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Scotland’s countryside. Save it with flowers.
Patron: HRH The Prince of Wales
Plantlife is the charity that speaks up for Scotland’s wild
flowers, plants and fungi. From the open spaces of our nature
reserves to the corridors of Holyrood, we’re here to raise their
profile, to celebrate their beauty, and to protect their future.
Scotland
The newsletter for Plantlife Scotland news
Wild flowers, plants and fungi play a fundamental role for
wildlife, and their colour and character light up our
landscapes. But without our help, this priceless natural
heritage is in danger of being lost.
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Issue 7 2013
• Gardening for wild plants page 6
• Walks and events for 2013 page 14

Welcome
Welcome to the annual newsletter
from Plantlife Scotland. Inside we
show you some of the wonderful
things we’re doing thanks to
members’ support.
We also suggest many other ways you can get involved with our
work, and help share with you our love of wild plants and fungi.
Highlights of last year included great swathes of twinflower
thriving at our woodland management trial sites. We also ran
our first seaweed walk, among other popular guided walks.
On a different note, autumn brought us two new, and fatal,
plant diseases. Juniper, a priority species for Plantlife, has
been affected by a new disease Phytophthera austrocedrae.
And later in the year, ash dieback Chalara fraxinea was
discovered in sites across Scotland. This year Plantlife will
continue working with the Government to try to prevent more
new diseases infecting plants in the wild.
So what else will 2013, Year of Natural Scotland, hold for us
We’ll be launching our new Wild About Plants project,
bringing lots of plant and fungi activities for families across
Scotland (see opposite).
We’re also looking forward to working with our MSP Species
Champions at Holyrood, who are adopting wild plants and
fungi and helping us highlight the issues they face in 2013
(see page 10).
And we’ve another packed events programme (page 14)
that includes walks, workshops and more.
Look out for us at the Birdfair and Gardening Scotland, and
come and say hello. And please tell your friends about us.
Scotland goes
Wild about Plants
Wild About Plants is our new
initiative to encourage people
to explore gardens, parks and
wild places.
We’ve come up with a fabulous set of activity
sheets for children and families, with games,
puzzles and activities to encourage young
people to explore the outdoors and to learn to
love wild plants and fungi – not just in the
countryside but in cities as well. There are also
stickers and badges, and a colourful poster
showing how amazing wild plants and fungi
are, as well as the important relationship they
have with Scotland’s insects and other animals.
Over coming months we’ll be running
workshops, walks and family activity days
across Scotland. These will include painting
with mushrooms and dying wool with natural
dyes from plants.
We have developed strong links with project
partners, including Glasgow City Council, West
Dunbartonshire Environment Trust, Central
Scotland Forest Trust, the Centre for
Stewardship, Falkland, and the Community
Woodlands Association. The project is part of
Plantlife’s UK-wide Wild About Plants initiative,
and is funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund
and Scottish Natural Heritage.
in conservation work led by the Glasgow
Countryside Rangers and Conservation Team.
© DP / PLANTLIFE
Deborah Long
Plantlife Scotland Programme Manager
This issue of Scotland news is written by Davie Black, Deborah Long,
Ali Murfitt, Matilda Scharsach and Jill Williams
Why not come to our launch event in Linn
Park, Glasgow, on Sunday 28 April and take
part in wild plant craft workshops, family
activities and games. You can also participate
To find out more, go to
www.wildaboutplants.org.uk/scotland
where you can download our resources
for free.
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Flora Guardians
Helping to save Scotland’s wild flowers
Our Flora Guardians are doing fantastic work throughout
Scotland, monitoring 18 rare, vulnerable, threatened or
invasive plant species.
These range from small damp-loving liverworts
such as deceptive featherwort Adelanthus
decipiens, through the ledge-clinging sticky
catchfly Silene viscaria, to large shrubs in the
hills including juniper Juniperus communis.
This summer we’ll be focussing on two species,
the invasive butterfly-bush Buddleja davidii, and
purple milk-vetch Astragalus danicus.
Could you help us by becoming a Flora Guardian
You don’t have to be a botanical expert to get
involved; recording methods are simple.
If you’d like to consider becoming a Flora
Guardian, why not come to one of our workshops
over the summer and we’ll show you how to
record these plants.
