Wiltshire Botanical Society

Welcome


Welcome to the Wiltshire Botanical Society. Our roots began in the 1980's when volunteers made a thorough and detailed survey of Wiltshire's flora, culminating in the publication of the Flora of Wiltshire in 1993. Instead of disbanding, the members joined together to form the Wiltshire Botanical Society. The society's aims are to:

 

  • Foster botanical knowledge and to encourage interest in our local flora
  • Increase members' knowledge and skills
  • Publicise threats to habitats and populations of wild plants
  • Undertake field meetings
  • Contribute botanical records to local and national recording schemes

 


Plant of the Month

March


Green Hellebore Helleborus viridis

The rather uncommon Green Hellebore is our pin-up plant for March. Subspecies occidentalis is a native species of ancient woodlands on calcareous soils (with us, especially Bath Stone). Closely related cultivars are also popular with gardeners for tolerance of shade and dry ground and their unusual green flowers. Green Hellebore seems less likely to naturalise in the wild than Stinking Hellebore H. foetidus though.


A good place to look for Green Hellebore is at Monks Wood, near Colerne, also a fabulous spot for woodland spring flowers generally.

Join Us!

We are a very friendly society and welcome new members, whatever their age, background or level of botanical knowledge. Annual membership costs £15 (single) and £20 for couples. To join, please email Martin Buckland.


Not sure if it's for you? Potential new members are very welcome to join us free of charge for a few field meetings before committing to membership. 

Website Contributions

We always welcome news and contributions for our website. Please send them to the Webmaster, Sharon Pilkington.


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