| MARCH 2026 | |
| Friday 6th | Introduction to Rewilding Walk with Daisy Meadowcroft of Dorset Wildlife Trust at Wild Woodbury. Also on 19th March, 31st March, 9th April etc. |
| Friday 6th | The Farm that Time Forgot, Dorset Wildlife Trust, Kingcombe Visitor Centre |
| Friday 6th | Making Dorset Wilder, Mark Kibblewhite for Netherbury Nature Group, Netherbury |
| Tuesday 10th | Talk: Seaweed and How to Use It. Dr Duncan Smallman for BNSS (Bournemouth Natural Science Society) |
| Wednesday 11th | Webinar: Recording For Beginners – Getting started with plant recording led by James Harding-Morris for the BSBI. |
| Thursday 12th | Britain’s Best Known Plant Extinction: Summer’s Lady’s-tresses, a talk by Richard Kulczycki hosted by the London Natural History Society. |
| Monday 16th | Webinar: Recording For Beginners – Photographing plants for ID and verification led by Kim Lake and Dean McCullough for the BSBI |
| Wednesday 25th (several other dates too) | Wildlife Walks at Kingcombe Meadows Dorset Wildlife Trust, Kingcombe |
| Thursday 26th | HOPTalks: Nuts About the Rainforest a talk by Sir Ghillean Prance on the Brazil Nut and its importance in saving the Amazon rainforest, Sladers Yard, West Bay |
| Saturday 28th | Talk: Trees and the Urban Environment, Steve Cox for BNSS |
| APRIL 2026 | |
| Wednesday 1st | Webinar: Recording For Beginners – Plants by habitat by Matt Harding for the BSBI |
| JUNE 2026 | |
| Wednesday 3rd | Introduction to Grass and Sedge Identification led by Jim White and Kingcombe for the Dorset Wildlife Trust |
| MAY 2026 | |
| JUNE 2026 | |
| Wednesday 3rd | Introduction to Grass and Sedge Identification led by Jim White and Kingcombe for the Dorset Wildlife Trust |
| Saturday 13th | Orchids and Grasses with Leif Bersweden hosted by Dorset Wildlife Trust at Kingcombe |
| Sunday 14th | Wildflowers with Leif Bersweden hosted by Dorset Wildlife Trust at Kingcombe |
| Friday 19th | Meadow Walk with Jim White, Dorset Wildlife Trust at Kingcombe |
| JULY 2026 | |
| Wednesday 15th | Meadow Walk with Jim White, Dorset Wildlife Trust at Kingcombe |
| AUGUST 2026 | |
| SEPTEMBER 2026 | |
| Friday 11th | Learn Your Ferns! ID Workshop with Robin Walls for Dorset Wildlife Trust, Kingcombe |
| Thursday 17th | Wild Pavements by Amanda Tuke, London Natural History Society |
| Thursday 17th | ZUBR: Here be Giants film screening and Q&A with Paul Whitfield, West Dorset Wilding. In-person, Oxenbury Yard, Bridport |
| Tuesday 22nd | A Virtual Walk Around Ventnor Botanic Gardens with Wayne Williams, Bournemouth Natural Science Society |
| Wednesday 26th September | The Bournemouth Goats with Mark Jackson in-person and online, Bournemouth Natural Science Society |
| OCTOBER 2026 | |
| Friday 9th | Fungi Foray with John Wright, Dorset Wildlife Trust, Kingcombe |
| Saturday 24th | Fungi Foray with John Wright, Dorset Wildlife Trust, Kingcombe |
| NOVEMBER 2026 | |
| Thursday 12th | A Botanical Career by George Hounsome, London Natural History Society |
| Wednesday 18th | Webinar: Murder Most Florid with Mark Spencer, hosted by BSBI |
| Saturday 21st | Introduction to Mosses and Lichens with Jim White, Dorset Wildlife Trust, Kingcombe |
| Wednesday 25th | Webinar: Evolutionary adaptations of plants with Maarten Christenhusz and Kim Lake, BSBI |
| Saturday 28th | British & Irish Botanical Conference 2026 In-person at Natural History Museum, BSBI |
| DECEMBER 2026 | |
| Thursday 3rd | Hampstead Heath Millennial Flora Project 25 Years On, London Natural History Society |
| Wednesday 2nd | Winter Talk: Stories from the 100 Plants Challenge, BSBI |
| Wednesday 16th | Winter Talk: The Curious Case of Mistletoe with Dr Pallavi Singh, BSBI |
| JANUARY 2027 | |
| Wednesday 20th | Winter Talk: Wild Pavements with Amanda Tuke, BSBI |
| FEBRUARY 2027 | |
| Wednesday 10th | Webinar: The Hawthorns (Crataegus) of Britain and Ireland with Cameron Crook and Dean McCullough, BSBI |
| Thursday 11th | Aquatic Plant Distributions in Norfolk Chalk Rivers by Henry Miller, London Natural History Society |
| MARCH 2027 | |
| Thursday 11th | Let’s Botanise: 101 Ways to Connect with Plants with Ben Goulet-Scott and Jacob Suissa, London Natural History Society |
Archived Webinars
There are many online resources on youtube to improve plant identification skills and plant knowledge.
BSBI Plant Identification Training Webinars
London Natural History Society Webinars
The Wildflower Society Webinars
Species Recovery Trust Videos and Tests
National Plant Monitoring Scheme
The Biological Recording Company (on all species groups, but there are a few on botany)
Online training for which there is a cost:
Dorset Environmental Records Centre 