Contact Davie Black on 01786 469778 or
davie.black@plantlife.org.uk
Jane’s story
At Bin Forest, near Huntly, Flora
Guardian Jane Sim has been
monitoring twinflower. Her experience
illustrates the importance of this
work and what can be achieved.
“I’ve been monitoring twinflower
and creeping lady’s-tresses on an
annual basis at Bin Hill,” says
Jane. “I’ve found that although the
twinflower has been dying out in
places, it still grows well where
trees have been thinned to let in
more light.
“I enjoy the volunteering because
it is helping in some small way to
aid conservation of the species
and it also gives me a nice walk
in the forest.”
Jane’s monitoring clearly shows that
dense conifer plantations with little
light reaching the forest floor are no
good for twinflower. Where Forest
Enterprise thinned the trees in 2005,
twinflower has survived or increased.
Butterfly-bush is seen in many places, but
actual records of its distribution are limited.
In summer its flower heads attract many butterflies,
like small tortoiseshell, peacock and red admiral. We
want to know how existing ground flora copes with
this non-native species, so we want to measure how
quickly it spreads from a central clump.
© GBNNSS
Purple milk-vetch is a lovely flower found
mainly in the mineral-rich coastal turf behind sand
dunes, and on sandstone sea-cliffs. It can also be
found inland, as in Holyrood Park in Edinburgh. We
would like to know more about the distribution of
this plant as it can be vulnerable to changes in the
short turf that it prefers.
© TIM PANKHURST / PLANTLIFE
TWINFLOWER © DEBORAH LONG/PLANTLIFE
Although the twinflower is
continuing to expand by means of
runners from existing plants, as yet
there is no sign of flowers despite the
increased light. It can take years
before twinflower shoots produce
flowers, so we hope Jane can
continue her excellent work to
see if flowers start to appear.
Once this happens, we can begin to
think about how we can increase
seed production at Bin Forest to
guarantee a future for twinflower.
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© MATILDA SCHARSACH/PLANTLIFE
Grow Wild
Gardening for wild plants in Scotland
There are 150 square miles of domestic gardens in urban
Scotland alone, and perhaps the same again, if not more,
in rural areas. Our new leaflet on gardening for wild plants
highlights the amazing opportunity we have to use these
spaces to complement Scotland’s disappearing habitats.
This leaflet is not a how-to manual, but is designed to inspire
people to increase the wildlife in their gardens.
We’re asking people to use alternatives to peat products, and
showing how a more relaxed approach to gardening, without
heavy use of mowers, herbicides or pesticides, is an easy way
to create great wild plant habitats.
We also show how native wild plants in your garden can be a
wonderful feast for the senses, from fragrant meadow flowers
to stunning woodland plants alongside a hedge.
Download your free leaflet and find out
more about our Grow Wild initiative at
www.plantlife.org.uk/scotland
© JULIE REDMAN
This flowery back-garden meadow
including buttercups and ox-eye daisies is
a riot of colour and a great place for
children to play, as well as attracting
butterflies and other wildlife.
A beautiful wildlife garden created by
Plantlife member Julie Redman in Fife.
Behind the pond bordered with
ragged-robin and yellow flag, there is a
wild flower border and a hedge of native
species including blackthorn and dog rose.
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Plantlife Scotland helps
landowners and land
managers with conservation
advice. We do this through
site visits and organising
demonstration days,
where we show how to
look after plants in
key habitats.
On the ground
Plantlife’s advisory work
Advising landowners of vulnerable plants
on their land is useful, but it’s even more
important to show them how they can look
after them.
Take Nigel and Glynda Hill, who own 60
hectares of plantation woodland on a hillside
near Pitlochry. They have scattered juniper
bushes in the woodland but these were in
poor condition, mainly due to shade from
maturing sitka spruce. The Hills wanted
advice about reviving the juniper plants.
They were already felling the spruce to open
up areas that contained mature Scots pine,
downy birch and juniper. This would help
the surviving mature juniper plants, but
what about regeneration
It would be difficult for juniper to
regenerate from seed under the thick
bracken on the site, and removing the
bracken through grazing was difficult
due to various site constraints.
