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3y ago
In the latest episode of the #wildflowerhour podcast, Isabel Hardman talks to botanist Joshua Styles about his love of dandelions and the many different species you can find growing wild in Britain and Ireland. She also hears from author Jon Dunn about lockdown botany, and we’re off on another wild flower hunt with Leif Bersweden ..read more
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3y ago
The latest #wildflowerhour podcast finds out how you can identify orchids even when they’re not in flower, hears more about your favourite plants, learns about a proper wild flower lawn, and goes on another one of those walks with Leif Bersweden. Presented by Isabel Hardman.
Podcast: Get to know wild orchids
Podcast: Get to know wild orchids
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We heard from Mike Waller, author of Britain’s Orchids; botanist Joshua Ajowele; the BBC’s ..read more
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3y ago
This week’s #wildflowerhour challenge is to find a white-flowered member of brassicaceae! That’s the cabbage family to you and me.
These plants with small, white, four-petalled flowers are popping up all over the place in pavement cracks and walls, on road verges and in flower beds. When you find them, post your photos of them on Twitter and Instagram using the #whitebrassicas hashtag, or in our Facebook group.
We’ve also got a wonderful new guide from our ID supremo Moira O’Donnell. Moira’s #dinkymoira crib sheets are so useful for teaching you about the differences between tricky species and ..read more
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3y ago
The Wild Flower (Half) Hour podcast is back for a second series. In this first episode, Isabel Hardman meets Sophie Leguil, who runs the More Than Weeds campaign, and hears from BBC presenters Chris Packham and Martha Kearney about their favourite wild flowers. Rebecca Wheeler introduces the challenges for the next two weeks of #wildflowerhour and Leif Bersweden takes us on a wild flower walk.  ..read more
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3y ago
February is finally here! Get your children hunting for the five wild flowers on this month’s spotter sheets: they’re real beauties.
Click on the image to view in full size. Or download as a PDF here.
Do share what you’ve found on Twitter or Instagram using the #herbologyhunt hashtag, or in our HerbologyHunt Facebook group.
And find out more about one of this month’s flowers, the Coltsfoot, in this video:
Get to know Coltsfoot, Tussilago farfara, which is one of the flowers for February’s #herbologyhunt, with this short video! pic.twitter.com/kTCxYZ362q
— Herbology Hunt (@herbologyhunt) Febr ..read more
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3y ago
3–Hampshire in May
LOCATION: North-east Hampshire, East Sussex.
SPECIES: Sword-leaved and White Helleborine (plus hybrids) Fly orchid including Ochroleuca form, Bird’s-nest orchid, Burnt orchid, plus if you take the extra trip, Greater Tongue and Loose-Flowered orchids.
DIFFICULTY/TIME: Easy walking in woodland at Chappett’s copse, some uphill at Noar Hill, and typical downland walking at Martin Down. Allow a full day as there is much to enjoy at all three sites. Wakehurst Place is easy walking.
WHEN: Third week in May
The reserves of Chappett’s copse and Noar Hill are famous amongst orchid h ..read more
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3y ago
The latest episode of the #wildflowerhour podcast includes an interview with a man who has created a wild orchid haven in his back garden, a look at Orchid Hunter Leif Bersweden’s adventures studying orchids for his PhD, and another one of those lovely readings from Zoe Devlin’s book, Blooming Marvellous ..read more
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3y ago
How are your children getting on with our junior section, #HerbologyHunt? Here’s our June spotter sheet – happy hunting!
Click on the image below to download the sheet.
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3y ago
What can you find flowering in a meadow? Well, thats the new challenge from Wildflowerhour.
Post your pictures using the hashtag #inthemeadow for #wildflowerhour this Sunday 8-9pm. Have fun ..read more
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3y ago
Now in flower on the magnificent limestone pavement of the Burren in Ireland, Dense-flowered Orchids are a puzzle in terms of British and Irish botany – they're only found here in Ireland, but the bulk of their population are in the Mediterranean. In common with a number of other plant species, they form part of the so-called Lusitanian flora – plants normally found in the Iberian peninsula and, oddly, in south-west Ireland too. No matter how this came to be, they're subtly beautiful orchids and flower only briefly. Blink and you miss them. #orchidsummer #jondunn #densefloweredorchid #orchid ..read more