We have a packed programme of events for 2026. You can find the PDF programme here or details below.
Many of our events require booking in advance, please book by contacting the meeting/workshop’s leader.
The majority of events are outdoors so please wear and bring clothing suitable for our changeable weather, as well as water and sunscreen. For longer meetings/workshops please bring a packed lunch and drink along with you. Please be tick aware.
2026 Events
| JANUARY | |
| Thursday 1st – Sunday 4th | The BSBI’s New Year Plant Hunt |
| Saturday 3rd | Dorset Flora Group’s New Year Plant Hunt, Wimborne Minster |
| FEBRUARY | |
| Saturday 7th | Bryophytes for Beginners Field Trip, Higher Hyde Heath |
| APRIL | |
| Saturday 4th | Woodland SNCI Surveys, near Beaminster |
| Saturday 25th | Botanical Walk, Wareham Common |
| MAY | |
| Saturday 9th | Grassland SNCI Surveys, location tbc. |
| Thursday 21st | Outdoor Classroom Day, Shell Bay, Studland |
| Saturday 23rd | Baseline Survey, near Cerne Giant |
| Saturday 30th | Botany Blitz Recording Day, Rempstone Estate, Purbeck |
| JUNE | |
| Friday 5th | Early Gentian Survey at Hambledon Hill, Child Okeford |
| Saturday 6th | Grasses Identification Workshop, Kingcombe Meadows Nature Reserve |
| Saturday 13th | Re-visit to Baber’s Farm, Marshwood |
| Thursday 18th | Evening Plant Survey, Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester |
| Saturday 20th | Chickerell Range Survey, Weymouth |
| Saturday 27th | Grassland SNCI Surveys, location tbc. |
| JULY | |
| Sunday 5th | Botanical Walk (morning), Wareham Common |
| Sunday 5th | Botanical Walk, The Arne Triangle |
| Saturday 11th | Botanical Walk, Winfrith and Tadnoll Heaths |
| Thursday 16th | Recording in Under-recorded Squares, Nether Cerne |
| Saturday 18th | Chalk Grassland Plant Recording Day, Bell Hill near Belchalwell |
| Saturday 25th | Yellow Bird’s-nest Survey, Melbury Woods |
| AUGUST | |
| Saturday 1st | Botany Blitz Recording Day, Rempstone Estate, Purbeck |
| Thursday 25th | Autumn Lady’s-tresses Count, Stonebarrow |
| Saturday 29th | Recording Day, in and around Gillingham |
| NOVEMBER | |
| Saturday 15th | AGM, Brooklands Farm, Forston |
| DECEMBER | |
| Saturday 5th | Winter Wreath Making and Willow Weaving, Charminster Village Hall |
| JANUARY 2027 | |
| Saturday 2nd | Group New Year Plant Hunt, Wareham |
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