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Events and Activities

Experience the wonders of nature and its rich biodiversity through our events and activities to explore plants, fungi and the habitats they are in.

Road Verges: Nature Hidden in Plain Sight
Purple flowers bloom in a road verge. The bright flowers, along with long grasses are in the foreground, while in the background a road can be seen with a blue car driving along it.

Road Verges: Nature Hidden in Plain Sight

Thu, 17 Apr 2025
19:00 – 20:00
Online | free

Join this member talk to find out how these pockets of nature along the edge of our roads can help in the fight for nature recovery.

Plantlife Mock Field Identification Skills Certificate Assessment: Wiltshire
Monitoring plants in a meadow.

Plantlife Mock Field Identification Skills Certificate Assessment: Wiltshire

Wed, 21 May 2025
10:00 – 16:30
Wiltshire | £75 + booking fee

Join our Plantlife experts on a mock Field Identification Skills Certificate Assessment to help prepare for the real thing.

Plantlife Mock Field Identification Skills Certificate Assessment – Somerset
A Lesser Butterfly Orchid is in front of the camera, with it's beautiful white and green flowers. In the background a wildflower meadow can be seen with two people crouching - one is looking closely at the flowers, while the other is taking notes.

Plantlife Mock Field Identification Skills Certificate Assessment – Somerset

Wed, 9 Jul 2025
10:00 – 16:30
Somerset | £75 + booking fee

Join our Plantlife experts on a mock Field Identification Skills Certificate Assessment to help prepare for the real thing.

Past events

Why are Rare Plants Rare?
Rare, yellow Fen Orchid wildflowers stand against a green background of grasses

Why are Rare Plants Rare?

Tue, 18 Mar 2025
19:00
Online | free

Why are rare plants rare? We target our conservation activity at the plants with the greatest need, which is generally the rare ones.

Rapid Rainforest Assessment Training

Rapid Rainforest Assessment Training

Mon, 17 Mar 2025
12:00 – 14:00
Online | free

Join us for an interactive training workshop to how to assess the condition of temperate rainforest habitat!

Introduction to Ferns in Temperate Rainforests
A Limestone Fern

Introduction to Ferns in Temperate Rainforests

Wed, 12 Mar 2025
18:30 – 20:30
Online | free

This online workshop will teach you the basic biology of ferns, to help you identify some of the key species found in temperate rainforest.

Introduction to Bryophytes in Temperate Rainforests
Small patch of jagged, white Reindeer Moss amongst bright green plants

Introduction to Bryophytes in Temperate Rainforests

Mon, 24 Feb 2025
12:00 – 14:00
Online | free

This workshop will teach you the basic biology of bryophytes, to help you identify some of the key species found in temperate rainforest.

Bryophyte Identification Training Workshop

Bryophyte Identification Training Workshop

Wed, 19 Feb 2025
10:00 – 15:00
Rosthwaite, Cumbria | free

Join our Bryophyte Identification Training Workshop to learn to bryophyte species found in temperate rainforest habitat.

How I took the Most Biodiverse Garden to RHS Chelsea Flower Show
Landscape Designer and creative Gardener, Dan Bristow, sits in the centre of a dark garden, surrounded by rich green plants included beautiful leafy ferns

How I took the Most Biodiverse Garden to RHS Chelsea Flower Show

Thu, 13 Feb 2025
19:00
Online | free

Taking a garden to Chelsea Flower Show is no mean feat. It was a journey of blood, sweat and tears for Dan Bristow to bring the most biodiverse garden to the world-renowned show in 2024.

Introduction to Lichens in Temperate Rainforest
branches and tree covered with lichens

Introduction to Lichens in Temperate Rainforest

Wed, 12 Feb 2025
18:30 – 20:30
Online | free

This online workshop will teach you the basic biology of lichens and how to identify some key species found in temperate rainforest habitat.

