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.๐ผ๐ฑ๐ธ๐ณ
Britain and Ireland
Joined September 2018
The Wild Flower Society is run by volunteers. If our Twitter feed is quiet, our Facebook group https://t.co/N1vmJFTWmH 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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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.
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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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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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We had a wonderful field meeting this morning, seeing plants including the beautiful Hybrid goat's-beard, Tragopogon x mirabilis.
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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.
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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
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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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I definitely had stars in my eyes when we saw the Starry Clover, Trifolium stellatum, at Shoreham Beach yesterday, during an excellent @WildFlowerSoc field meeting. ๐คฉ A timely find for a #PeaFamily entry in the #WildflowerHour #CarrotsAndPeas challenge. https://t.co/OXFN2LeTFB
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Petty Whin, Genista anglica, on Croxley Common Moor SSSI, seen during today's joint @WildFlowerSoc and @LNHSoc field meeting. ๐ #WildflowerHour
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Two lovely little Forget-me-nots seen today on Croxley Common Moor SSSI, during a joint @WildFlowerSoc and @LNHSoc field meeting today. Early Forget-me-not, Myosotis ramosissima (left) and Changing Forget-me-not, M. discolor (right). #WildflowerHour
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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. https://t.co/PCxT9PvoZv
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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.
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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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Our latest online meeting recording is now online: Alpine and Arctic Flora by Alan Schofield (Bradford Botany Group).
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New video: Flowers of the Chilterns, a talk by Dr Brenda Harold.
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