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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: Waxcap Watch
A close up of a pretty pink Ballerina Waxcap in grassland, showcasing the gills on the underside

Take part: Waxcap Watch

Britain is home to some of the most important waxcap grasslands in the world. However many species are becoming rare and declining – help Plantlife find our most colourful and important fungi – waxcaps!

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.

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.

Get Involved in Nature Conservation
A group of people sit on the forest floor in a clearing in the trees. It is a sunny day and the blue sky can be seen through the leaves.

Get Involved in Nature Conservation

From citizen science and volunteering, to making space for nature and forging a deeper connection with it – conservation is for everyone.

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

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?

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.

Family Activities

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 ferns and learn about their very, very, very long history

Fungus Spotter Sheets
Fungi spotter sheets

Fungus Spotter Sheets

Keep your eyes peeled! From Scarlet Waxcap to Fly Agaric, try and spot any of these fungi near you.

Getting out in nature and hunting for some of your favourite fungi species can be a great family activity. Fungi don’t need to be scary, in fact, they can be just as fascinating for children as they are for adults.

At home

Watch: How to Paint Fungi
Woman holding watercolour painting of a Fly Agaric mushroom

Watch: How to Paint Fungi

Follow along with Plantlife's Rachel and learn how to paint a beautiful Fly Agaric Fungus with watercolour. Perfect for beginners!

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

Waxcap Training Course

Take your waxcap knowledge to the next level with our training course, suitable for keen fungi finders and land owners.

Watch: How to decorate cupcakes with Fungi
Cupcakes with fungus decorations

Watch: How to decorate cupcakes with Fungi

Learn how to make these gorgeous (and delicious) edible mushroom toppers for your next bake!

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