Suitable for: Beginners

Learn more about the sedges and rushes - plant species which are found in many of our wilder, unimproved habitats but are often unfairly dismissed or overlooked.

• Study Day
• Botany
• Holborough Marshes
• Hothfield Heathland
• Tyland Barn
• Visitor Centres

Learn to identify trees and shrubs by their leaves and flowers

• Study Day
• Spring
• Trees
• Tyland Barn
• Visitor Centres

Make a start on identifying these notoriously difficult yet intriguing, beautiful and environmentally sensitive plants.

• Study Day
• Hothfield Heathland
• Lichens and mosses
• Tyland Barn
• Visitor Centres

A simple guide to fungi groups and classifications and the features to look out for

• Study Day
• Save Our Woodlands
• Tyland Barn
• Visitor Centres

As we celebrate our local woods with the Save Our Woodlands appeal, discover how you can bring the forest feeling to your own outdoor space.

• Online Talk
• Gardening
• Save Our Woodlands
• Wild About Gardens

An introductory course for anyone interested in learning more about bees and the craft of beekeeping.

• Study Day
• Study Day

This course will help you understand the importance of habitats to the different amphibians. You will learn how to recognize the key species and be part of a torchlight survey at Vinters Valley Nature Reserve.

• Study Day
• Amphibians
• Tyland Barn
• Visitor Centres

Explore the world of European beavers in the UK and put into practice what you have learned in an outdoor beaver survey

• Study Day
• Beavers

Explore the world of European beavers in the UK and put into practice what you have learned in an outdoor beaver survey

• Study Day
• Beavers

A simple guide to fungi groups and classifications and the features to look out for

• Study Day
• Fungi
• Save Our Woodlands
• Study Day
• Tyland Barn
• Visitor Centres