Poltimore House - Fungi Foray on Saturday 24th October 2015 at 10.30am - 12.30pm...
Join local fungi expert, Nigel Pinhorn, on an exciting fungi hunt in our grounds.
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Tickets £6, Family £15, One adult with one child £9. Additional Child Tickets £4, Children under 5 free. The Family ticket is based on two adults and two children aged 5-15 (inclusive). Dogs on leads welcome.
Nigel Pinhorn from the Devon Nature Walks Group gives an introductory course on "Wildflowers of the Exe & beyond".
The series of walks and talks take place on either Sundays or Wednesdays. They are all outdoor walks and each session will be at a different venue, introducing the wonderful world of botany.
There will be particular focus on the identification, folklore, habitat preferences, medicinal and culinary uses of our wild flora. We will look at trees, wild flowers, grasses, sedges and rushes, ferns, mosses, lichens and galls. The associated wildlife will also be...