Poetry & Drawing with Back from the Brink

Location: Eden Project, Bodelva, Cornwall PL24 2SG Date: 18th January 2020 Time: 11am - 1pm and 2pm - 4pm Join Back from the Brink, poet Ella Frears and artist Ben Sanderson at the Eden project for an informal, creative, drop-in workshop, learning about the fascinating Grey Long-Eared Bat, the rare Narrow Headed Ant, the beautiful Lesser Butterfly Orchid and...

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Lesser Butterfly Orchid Survey

Location: Leigh Tor Poundsgate, near Ashburton, Devon Meeting Point: Aish Tor Car Park at SX7072271487 South of Poundsgate Date: 17th June Time: 10.30am - 3.30pm The Lesser Butterfly Orchid flower season is now very much upon us and we would like to invite volunteers to join us to carry out a survey of this very delicate plant...

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Lesser Butterfly Orchid

A delicate, beautiful and sweetly-scented plant, with a single spike of pale flowers. It grows in a wide range of places, from bogs to grassland, and even into woodland. It’s widespread, but has declined drastically – disappearing from more than half of its former range in just 50 years, especially in the east of England....

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