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Explore the Outdoors

Discover the magical world of the UK’s wonderful wild plants and fungi with our wildflower walks, fun activities and fresh ideas on how you can connect with nature near you.

Take Part: National Plant Monitoring Scheme
Monitoring plants in a meadow.

Take Part: National Plant Monitoring Scheme

The NPMS is a nationwide citizen science project, where volunteers like you head out to conduct botanical surveys on your local patch.

Learn: Moss Identification for Beginners

Learn: Moss Identification for Beginners

Learn how to Identify moss from Lizzie Wilberforce and download a mobile friendly identification guide.

At Home: Speak Up for Wild Plants
A protestor holding a banner reading 'our species need us now'

At Home: Speak Up for Wild Plants

What are we doing to speak up for our wild plants during the nature crisis, and how can you join us on our mission to protect nature?

Am I in a Rainforest?
Outline Illustrations of oak, ash and hazel tree leaves that can be coloured in.

Am I in a Rainforest?

A downloadable guide filled with activities for all the family to find out whether you are in a British Temperate Rainforest.

Discover Forest Ferns
Illustration of a fern leave.

Discover Forest Ferns

A downloadable guide filled with activities for all the family to find out how to identify them and learn about their very, very, very long history

How healthy is your meadow?
llustrations and photos of Bird’s foot trefoil, Meadow Buttercup, Ox-eyed Daisy, Meadow Fetchling.

How healthy is your meadow?

An activity sheet to use when you are going to a meadow or in a meadow to know how healthy it is, by spotting the diversity of the flowers in the meadow.

Go wild in your garden!

Plantlife’s Guide to Liberating Your Lawn
A meadow with Oxeye daisies, lush green grass and woodlands in the background

Plantlife’s Guide to Liberating Your Lawn

No Mow May is the perfect starting point to get your greenspace on track for a wild summer. Learn more about how to manage your wild lawn all year round!

Simple Ways to Increase the Number of Wildflowers in Your Lawn
Clover, Selfheal and Birds-foot Trefoil all growing on a short lawn

Simple Ways to Increase the Number of Wildflowers in Your Lawn

Not as many wildflower in your lawn as you expected this year? Here are some tips from Plantlife’s wildflower experts to help you create a blooming bonanza!

Nature-friendly Gardening Jobs for the Weekend
A blossoming garden lawn full of wildflower

Nature-friendly Gardening Jobs for the Weekend

If you want to create a home for wildlife in your garden, here’s a couple of nature-friendly gardening jobs to inspire you. If you create the right space, nature will come.

Go on a Wildflower Walk

Ben Nevis – Wildflower Walk
A part of the map for the wildflower walk in Ben Nevis, Scotland.

Ben Nevis – Wildflower Walk

A downloadable pdf with map and guide of a 10 mile return walk up Scotland’s highest mountain

Joan’s Hill Farm Nature Reserve – Wildflower Walk
A part of the map for the wildflower walk in Joan’s Hill Farm.

Joan’s Hill Farm Nature Reserve – Wildflower Walk

A downloadable pdf with map and guide of a 3 mile walk in Joan’s Hill Farm Nature Reserve, Herefordshire

Deep Dale Nature Reserve – Wildflower Walk
A part of the map for the wildflower walk in Peak District.

Deep Dale Nature Reserve – Wildflower Walk

A downloadable pdf with map and guide of a circular 4 mile walk in Peak District National park , starting from White Lodge Carpark