Plantlife’s Davie Black
therefore advised
cutting back the
bracken in June to
weaken it. Meanwhile,
he advised taking
hardwood cuttings of juniper, growing them
on and planting them out to create a new
generation of young juniper bushes.
As well as advisory site visits like these,
Plantlife Scotland runs demonstration days
on key habitats and species, to bring
together land managers and experts. We’ll
be running more demonstration days in
2013 – find out more at
www.plantlife.org.uk/scotland.
© SMALL FROG – ISTOCK
Where the wild things were
The state of Scotland’s plants
How are our wild flowers faring
Not so well, according to our report
Our Vanishing Flora, published
recently. Plants across Britain are
declining, and the most significant
declines are in Scotland.
The county of Banffshire recorded the highest
rate of loss of species over the past 60 years, at
a rate of nearly one per year. The Outer Hebrides,
North Aberdeenshire and Angus are losing on
average one species every three years, while
Caithness, Easter Ross and Assynt are losing
roughly one species every decade. In total,
Scotland lost 97 species – 53 flowering plants, 28
mosses and liverworts and 16 lichens. Read the
report at www.plantlife.org.uk and search
under “Our Vanishing Flora”
If you’ve been helping with our Common Plant
Survey, now renamed Wildflowers Count, thank
you. You’re already helping us track the changes
across Great Britain. We aim to use your data to
inform government about the state of plants in
Scotland. However, we will need more data from
across Scotland to support meaningful analysis.
In the meantime we are looking into ways of
sharing the data with others, including publishing
it online through iRecords, a new Biological
Records Centre database.
Could you help us show the Government what is
happening to our common plants across Scotland
by signing up to do the Wildflowers Count survey
It’s easy, fun – and sociable too. Why not go out
with a group of friends to look for, record and
learn about new plants together, and then retire
to a local café to write up your results
We run Wildflowers Count workshops around
Scotland, where you can learn the ropes (see our
events calendar, page 14). Or why not take the
plunge and go to our website for a pack:
www.plantlife.org.uk/wildflowerscount
TOP: WILDFLOWERS ON TIREE; © M SCHARSACH/PLANTLIFE MAP COPYRIGHT PLANTLIFE
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Roadshow toolkits
Helping to spread the word
Scottish primrose Primula scotica
Wildlife champions at Holyrood
Plantlife Scotland is part of a Scottish
Environment LINK initiative asking
MSPs to adopt a species and promote
its conservation at Holyrood. We’re
calling these MSPs Species Champions.
This is the next stage of our Wildlife
Proclamation, which invited MSPs to
sign up to do what they can for Scottish
wildlife. You can find out more at
www.scotlink.org/public/work/specieschampions.php
As we went to press, 21 MSPs had
signed up to be Species Champions, of
whom six are championing wild plants.
Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, was
one of the first and has adopted the
Scottish primrose (pictured) which he
describes as “an iconic feature of the
landscape of the north of Scotland”.
So why not encourage your MSP to
adopt one of Scotland’s iconic plants or
fungi Find the contact details for your
MSP at www.scottish.parliament.uk
© LORNE GILL/SNH
Roadshow Toolkits are boxes
of Plantlife goodies such
as leaflets, posters and
badges, which are
taken to events by
our volunteers. In
2012, they helped
convey our
messages about
wild plants and
their conservation
to around 23,000
people we
otherwise wouldn’t
have reached.
Our Roadshow Toolkits, which
are funded by the National
Lottery Awards for All Scheme, have
proved really popular. Catherine Lloyd, Tayside’s
Biodiversity Partnership Coordinator, says:
“Plantlife Scotland's toolkit was very easy to use
and I was pleased to include it with our own
Plantlife talks
Could you be a local
wild flower champion
Could you give a talk about the work of Plantlife
in your community We’ll provide the script and
a simple presentation full of fabulous photos;
you’ll be helping spread the word about wild
plants and fungi conservation in Scotland.
If you’re interested, please contact Matilda
Scharsach at Plantlife Scotland on 01786
478509 or scotland@plantlife.org.uk
publications and displays at a
number of events. The
leaflets paved the way for
discussing plant-related
issues with a very
wide variety of
people, so I hope
the Tayside
Biodiversity
Partnership in some
small way helped
spread the word
about Plantlife
Scotland's aims."
