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The Wild Flower Society

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We love learning more about wild plants, and encouraging others to appreciate wild plants too! Appreciation, education & conservation.🌼🌱🌸🌳

 Britain and Ireland
thewildflowersociety.org.uk
Joined September 2018
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The Wild Flower Society is run by volunteers. If our Twitter feed is quiet, our Facebook group facebook.com/groups/41021887… is usually livelier, with lots of plant photos and discussions.
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The Wild Flower Society is a British registered charity founded in 1886 by Edith Vere Annesley, to teach her youngest sister, Alice, to find and name...

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If you're in Cambridge today, come along to the Cambridge Natural History Society's Conversazione event, in the David Attenborough building (by the Zoology museum) until 5pm, for exhibits by all sorts of wildlife groups and enthusiasts!
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It's the final day of the Spring Week Hunt. What flowering plants did you find?
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Who's seen some Spring flowers this weekend? Did you find any last entries for the Winter Months Hunt yesterday or are you starting the Spring Week Hunt today?
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On this wet weekend, why not enjoy our online meeting archive on YouTube? Recent additions include talks on rare plants of Sussex, and urban botany. youtu.be/qjwU0RnELhc?si=aY3_…
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Day two of our members' weekend, and it would take more than a spot of British weather to stop this intrepid band of botanists! Lots of aquatic plants and ferns today, including the impressive Royal fern (hand for scale!)
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We had a wonderful field meeting this morning, seeing plants including the beautiful Hybrid goat's-beard, Tragopogon x mirabilis.
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Now it's down to business with our AGM, to be followed by more botany in the form of a talk, a plant quiz and an exhibition of photographic competition entries.
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It's our annual members' weekend, in Somerset this year. Lots of plants to see before we even get out of the car park!
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The Spring week hunt is for plants found in flower during the first 7 days in March. Are you taking part this year? What flowers have you found so far?
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Our latest online meeting video is now available on catch-up: Chris Metherell @EyebrightChris talks about Linnaeus and his contribution to botany. youtu.be/lYk43ZgcLas?si=UsZr…
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We're at the @BSBIbotany British and Irish Botany Conference at @NHM_London today, if you're there come and see us during the break between all the wonderful talks!
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Just a few of the plants seen during our Members' Weekend, held in Norfolk this year.
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If you enjoyed the #WildFlowerHour #OrchidChallenge, you can rewatch our online talk on Native Orchids of the UK Mainland by Carol Armstrong on the Wild Flower Society YouTube channel youtu.be/vnrMovB1Btg?si=_oRk…
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Borders Forest Trust@BordersForest30 May 2024
A big thanks to the wonderful botanists, @AverisBen, and @AlisonAveris, experts in upland ecology, who led two fascinating training days for BFT volunteers and staff at Talla and Gameshope.
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If you're thinking of buying one of our Wild Flower Society t-shirts or tote bags, Teemill are offering free UK shipping this weekend until midnight on Monday. the-wild-flower-society.teem…
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When you first move from picture guides to keys for plant ID, there's a lot of terminology to learn. Lizzie Maddison explains flower structure in our latest online talk, useful for botanical beginners or anyone in need of a refresher. youtu.be/81Hnpas3zk8?si=IGXh…
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Our latest online meeting recording is now online: Alpine and Arctic Flora by Alan Schofield (Bradford Botany Group). youtu.be/sEHiJPqAmK8?si=h6h1…
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Alan has been interested in Arctic Alpine plants for over 40 years, taking great pleasure in seeing these interesting plants in their mountain environments. The talk includes the wonderful scenery and habitats in Dovrefjell, Jotunheimen, and Trollheimen.
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