Botany Classes

Wildlife Study Day
Wildlife Study Days

Botany Classes

Plant Identification in the Field

We will be working in partnership with University of Kent to run a week-long botany course from Monday 17 June to Friday 21 June 2024. 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

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  beginners' course.  Keys will be to used to identify specimens and botanical terms used.

 

Develop your botanical identification skills

Our 2024 botany evening classes will take place on Tuesday evenings (6:30 – 8:30pm) from Tuesday 16 January 2024 to Tuesday 26 March 2024 at our Tyland Barn Visitor Centre near Maidstone for 10 weeks.

The cost for the whole 10-week course is £145.

This course is now fully booked.   Please email study.days@kentwildlife.org.uk to have your name added to the waiting list and we will contact you if we have any cancellations or with dates for future botany evening classes.

 

Additional botany evening classes

We are pleased to announce that we will be running our botany evening classes at Canterbury Christ Church University again. 

Our 2024 botany evening classes will take place on Thursday evenings (6:00 – 8:00pm) from Thursday 18 January 2024 to Thursday 28 March  2024 at the CCCU campus in North Holmes Road for 10 weeks. 

The cost for the whole 10-week course is £145.

This course is now fully booked.   Please email study.days@kentwildlife.org.uk to have your name added to the waiting list and we will contact you if we have any cancellations or with dates for future botany evening classes.

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.

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