If you would be able to use
a Roadshow Toolkit to spread
the word about Plantlife at an
event, then get in touch with Matilda
Scharsach at Scotland@plantlife.org.uk
The Roadshow Toolkit can be posted to you if
required, and the contents can also be tailored
to suit the occasion.
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MACHAIR ON TIREE IPA © MATILDA SCHARSACH
Looking back at 2012
Every year, Plantlife Scotland organises a
busy programme of walks, workshops and
events. From a stroll among summer wild
flowers, to a workshop to sharpen up your
plant identification skills, there’s something
for everyone.
A highlight of 2012 was our Scotland Members’
Day, held in historic Callendar House in Falkirk,
in October. After presentations on Plantlife’s
work, we were treated to a stunning show of
Scottish wildlife photographs by renowned
photographer Laurie Campbell.
Important Plant Areas
Scotland now has 52 Important
Plant Areas (IPAs) that are
internationally recognised
hotspots for wild plants. Over the
past six years, Plantlife has been
working with other organisations
and volunteers to create site
accounts for the IPAs, which
means compiling maps, photos
of key plants and information
on why the site is so special.
To celebrate and promote this network of sites,
we’re launching four IPA walks in 2013. These
will be at Ben Nevis, the Basalt outcrops in
East Lothian (North Berwick Law and Traprain
Law), and the oak woodlands at Glen Lednock,
near Comrie.
We’ll be running a guided walk at each site
(see page 14), or look out for the walk
leaflets at www.plantlife.org.uk/scotland.
In the afternoon, workshops included the fungi
and archaeology of Callendar Woods, papermaking
using wild plants, and the history of
wild plants in food – with some tasting and
a demonstration thrown in.
Our walks in 2012 included Appin in Argyll,
taking in the rich mix of wild flowers on the old
Ballachulish railway; the beautiful cliff-tops at
St Abb’s Head and a seaweed walk at Lower
Largo Bay in Fife.
This year we have another full programme of
events, including a guided walk up Ben Lawers
to look at its iconic Alpine flora, a visit to the
gardens of Haddo House to explore grassland
fungi, and a fern identification workshop at
Benmore fernery. Come and join us for a fun
and informative day out.
Our events for 2013 are on pages 14 - 17,
and at www.plantlife.org.uk/scotland
Members’ Day at Callendar House in 2012
© ANDY MACDONALD
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Plantlife Scotland
Events 2013
March 2013
Wildflowers Count survey
2013
Launched on the first day of
spring. Sign up to participate
at any time, through our
website or by contacting the
Plantlife Scotland office.
Sat 9 - Sun 10 March,
1 - 4pm
John Hope Gateway at the
Royal Botanic Garden
Edinburgh
Drop-in event. As the spring
flowers emerge, it’s time to
get wild about plants. Come
along to explore the world of
wild flowers, fungi, lichens
and mosses through
activities, folklore and craft.
Free admission.
Sun 21 April,
10.30am - 4.30pm
Holyrood Park, Edinburgh
Plantlife and BSBI
(Botanical Society of the
British Isles): Getting to
know your families. Find out
about the basics of identifying
wild flower families. Led by Dr
Faith Anstey. Fee £10
(students £5). For further
information contact Ruth
McGuire at
bsbiscotland@gmail.com or
on 07585 609008.
Sat 27 April,
10.30am - 4.30pm
National Museum of Rural
Life, Wester Kittochside, East
Kilbride
Plantlife and BSBI: Getting
to know your families. For
details see 21 April event.
Sun 28 April, 12 - 3pm
Linn Park Local Nature
Reserve, Glasgow
Drop-in event. Come along to
the launch of Wild About
Plants our new initiative to
encourage people to explore
their parks, gardens and wild
spaces. There will be family
activities, games and crafts
with Plantlife and Glasgow
Countryside Rangers and
Conservation Team. Entrance
to the park is adjacent to Linn
Park golf course club house,
Simhill Road, Glasgow G44 5TA.
Sat 11 - Sun 12 May
Hopetoun House, Edinburgh
The Scottish Birdfair 2013.
