Events

A monkey orchid at Park Gate Down

Introduction to Orchids

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

Learn more about wild orchids: their life cycles, where to find them, and how to identify them

Standard fee: £37.50 per person per day. Concessionary fee: Kent Wildlife Trust volunteers, senior citizens, unemployed and students £5 off.
beaver ham fen swimming terry whittaker

A morning at Ham Fen

1 Jun 2025, 10am - 1pm
Ham Fen Nature Reserve, Worth, CT14 0DZ

Learn about wilding and how keystone species have been restoring Kent's last remaining Fen.

Standard fee: £35 per person
Yorkshire-fog
©Philip Precey

Grasses for Beginners

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

Did you know that there are over 150 species of native grasses in Britain? Come along and learn how to identify some of the most common species.

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

The Geology of Reculver Country Park

20 Jun 2025, 10am - 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.
© 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
Bradbourne Vale Road Sevenoaks Kent TN13 3DH

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.
beaver ham fen swimming terry whittaker

A morning at Ham Fen

6 Jul 2025, 10am - 1pm
Ham Fen Nature Reserve, Worth, CT14 0DZ

Learn about wilding and how keystone species have been restoring Kent's last remaining Fen.

Standard fee: £35 per person