Events

Botany for beginners - online evening course

16 Jun 2025, 6 - 8pm
Online, In your home

Do you want to learn more about plant names but don’t know where to begin?

The cost of this online evening course is £15 per person PLEASE NOTE THIS COURSE HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FROM 3 FEBRUARY TO 16 JUNE

Wilder Gardens Workshop: Summer

18 Jun 2025, 10am - 1pm
Tyland Barn Nature Park & Gardens Chatham Rd Sandling Maidstone ME14 3BD

Get started creating a garden with nature at its heart at this summer themed workshop.

£35
Reculver Visitor Centre and Country Park

The Geology of Reculver Country Park

20 Jun 2025, 10:30am - 4pm
Reculver Country Park, Ocean View car park, Bishopstone Glen, Herne Bay, Kent, CT6 6QF

Discover the geological materials used in buildings and shore defences around Reculver and examine a classic coastal cliff section.

Normal fee: £37.50 per person per day. Concessionary fee: Kent Wildlife Trust volunteers, senior citizens, unemployed and students £5 off.
A vegetable garden with a greenhouse

Partially accessible

Open Farm Garden Safari in Shadoxhurst

22 Jun 2025, 11am - 4pm
Green Farm, Church Lane, Shadoxhurst, Ashford, TN26 1LT

A chance to visit two nature-friendly farm gardens and their neighbouring land.

£5
Shoresearch Volunteers

Intertidal Investigations

22 Jun 2025, 1:30 - 6:45pm
The Seaside Museum Herne Bay, 12 William St, Herne Bay CT6 5EJ

Learn how to identify marine plants and animals and then carry out an intertidal survey

Standard fee: £37.50 per person per day. Concessionary fee: Kent Wildlife Trust volunteers, senior citizens, unemployed and students £5 off.
© Ian Rickards

Plant Identification in the Field

23 Jun 2025, 10am - 27 Jun 2025, 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 £215 per person.
Golden-ringed Dragonfly
Paul Blair

An introduction to dragonflies and damselflies

24 Jun 2025, 10am - 4pm
Shorne Woods Country Park, Brewers Rd, Shorne, Gravesend DA12 3H

Learn about the life cycles and habitats of dragonflies and aids to identification. Then participate in a field study of adult dragonflies.

Standard fee: £37.50 per person per day. Concessionary fee: Kent Wildlife Trust volunteers, senior citizens, unemployed and students £5 off.

An Introduction to Sedges and Rushes

28 Jun 2025, 10am - 4pm
Tyland Barn Nature Park & Gardens Chatham Rd Sandling Maidstone ME14 3BD

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.

Standard fee: £37.50 per person per day. Concessionary fee: Kent Wildlife Trust volunteers, senior citizens, unemployed and students £5 off.