Come and see our stand at
this event for bird and wildlife
enthusiasts, on the lawns at
Hopetoun House. Workshops,
children’s events, live music
and local food and drink.
www.scottishbirdfair.org.uk
Sat 18 May, 11am - 4pm
Mugdock Country Park, near
Milngavie, Glasgow
Getting the most out of
Wildflowers Count. A practical
workshop, full of ideas and tips
on what to look for, while
enjoying a walk through the
countryside, and contributing
to our national plant survey.
Sat 25 May
Dumbreck Marsh, Kilsyth,
North Lanarkshire
BSBI Scotland field meeting
with an emphasis on learning.
The BSBI is keen to welcome
people who have never been
on a BSBI field meeting
before. For further information
or to book a place, see
www.bsbiscotland.org.uk/
Excursions.htm
Mon 27 May, 11am - 3.30pm
Ben Nevis, Fort William
Important Plant Area –
Guided Walk. This iconic
mountain is an Important
Plant Area, home to many
rare alpine plants. Although
we won’t reach the top, we’ll
look at the wonderful array
of species on Scotland’s
highest peak. Led by local
expert Ian Strachan.
Fri 31 May - Sun 2 June
Royal Highland
Showground, Ingliston,
Edinburgh
Gardening Scotland 2013.
Come and see us again at the
biggest gardening show in
Scotland, in the Living Garden
zone. Get in touch if you’d
like to help out on our stand.
Show information at
www.gardeningscotland.com
Sat 1 June
Roslin Glen, Midlothian
BSBI Scotland field meeting
with an emphasis on learning.
For details see 25 May.
Sat 8 June, 11am - 4pm
Taliesin Woods, Castle
Douglas
Getting the most out of
Wildflowers Count.
GET INVOLVED IN 2013
What to look for while enjoying
a walk and contributing to our
national plant survey.
Wed 12 June, 10am - 4pm
Centre for Stewardship,
Falkland, Fife
Learn how to identify wild
flowers. This event is for people
who would like to find out how
to use wildflower keys and build
There are lots of other ways you can get involved, enjoy
our wonderful wild plants and flowers, and help to
conserve them:
● Help out on the Plantlife stand at events
● Take a Roadshow Toolkit to your local event – see page 11
● Become a Wildflowers Count volunteer or a Flora
Guardian – see page 4 and 9
● Give a Plantlife talk to your local community group – see
page 11
● Visit our reserve at Munsary in the Flow Country
● Find out about gardening for wild plants – see page 6
● Join Plantlife or buy a gift membership for friends
or family
● Support Plantlife by making a donation
To find out more about any of these activities, go to
www.plantlife.org.uk/scotland or contact the
Plantlife office.
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up their expertise on Scottish
wild flowers. Led by Dr
Heather McHaffie, Royal
Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
Sat 22 June, 10am - 5pm
Ben Lawers, Perthshire
Guided walk. A high-level
walk with the National Trust
for Scotland’s ecologist Dan
Watson, to see some of the
arctic-alpine plants for which
Ben Lawers is famous. We can
expect to see such gems as
alpine forget-me-not, alpine
gentian and alpine saxifrage,
among many others. The
walk requires a reasonable
level of fitness, with an
ascent of about 800 metres.
Please bring walking boots,
warm, waterproof and
windproof clothing, packed
lunch and drink.
Sat 22 June
Gailes Marsh, Irvine,
Ayrshire
BSBI Scotland field
meeting with an emphasis
on learning. For details see
25 May.
Sat 22 June, 11am - 4pm
John Hope Gateway at the
Royal Botanic Garden
Edinburgh
Drop-in event. Join in the
fun to record as much wildlife
as possible in a 24 hour event
starting at 6pm on Friday 21
June. Plantlife will be there
on Saturday 22, with
interactive activities for
families and ways to get
involved in our wild flower
surveys. Free admission.
28 June - 28 July
Wild North Festival at
Lochinver, Thurso and
Castletown
Come and see the Patchwork
Meadow, a giant patchwork
exhibited at Lochinver (Assynt),
Caithness Horizons in Thurso,
and Castlehill Heritage Centre
in Castletown. More details at
www.plantlife.org.uk
Sun 14 July, 2 - 4pm
North Berwick Law, East
Lothian
Important Plant Area –
guided walk. Enjoy this
Important Plant Area with its
species-rich grassland, basalt
outcrops and panoramic
views. There will be a chance
to see a variety of plants that
are uncommon in the area
and learn some history of the
Law. Led by Countryside
Ranger Sam Ranscombe.
