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Remembering Calan Mai: Wales' Traditional May Day Festival
Hawthorn at Dunblane in May

Remembering Calan Mai: Wales' Traditional May Day Festival

Calan Mai, the Welsh celebration of summer on May 1st, revives the importance of seasonal living and reminds us that our lives have always been connected with the yearly cycles of plant abundance.

No lawn? No problem: 5 ways to join in with No Mow May

No lawn? No problem: 5 ways to join in with No Mow May

As well as bringing back the bloom to our lawns, there are many ways you can get involved with No Mow May, even if you don’t have a garden.

Welsh Nature Reserves to Visit this Spring  

Welsh Nature Reserves to Visit this Spring  

This spring, have you thought about getting out to visit one of Plantlife’s wonderful Welsh nature reserves?

Saving the Noble Chafer Beetle at Joans Hill Farm 
A Plantlife staff member planting a tree in the ground

Saving the Noble Chafer Beetle at Joans Hill Farm 

The Joans Hill Farm reserve has been celebrated as a Coronation Meadow, but did you know it’s also home to royalty? The Noble Chafer beetle!

Discovering Wales’ Extraordinary Rainforest Lichens

Discovering Wales’ Extraordinary Rainforest Lichens

Dave Lamacraft, Plantlife’s Lichen and Bryophyte Specialist, heads out to discover a wealth of extraordinary lichens which call Wales’ rainforests home.

Augill Pasture: Ash Tree Dieback and Pony Grazing
A black and white pony standing in a snow sprinkled field.

Augill Pasture: Ash Tree Dieback and Pony Grazing

We hear from Plantlife Nature Reserves Manager, Andrew Kearsey, on how work is progressing to protect the reserve from ash dieback, and grazing using ponies.

Purple Oxytropis - a Plant Living on The Edge of Extinction
Purple Oxytropis flower growing on the side of boulders.

Purple Oxytropis - a Plant Living on The Edge of Extinction

Alistair Whyte, Head of Plantlife Scotland shares his thoughts on Scotland's Plant Relict, Purple Oxytropis

Where to go for a Walk in Scotland this Spring
Big trees covered with lichens and moss a Scottish rainforest.

Where to go for a Walk in Scotland this Spring

Discover 4 new walk ideas and Scottish spring adventure inspiration from Plantlife Scotland’s Communications and Policy Officer, Erin Shott.

Saving Our Endangered Aquatic Buttercup
White flowers with green leaves in a pool of water

Saving Our Endangered Aquatic Buttercup

The effort Greena Moor Nature Reserve management team put in place to save the Three-lobed Water Crowfoot.