Rapid Rainforest Assessment Training

Rapid Rainforest Assessment Training

Mon, 27 Jan 2025
12:00 – 14:00
Online | free

Join us for an interactive training workshop to how to assess the condition of temperate rainforest habitat!

How are goats and art helping vulnerable bryophytes?
Two goats peer around the side of a rock face, there are fields and trees in the background

How are goats and art helping vulnerable bryophytes?

Thu, 16 Jan 2025
19:00
Online | free

Join Welsh Marches Project Officer, Ellie Baggett and the Boredomresearch to hear how goats and art are helping vulnerable bryophytes.

Yuletide Botanica: Winter plants and folklore
A plant is frozen in winter, you can see the ice crystals covering the stem and flowers

Yuletide Botanica: Winter plants and folklore

Tue, 3 Dec 2024
19:00
Online | free

Winter solstice is drawing near, and with it chillier, dark evenings. So why not make a hot brew and nestle down for some fabulous botanical stories. 

Rapid Rainforest Assessment Training
Trees and rocks

Rapid Rainforest Assessment Training

Mon, 2 Dec 2024
18:30 – 20:30
Online | free

Join us for an interactive training workshop to how to assess the condition of temperate rainforest habitat!

An Urban Park in the Sky: Where History and Nature Meet
Photograph shows an array of flowers and other plants growing on a 330-metre stretch of steel overpass, along which goods were transported during the height of industrial Manchester. The Manchester skyline can just be seen behind the viaduct.

An Urban Park in the Sky: Where History and Nature Meet

Thu, 14 Nov 2024
19:00 – 20:00
Online | free

Join National Trust’s Teddy Jones for a digital tour of Castlefield Viaduct, Manchester’s urban park in the sky. Learn about Manchester’s rich industrial past and the city’s long relationship with plants.

Introduction to Fern Identification

Introduction to Fern Identification

Mon, 11 Nov 2024
18:30 – 20:30
Online | free

This online workshop will teach you the basic biology of ferns, to help you identify some of the key rainforest species in Cumbria.

Introduction to Bryophyte Identification

Introduction to Bryophyte Identification

Mon, 28 Oct 2024
18:30 – 20:30
Online | free

This workshop will teach you the basic biology of bryophytes, to help you identify some of the key rainforest species in Cumbria.

Introduction to Lichen Identification

Introduction to Lichen Identification

Mon, 14 Oct 2024
18:30 – 20:30
Online | free

This online workshop will teach you the basic biology of lichens and how to identify some of the key rainforest species in Cumbria.

Rapid Rainforest Assessment Training
Trees and rocks

Rapid Rainforest Assessment Training

Mon, 7 Oct 2024
18:30 – 20:30
Online | free

Join us for an interactive training workshop to how to assess the condition of temperate rainforest habitat!

Online Talk: What’s the Future for our Forgotten Fungi?

Online Talk: What’s the Future for our Forgotten Fungi?

Thu, 3 Oct 2024
19:00 – 20:00
Online | free

Join a conversation with our expert panel of fungi enthusiasts to discuss the magical world of fungi, the threats to their survival and how we can all play our part in their future.

Virtual Members’ Day 2024

Virtual Members' Day 2024

Sat, 14 Sep 2024
10:00 – 12:00
Online | free

This member-only event is a wonderful opportunity for us to come together as a community, celebrate our achievements, and discuss Plantlife’s ongoing conservation work – all of which has been made possible because of your valued support.

Online Talk: Wonder on our Doorstep
A beautiful purple flower in front of a group of people walking through the sand dunes
Free and open to all

Online Talk: Wonder on our Doorstep

Tue, 6 Aug 2024
19:00 – 20:00
Online | free

Join us for this workshop to find out how we can support children to find curiosity and connection in nature.

Online Talk: Murder Most Florid
white flower
Members Only

Online Talk: Murder Most Florid

Thu, 25 Jul 2024
19:00 – 20:00
Online | free

Join us and find out how plants can help solve crime in this fascinating online talk with Forensic Botanist, Dr Mark Spencer.