Sat 20 July, 11am - 2pm
Tentsmuir, near St Andrews,
Fife
Guided walk led by local
botanical recorder Sandy
Edwards. Find out more about
the ecology of the Tentsmuir
dune system and dune
succession, and about the
management of the site.
The walk will focus on the
dunes, but time permitting
there are a variety of other
habitats to explore including
woodland, marsh and pools.
Bring a packed lunch.
Sun 28 July, 11am - 4pm
Wooplaw Community
Woodland, near Lauder,
Scottish Borders
Getting the most out of
Wildflowers Count. A
practical workshop, full of
ideas and tips on what to look
for while enjoying a walk
through the countryside, and
contributing to our national
plant survey.
Sun 28 July
Forsinard Flows, Sutherland
Celebrate International Bog
Day with Plantlife, RSPB
and the Bumblebee
Conservation Trust at the
Forsinard Flows Visitor Centre.
Free admission to find out
about all things peaty.
Sun 28 July
Bracklinn Falls, West
Perthshire
BSBI Scotland field meeting
with an emphasis on learning.
For details see 25 May.
Wed 7 August, 10am - 4pm
Benmore Botanic Garden,
Argyll
Learn how to identify ferns
in the woodlands of this
enchanting botanic garden
and visit the recently
restored Victorian fernery.
Led by Dr Heather McHaffie.
Free admission.
Sat 17 August, 2 - 4pm
Traprain Law, East Lothian
Important Plant Area –
Guided walk. Explore the
different habitats on Traprain
Law which is home to an
array of wild flowers,
nationally scarce lichens and
a unique assemblage of
mosses and liverworts. Hear
tales from the past and walk
through the maiden stone.
Led by Countryside Ranger
Laura Douglas.
Sat 24 August, 10am - 2pm
Aberdour, Fife
Seashore walk. Find out
more about seaweeds and
seashore ecology. The walk
will take in three different
locations around Silversands
Bay, where a range of
seaweeds can be seen. Led by
Professor Martin Wilkinson of
the Centre for Marine
Biodiversity & Biotechnology,
Heriot-Watt University.
Sat 21 September
Puck’s Glen, Dunoon, Argyll
BSBI Scotland field meeting
with an emphasis on learning.
For details see 25 May.
Sat 12 - Sun 13 October,
1 - 4pm
John Hope Gateway at the
Royal Botanic Garden
Edinburgh
Drop-in event. Celebrate
National Fungus Day with
Plantlife Scotland. Come along
to discover the mysterious
world of fungi and lichens
through activities, folklore and
craft. Free admission.
Plantlife
Events Scotland
2013
Sat 19 October, 1 - 3.30pm
Haddo House, near Tarves,
Aberdeenshire
Guided fungi walk. The
estate lawns at Haddo house
are internationally important
for species of waxcap and
coral fungi. Come along to
see this dramatic display of
colour and learn more about
fungi identification and
ecology. Free admission.
How to book
Sat 2 November,
10am - 4pm
Centre for Stewardship,
Falkland, Fife,
Lichens in craft. The
workshop combines ecology
and craft. A chance to explore
the Falkland estate, learn
about lichens and use lichens
and fungi to create your own
natural dyes. Taught by
lichenologist Sally Eaton and
craftswoman Sheila Bates.
All walks and workshops must be booked in advance.
For more details of events in Scotland, or to book a place,
please email Scotland@plantlife.org.uk or phone (01786)
478509. Walks and training days are open to all and free of
charge (unless otherwise noted). But donations to Plantlife
are welcome. If you have any special requirements, please
advise us of these when booking. Children under 16 should be
accompanied by an adult. Shows: admission charges apply.
What to bring on walks and training days
● Outdoor clothing appropriate to the weather, with waterproof
outers (top and bottom)
● Sturdy footwear – eg walking boots
● Sun hat, sun block (or high-factor cream) as required, and
insect repellent
● Something to drink, and a snack or packed lunch if required
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18 Plantlife Scotland News 2013 Please return completed form to: Plantlife Scotland, Balallan House, Allan Park, Stirling FK8 2QG