Topics: Flowers

In February, the first British wildflowers are beginning to poke out from the seemingly dormant undergrowth, a sure sign that spring is on the way!

• Flowers
• Species
• Spring
• Spring flowers
• Wildflower

Kent Wildlife Trust Volunteer Margery Thomas explains the nature of heathland habitat at our stunning Hothfield Heathlands Nature Reserve and how our volunteer teams help us to protect this important and beautiful reserve.

• Birds
• Flowers
• Heathland
• Hothfield Heathland
• Nature Reserves

Looking to create a garden that’s not just beautiful but also provides a range of benefits for wildlife, as well as ongoing summer flowers? There’s lots of consider when choosing plants. I’m the Wild About Gardens Officer at Kent Wildlife Trust and these are my favourite summer plants that are blooming in my garden this season.

• Flowers
• Gardening
• Gardens
• Plants
• Wildlife Gardening

Following the dry, warm, sunny weeks, the earth is dry and cracking beneath our feet. However, the hedgerow we walk along is green and colourful with blossoms of many kinds.

• Flowers
• Summer

Kent Wildlife Trust Volunteer Margery Thomas explains the nature of heathland habitat at our stunning Hothfield Heathlands Nature Reserve and takes a look at the wonderful flowers on display.

• Flowers
• Heathland
• Hothfield Heathland
• Nature Reserves
• Orchids
• Volunteering

The sun and the rain lure nature into full leaf, brimming over with flowers, except for our daily exercise, we stay home. How fortunate we are to be able to walk in the countryside, Come, share with us our rambles down the country lane, and blow away the lock-down-blues. While we humans keep our distance, let’s lean a little closer to nature to wonder at her secrets.

• Flowers
• Nature Reserves
• Volunteering
• Walking
• Wilder Kent Strategy

Here are 10 incredible things you may not know about Hyacinthoides non-scripta... aka bluebells.

• Botany
• Flowers
• Woodland