WILDFLOWER SOCIETY

The wildflower society is well worth joining..they have branches in all areas you can purchase a botany book to fill in and participate in rambles and photograph competitions..here is the link..
http://www.thewildflowersociety.com/

 

Other competitions include:

the First Hunt, for plants in flower during the first week of March
the Last Hunt, for plants in flower on the last day of October
the Last Week Hunt, for plants in flower during the last seven days of October, and
the Winter Months Hunt for plants in flower during December, January and February
There are also annual photographic competitions, for both novices and experienced photographers. These can be colour slides or prints (including digital), with a cup awarded to the best entry of each kind.

The Society awards the Dent Prize, which is a sum of money to be spent on botanical books, awarded to the most promising junior member.

The photographic competition entries are exhibited at the Society's Annual General Meeting, which is held in November and is followed by a Tea Party. The AGM is held in London and other cities around England every other year. This is an opportunity for members to meet each other, to exchange information about their finds, buy botanical books, and so on.

Members also meet each other at national, one or two-day, field meetings and at local branch meetings. These are announced in the Magazine, together with notices and reports of field meetings, Branch and competition Secretaries' reports, and in the Members section under Meetings on the Home Page.

Membership traditionally includes all, from the youngest junior, to some very distinguished botanists, past and present, in Britain and abroad.

 

Membership
Membership of the Wild Flower Society is open to all who support our aims. By its very nature, the society attracts people who are keen on meeting like-minded individuals by visiting sites of botanical interest, the diary being a useful adjunct to this. In order to receive the thrice-yearly magazine and partake in the activities listed on this site, please join the Society.

Cost of annual membership for 2005:

Senior member with magazine �£10.00
Senior member sharing magazine �£5.00
Overseas member with magazine �£15.00
Family group with magazine �£15.00
Junior member with magazine �£3.00
Junior member sharing magazine �£1.50
Senior Field Botanist's Diary �£6.00
Junior Field Botanist's Diary �£5.00
Beginner's Diary �£1.00
List of members and addresses �£2.00
Badge �£1.50