Join Sussex Wildlife Trust (SWT) this summer and find out how to identify flowers in the wild at some of the best wild flower sites in West Sussex. The course incorporates visits to different habitats including woodland, grassland, coastal and meadow during prime flowering time.

The first session, on Saturday 5 May (10:00-16:00), looks at woodland flowers at the Trust’s nature reserve at West Dean Woods near Chichester. Learn how to identify woodland flowers such as early purple orchid and yellow archangel, as well as carpets of wood anemone and bluebell.

SWT’s Flower Familiarity course continues throughout the summer and includes discovering meadow flowers at one of the best wild flower meadows in West Sussex, looking for coastal species around Pagham Harbour and studying the flowers of the chalk grassland.

By the end of the course, participants should be familiar with most of the common species of West Sussex. Participants can attend all four sessions or come to single sessions as each one is intended to be a course in its own right.

Each course runs from 10:00-16:00 and starts with an introductory talk followed by a field visit. Please bring a flower ID book if you have one.
Cost per day session: SWT members £22.50 and non-members £30. Booking essential please ring Filma Dyer on 01273 497561.

For more information on all the courses in the Flower Familiarity series please visit the Events & Courses page of our website www.sussexwt.org.uk or ring for a Courses booklet on 01273 492630.