Wild About Plants » Parish Pioneer


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 join the e-learning community, take action for plants 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. We have just launched our way with words page and over the next few weeks will be adding poems that have been contributed by Pioneers over the last year. If you want to send in your contribution then please email us. Take part in our Plant Championship Games by nominating your strongest, tallest or quickest plant by downloading the form and emailing it to us.

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 join the e-learning community, take action for plants 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.

We have just launched our way with words page and over the next few weeks will be adding poems that have been contributed by Pioneers over the last year. If you want to send in your contribution then please email us.

Take part in our Plant Championship Games by nominating your strongest, tallest or quickest plant by downloading the form and emailing it to us.


The e-bulletin ‘PIONEER’ introduces you to wild plants and the ways they can be identified. It features contributions from other pioneers as well as the occasional puzzle and quiz. The bulletins are sent out in the first week of February, May, August and November. To sign up simply enter your email address in the box on the right. This will automatically update our mailing list. Click here to download the latest Pioneer. We would like to know what you think of Pioneer. Your feedback will help us to develop Pioneer for the future. Please help us out by following the link and taking a minute or so to complete our short questionnaire. *Thank you for your time*.

The e-bulletin ‘PIONEER’ introduces you to wild plants and the ways they can be identified. It features contributions from other pioneers as well as the occasional puzzle and quiz. The bulletins are sent out in the first week of February, May, August and November. To sign up simply enter your email address in the box on the right. This will automatically update our mailing list. Click here to download the latest Pioneer.

We would like to know what you think of Pioneer. Your feedback will help us to develop Pioneer for the future. Please help us out by following the link and taking a minute or so to complete our short questionnaire. Thank you for your time.


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!
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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 our 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 our neighbourhoods.