Plantlife's volunteers in the field
Help directly to conserve Britain's most threatened plants by becoming a Plantlife Flora Guardian, one of our dedicated field volunteers. Flora Guardians help in one or more of the following ways:
Flora Guardians at Banstead Downs in Surrey
©Simon Williams/Plantlife
Conservation activities in the field
Practical conservation activities are listed on our upcoming workdays page. Examples of the type of work are: carrying out a survey of the endagered plant Perfoliate Pennycress on a limestone grassland in Gloucestershire, or pruning back invading scrub on chalk downland in Kent.
We have a Flora Guardian programme in England, Scotland and Wales. It's easy to take part , no prior experience is necessary and there is no membership requirement. Follow the booking procedure in the upcoming workdays page, or click on this link.
Acting as a warden on one of Plantlife 23 nature reserves. If you are interested, please contact Joe Costley on 01722 342734 or email: joe.costley@plantlife.org.uk. Click to find out more about Plantlife nature reserves.
By keeping a watchful eye on endangered plant species you can help ensure their survival. Flora Guardians visit a selected site one or more times every year to carry out a survey of the rare plant that grows there. They then send Plantlife details on a special monitoring form. Over 240 sites are monitored in this way.
If you are interested, please complete the enrolment form (left, PDF 60kb)and send it by email or post to the appropriate person below. Please be aware that it may take a while for us to allocate suitable sites, and there is no guarantee that there will be a rare plant site in your area.
England: Katherine Stewart
Plantlife
14 Rollestone Street
Salisbury
Wiltshire
SP1 1DX
Email: katherine.stewart@plantlife.org.uk
Scotland: Su Cooper
Plantlife Scotland
Balallan House
Allan Park
Stirling
FK8 2QG
Email: suzanne.cooper@plantlife.org.uk
Wales: Trevor Dines
Plantlife Wales
c/o CCW
Maes y Ffynnon
Ffordd Penrhos
Bangor
LL57 2LQ
Email: trevor.dines@plantlife.org.uk
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Endangered species
Plantlife work to protect 101 plants and fungi through our Back from the Brink programme
What's coming up?
Have a look at the workdays and the surveys that are coming up