form. The parish record has been designed to give us a better insight over the next few years into the presence of twenty plant species within parishes throughout England and the way certain plants are used. We will gather information that we can share with you and rediscover some of the traditions associated with many of the wild plants that grow in out neighbourhoods.