Are you Britain’s most wildlife friendly farmer?
(Jan 2010)

The hunt is on for this years most wildlife friendly farmer. Potential candidates have one month to go to get nominations in for this year’s Nature of Farming Award. Read more here.

Action for rare plants in Hampshire’s Thames Basin
(Jan 2010)

A new project run by conservation charity Plantlife aims to help rare and threatened plant species to flourish in heathlands in the Thames Basin. Read more here.

Garden centres take action against invasive pond plant
(Jan 2010)

The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) and the Ornamental Aquatic Trade Association (OATA) have advised their members to carefully dispose of any creeping water primrose they have for sale. Read more here.

Copenhagen & Climate Change
(Dec 2009)

The current meeting in Copenhagen has been hailed as one of the most important gatherings of world leaders in history. Read our response to it here.

Plantlife takes part in biggest ever climate change march (Dec 2009)

Plantlife showed its support for action on climate change on Sat. 5th December by joining The Wave march in London. Click here for more details.

East Surrey MP wins 'Environmental Politician of the Year' award
(Dec 2009)

East Surrey MP, Peter Ainsworth, is the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management’s (CIWEM) Environmental Parliamentarian of the Year. Click here for more details.

The Ghost Orchid Declaration
(Oct 2009)

The Ghost orchid is the latest in a long line of the UK’s native wild plants to have been declared extinct. In response, Plantlife has published a new report called The Ghost Orchid Declaration -a call to arms to ensure that we do not lose any more of our irreplaceable flora. Click here for more details and to download a copy.

Will our wildlife be celebrating Natural England’s third birthday?
(Oct 2009)

Three years ago last weekend, Natural England was born. We asked Amphibian and Reptile Conservation, the Bat Conservation Trust, Buglife, Butterfly Conservation, The Grasslands Trust, RSPB and the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust to join us in a snapshot assessment of Natural England’s initial tenure. This is what we agreed… Click here.

New hope for very rare Surrey plant lost since World War II
(Sept 2009)

Starved Wood-sedge - a delicate grass-like plant with tall flowering stems - is one of Britain's rarest plants, currently found in only two locations in the UK. An unusual collaboration between conservation charity Plantlife and Charterhouse is set to dramatically improve the outlook for this endangered species by attempting to reintroduce it at one of its key historical sites in Surrey. To find out more, click here.

Blooming marvellous year for Britain's rare flowers and plants
(Aug 2009)

Some of Britain’s rarest wild flowers and other plants are making a comeback this year. Thanks to conservation work by Plantlife (with the added ingredient of perfect weather conditions earlier this year), amazing results are coming in from some of the charity’s sites for rarities. To find out more, click here.

Saving Wales' threatened lower plants and fungi
(July 2009)

Wales has extraordinary diversity of mosses, liverworts, lichens (together known as lower plants) and fungi. In fact it is home to 75% of the mosses, liverworts and lichens and 80% of the rust fungi in Britain, despite occupying only 10% of the British Isles’ land area. To find out more, click here.

Plantlife Wales at the Royal Welsh Show
(July 2009)

One display well worth seeing at the Royal Welsh Show this year is Plantlife Wales’ stand. The colourful plot sown with farmland flowers demonstrates how Wales’ native wild flowers provide free, natural food for farmland birds and a host of other wildlife, in contrast to the ‘artificial’ feeding that takes place when farmers sow ‘wildlife cover’ crops. To find out more, click here.

Munsary Peatlands Reserve celebrates 10th birthday
(July 2009)

Plantlife Scotland is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Munsary Peatlands Reserve with an afternoon of family events on Sunday 26th July - which also happens to be International Bog Day! To find out more, click here.

Vote for Britain's 'greenest' farmer
(July 2009)

We've joined forces with the RSPB, BBC Countryfile Magazine and Butterfly Conservation to look for the top farms for wildlife from across the UK... To find out more, click here.

Plantlife's new 'wish list' for bluebells
(May 2009)

With bluebells across the country looking stunning at the moment, Plantlife is issuing a wish list for keeping our bluebell woods blooming and beautiful for future generations. To find out more, click here.

May 2009: Call for help in hunt for rare Scottish seaweed
(May 2009)

Plantlife Scotland is calling on outdoor enthusiasts to look out for Wig Wrack - a rare golden seaweed found only in Scotland - this summer and let the charity know by filling in a simple postcard. To find out more, click here.

New Forest the last stronghold for Marsh Clubmoss?
(April 2009)

Plantlife have recently completed the most extensive survey ever undertaken of the rare Marsh Clubmoss in one of its last English strongholds – the New Forest. To find out more, click here.

Saving the Forgotten Kingdom - UK Fungi Strategy launched
(Jan 2009)

Without fungi, the world would not exist as we know it. 90% of plants depend on fungi, and we depend on them for so much and yet know so little about their ecology. A new strategy to save the UK's 12,000-15,000 known species of fungi is launched today by 16 leading conservation and research organisations. For the press release, click here and to download the full UK Fungi Strategy document (2.62MB), click here.