Events

Fern - Anne Waite

Introduction to Ferns

6 Jun 2026
Tyland Barn, Sandling, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 3BD

Discover how to recognise our native ferns using leaf shapes and other distinctive features.

Standard fee: £42.50 per person per day. Concessionary fee: Kent Wildlife Trust volunteers, senior citizens, unemployed and students £5 off. Early bird offer available until the end of 2025.

Broad-leaved Trees in Summer

7 Jun 2026, 10am - 4pm
Tyland Barn Nature Park & Gardens Chatham Rd Sandling Maidstone ME14 3BD

Learn to identify trees by their foliage

Standard fee: £42.50 per person per day. Concessionary fee: Kent Wildlife Trust volunteers, senior citizens, unemployed and students £5 off. Early bird offer available until the end of 2025.
Folkestone Ammonite by Philip Hadland
Folkestone Ammonite (Philip Hadland)

Fossil Walk at Folkestone

13 Jun 2026, 1 - 5pm
Folkestone Warren, Wear Bay Rd, Folkestone CT19 6BL

A walk to explore the geology and fossils of the Folkestone area. You will have the chance to find Cretaceous Fossils from the Lower Greensand, Gault and Chalk formations.

Standard fee: £42.50 per person per day. Concessionary fee: Kent Wildlife Trust volunteers, senior citizens, unemployed and students £5 off. Early bird offer available until the end of 2025.
Wild flowers (C. Thompson)

Introduction to Wildflowers

20 Jun 2026, 10am - 4pm
Tyland Barn Nature Park & Gardens Chatham Rd Sandling Maidstone ME14 3BD

An introduction to floral structure and terminology, flower families, and the value of keys to identification

Standard fee: £42.50 per person per day. Concessionary fee: Kent Wildlife Trust volunteers, senior citizens, unemployed and students £5 off. Early bird offer available until the end of 2025.
Photo of carline thistle (J Shorter)
carline thistle (J Shorter)

Dandelions, Daisies and Thistles: sorting the look-alikes

21 Jun 2026, 10am - 4pm
Tyland Barn Nature Park & Gardens Chatham Rd Sandling Maidstone ME14 3BD

Get to grips with the basic features of the largest family of flowering plants

Standard fee: £42.50 per person per day. Concessionary fee: Kent Wildlife Trust volunteers, senior citizens, unemployed and students £5 off. Early bird offer available until the end of 2025.
© Ian Rickards

Plant Identification in the Field

22 Jun 2026, 10am - 26 Jun 2026, 4pm
University of Kent, Canterbury Campus, Canterbury CT2 7NB

Five days learning to identify and record wild plants in nature reserves in Kent.

The cost for this five-day course is £240 per person. Early bird offer available until the end of the year.
Ragwort with a Thick Knee Beetle sitting on top
David Rayner

Introduction to Pollinators

27 Jun 2026, 10am - 4pm
Tyland Barn Nature Park & Gardens Chatham Rd Sandling Maidstone ME14 3BD

Find out how to identify pollinators and learn about their ecology.

Standard fee: £42.50 per person per day. Concessionary fee: Kent Wildlife Trust volunteers, senior citizens, unemployed and students £5 off. Early bird offer available until the end of 2025.
Wildflower meadow
Wild flower meadow, Corn cockle, Corn flower, Centaurea montana, Agrostemma githago, Poppy, Papaver rhoeas, Sheffield - Paul Hobson

Wildflower Identification for improvers

4 Jul 2026, 10am - 4pm
Tyland Barn Nature Park & Gardens Chatham Rd Sandling Maidstone ME14 3BD

Improve your identification skills and deepen your understanding of plant classification using botanical keys

Standard fee: £42.50 per person per day. Concessionary fee: Kent Wildlife Trust volunteers, senior citizens, unemployed and students £5 off. Early bird offer available until the end of 2025.