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Wilder Lawns (Online Course)

Thursday 22 April 2021 7.30 – 9pm

ONLINE COURSE - How to create “mini meadows” in your own garden, however small!

  • Courses & Education
  • study day
  • Gardening for a Wilder Kent
  • wilder Kent
  • Wild About Gardens (259
garden pond

Open garden featuring vegetable plot and pond along with a range of wildlife habitats

Saturday 24 April 2021 Start and finish times 12:00-13:30, 13:30-15:00, 15:00-16:30

Tour a wildlife friendly garden and get tips and advice for developing your own garden

  • Courses & Education
  • study day
  • gardening for wildlife
  • Open Gardens
Fully booked
Nuthatch

Learning Bird Sounds

Friday 7 May 2021 8am -1pm

Why do birds sing? A fascinating insight into the world of bird sounds at Bossenden Woods and then Oare Marshes. Discover how to identify birds by their songs and calls.

  • Courses & Education
  • study day
  • Birds
  • bird song
  • Oare Marshes
mini hurdles

Mini Gate Hurdles Workshop

Saturday 15 May 2021 Morning session: 9am to 12pm; Afternoon session: 1pm to 4pm

Make you own mini version of the traditional Kent gate hurdle to use in your garden

  • Courses & Education
  • study day
  • woodcraft
  • craft
  • natural crafts
Bee borders

Open garden featuring habitats for insects, birds and bats

Sunday 16 May 2021 12:00-13:30, 13:30-15:00, 15:00-16:30

Tour a wildlife friendly garden and get tips and advice for developing your own garden

  • Courses & Education
  • study day
  • gardening for wildlife
  • Open Gardens
Fully booked
Field Identification Skills Certificate work and survey

Field Identification Skills Certificate

Thursday 20 May 2021 10:45am - 4:15pm

Take an assessment of your botanical survey skills and receive a certificate from the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland

  • Courses & Education
  • study day
  • FISC
  • botany
Fully booked
Adder in the grass, photo by Jason Steel

Reptile Ecology and Survey Techniques

Saturday 22 May 2021 10.30am - 4pm

Identify and learn about reptile requirements. Then search for them in a nearby nature reserve.

  • Courses & Education
  • Reptiles
  • Lizards
  • Grass snake
  • study day
  • Adders
  • Common Lizard
  • Slow Worms.
Edenbridge garden

Open garden featuring a wilder lawn

Saturday 29 May 2021 12:00-13:30, 13:30-15:00, 15:00-16:30

Tour a wildlife friendly garden and get tips and advice for developing your own garden

  • Courses & Education
  • study day
  • gardening for wildlife
  • Open Gardens
Fully booked
Bee Orchid at Tyland Barn, photo by Greg Hitchcock

Introduction to Orchids

Saturday 29 May 2021 10:00am - 4:00pm

What do you know about wild orchids: their life cycles, how they are pollinated, relationships with fungi, where to find them, and how to identify them? Discover all this and more.

  • Courses & Education
  • study day
  • Orchid
  • WildFlowers
Fully booked
Wildflowers and orchids on Bluebell Hill, Photo by Dave Watson

Introduction to Wild Flowers for Beginners

Wednesday 2 June 2021 10:30am - 4:00pm

Learn how to identify and classify flowers, and how to use an identification book. Practice your new skills by using keys to identify flowers collected from the habitats in the reserve.

  • Courses & Education
  • study day
  • Wild Flowers
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