In search of flowers, plants and butterflies
A wander around NWT Holme Dunes looking for interesting flowers, plants and butterflies along the way.
A wander around NWT Holme Dunes looking for interesting flowers, plants and butterflies along the way.
Flowering rush is a pretty rush-like plant of shallow wetland habitats, such as ponds, canals and ditches. Its cup-shaped, pink flowers appear in summer, brightening up the water's edge.
The bright blue, trumpet-shaped flowers of the marsh gentian contrast deeply with the pinks and purples of the wet heaths it inhabits. The New Forest holds a large population of this late-…
Considered to be one of the prettiest gentians, the Chiltern gentian is a rare plant in the UK. It likes chalk grasslands, its purple, trumpet-shaped flowers blooming from August.
A late-flowering plant, Autumn gentian displays pretty, mauve, tube-like flowers atop its reddish stems. It favours dry, chalk grassland and sand dune habitats.
Learn about the medicinal plants that grow wild locally and how to use them.
Join us for a guided walk across the beautiful sands of Holme beach, scouring the strandline for any signs of marine life.
Join us for a guided walk across the beautiful sands of Holme beach, scouring the strandline for any signs of marine life.
Join us for a guided walk across the beautiful sands of Holme beach, scouring the strandline for any signs of marine life.
A FREE plant pot making event suitable for ages 4 and up
The early gentian is a rare plant that is only found in the UK. It likes sunny, lowland chalk grasslands, its purple, trumpet-shaped flowers blooming in May and June.
Today the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland publishes its new Plant Atlas – it’s a mammoth piece of work by thousands of amazing volunteers who’ve spent 20 years surveying the wild plants…