Botany Evening Classes - Maidstone
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Our Botany Evening Classes cover the Botanical identification of wild and naturalised British plants.
We now have dates and are taking bookings for our Botany eveningclasses at both our Maidstone and Canterbury venues. We are runningour Plant Identification Days and and our Plant Identification in theField summer school again next year. Further information on thesecourses can be found below.
Botany Evening Classes
Our Botany Evening Classes cover the Botanical identification of wild and naturalised British plants.
Participants will learn how to confidently identify and record plants and seek confirmation when necessary. They will identify plants in families and genera by the use of keys, specimens and descriptions.
Each week concentrates on the identification of a genus of plants in Kent with specimens, PowerPoint presentations and a quiz on the previous week’s plants. Plants will be identified by comparison of specimens to find species, and the use of keys to assign names. Cribs to the identification of species in Kent will be produced.
The classes are led by Alex Lockton, who has thirty years’ experience working as a lecturer in ecology at Birmingham University and Manchester Metropolitan University, as coordinator of the Botanical Society of the British Isles, and as an ecological consultant. He is author of The Flora and Vegetation of Shropshire (2015).
Please note that this is not a beginners' course. Keys will be to used to identify specimens and botanical terms used.
It would be useful for participants to bring their own wildflower books and hand lenses, but some are available for use on the day. This venue is suitable for wheelchair users - if you have any specific accessibility issues, please contact us in advance.
Plant Identification Days
We are running three separate plant identification day courses indifferent habitats this year. On each day you will spend a whole dayexploring the habitat with the aim of identifying the plants found thereusing hand lenses, identification guides, keys, mobile phone apps andby collecting specimens.
Our Woodland Plant Identification Day is on Tuesday 6 May, our Meadow Plant Identification Day on Tuesday 20 May and our Chalk Grassland Plant Identification Day on Tuesday 27 May.
Plant Identification in the Field
We will be working in partnership with University of Kent to run a week-long botany course from Monday 23 June to Friday 27 June 2025. On each day of this course a new site will be visited and explored with the aim of identifying plants using identification guides, keys, apps and by collecting specimens.
The course is led by Alex Lockton, The cost for this five-day course is £215 per person.
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Botany Evening Classes - Canterbury
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Our Botany Evening Classes cover the Botanical identification of wild and naturalised British plants.
Woodland plant identification day
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Refresh or improve your identification skills of woodland plants
Meadow plant identification day
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Refresh or improve your identification skills of meadow plants
Chalk grassland plant identification day
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Refresh or improve your identification skills of woodland plants
Plant Identification in the Field
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Five days learning to identify and record wild plants in nature reserves in Kent.
Other courses and programmes
Wildlife Study Days
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Increase your knowledge, understanding and enjoyment of Kent’s wild plants and animals - and learn how to manage habitats to encourage them.
UK Habitat Classification (UKHab) Training Courses (2.0)
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UK Habitat Classification (UKHab) methodology is used by professional ecologists to map and record sites.