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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.

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.

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!

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.

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 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.

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.

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!

Past events

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.

Photography Competition: Capturing Ecology
close up to daisies showing the pink tips

Free for Members

Photography Competition: Capturing Ecology

Wed, 24 Jul 2024
Online

This year Plantlife is excited to partner with the British Ecological Society (BES) for the plants and fungi category of the Capturing Ecology Photography Competition.

National Meadows Day
three people walking in a meadow with a hill in front of them

National Meadows Day

Sat, 6 Jul 2024
08:00 – 20:00
UK | free

Take part in Plantlife’s National Meadows Day on Saturday 6 July 2024 by visiting your nearby meadows at their midsummer best.

Restore Nature Now march

Restore Nature Now march

Sat, 22 Jun 2024
12:00 – 18:00
UK | free

Help us give nature a voice and join us at the biggest ever march for nature and climate. 

Online Talk: Let it Bloom June
A wide shot of a red car on a road with purple Tufted Vetch amongst a wild road verge

Members only

Online Talk: Let it Bloom June

Wed, 12 Jun 2024
19:00 – 20:00
Online | free

This talk will help you learn how #NoMowMay can open up a world of different habitats and ways to manage your garden, green space or road verge for the summer.

Ask us about No Mow May

Free

Ask us about No Mow May

Wed, 8 May 2024 – Wed, 22 May 2024
Online | free

If you have questions about No Mow May, anything from grass length to the biodiversity implication of not mowing your lawn please join and ask us the questions on Instagram.

A Global Strategy for Plant Conservation

SBI-4 – Nairobi, Kenya

A Global Strategy for Plant Conservation

Wed, 22 May 2024
18:15
Nairobi, Kenya

Join us to discuss the new Global Strategy for Plant Conservation, at an event on behalf of the Global Partnership for Plant Conservation.

No Mow May – Instagram Live – Collaboration with Lucy Willcox
Garden with two hammock and strips of unmown lawn

No Mow May – Instagram Live – Collaboration with Lucy Willcox

Wed, 8 May 2024
19:00 – 20:00
Online | free

Join Award Winning Garden Designer, Lucy Willcox  and Plantlife Senior Ecological Advisor, Sarah Shuttleworth on Instagram Live on Wed 9 May 24 at 7pm.

Online Talk: Wildflowers in your Lawn (No Mow May)
wildflower lawn

Free

Online Talk: Wildflowers in your Lawn (No Mow May)

Tue, 7 May 2024
19:00 – 20:00
Online | free

In this talk you can find out what is growing among the grass on your lawns. How to introduce more native plant species to your garden.

Online Talk: Plant Paparazzi – Botanical Photography for Beginners
Leif Bersweden taking a photo of a wild plant whilst lying on the floor

Members only

Online Talk: Plant Paparazzi – Botanical Photography for Beginners

Mon, 29 Apr 2024
19:00 – 20:00
Online | free

This session will help you focus on your forget-me-nots and frame those foxgloves with botanist and author Leif Bersweden.