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Waxcap Watch
A bright orange waxcap mushroom on green grass with a blue sky

Waxcap Watch

This autumn, help Plantlife find the UK’s most colourful and important fungi – grassland waxcaps. Knowing where waxcaps are thriving helps us to protect ancient meadows.

3 Mobile Apps to Identify Wildflowers on Your Phone
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3 Mobile Apps to Identify Wildflowers on Your Phone

Plantlife staff tested 10 plant identifying apps out on the field and picked 3 of the best for you to take out on your next wildflower hunt.

Why I’m Now Farming for Nature

Why I’m Now Farming for Nature

Hywel Morgan, Plantlife’s Agricultural Advisor, explains how and why he made the switch to sustainable farming on his 230-acre farm in Wales.

Welsh Species Champions: Meadow Visits

Welsh Species Champions: Meadow Visits

This summer Plantlife Cymru worked with Species Champion Carolyn Thomas MS to raise awareness of the importance of grasslands in Wales.

Restoring Fen Orchid

Restoring Fen Orchid

How Plantlife is moving one of the most endangered wildflowers in Europe off the Red Data list for Great Britain.

3 Endangered Plants in Wales

3 Endangered Plants in Wales

Some of our plants in Wales are threatened by extinction, but here are 3 species that are being brought back from the brink of extinction.

Saving Endangered Plants in Scotland
A small twinflower plant growing on a lush green woodland floor

Saving Endangered Plants in Scotland

Did you know some of our plants are threatened by extinction? Here are 3 species that are endangered in Scotland and the work that’s being done to bring them back.

Our 'Derig', How Do Welsh Plants Get Their Name?
Our 'Derig', How do Welsh Plants get their Name?

Our 'Derig', How Do Welsh Plants Get Their Name?

Robbie Blackhall-Miles shares story of how a tiny mountain plant’s name has evolved over the years, and it's fascinating history in Wales.

Saving Wintergreen, A Confusing Wee Flower 
Star shaped white flower with 5 petals.

Saving Wintergreen, A Confusing Wee Flower 

Plantlife’s Cairngorms Project Manager Sam Jones reveals how a tiny flower in Scotland is fighting back against extinction in the UK.