Podcast: A year of wild flower hunting and finding fruits

On the latest Wild Flower (Half) Hour podcast, Isabel Hardman talks to Zoe Devlin about her latest book, Blooming Marvellous: A Wild Flower Hunter’s Year, gets a lesson in identifying wild flowers by their fruits from Kevin Widdowson, and speaks to 22 year old Joshua Styles about his quest to save plants from extinction in the north-west of England.

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from #wildflowerhour http://www.wildflowerhour.co.uk/blog/2017/12/03/podcast-a-year-of-wild-flower-hunting-and-finding-fruits/

Botanical advent calendar

As all #wildflowerhour members know, December is still a fine month for finding wild flowers. But it’s also an excellent time to review your finds from the past year. Orchid expert Jon Dunns has started sharing an Advent calendar of his orchid finds – and here it is for your daily enjoyment.

Orchid Advent Calendar

from #wildflowerhour http://www.wildflowerhour.co.uk/blog/2017/12/02/botanical-advent-calendar/

Saturday quiz

Can you name all the plants in this lovely old botanical illustration by John Sowerby? Post your answers in the comments below, reply on our Instagram, comment on our Facebook page, or tweet at us. Answers tomorrow in our round-up post of the latest #wildflowerhour.

from #wildflowerhour http://www.wildflowerhour.co.uk/blog/2017/12/02/saturday-quiz-7/

Police targeting drivers under the influence of drink or drugs

Road-side checks will be more common in the run up to Christmas and New Year

from getreading - Reading & Berkshire News http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/reading-berkshire-news/police-targeting-drivers-under-influence-13980334

How Reading secretly won the Battle of Britain finally revealed in new documentary

The Secret Spitfires follows the switch in fighter production to the very centre of the town which foiled Hitler's plans

from getreading - TV & Film http://www.getreading.co.uk/whats-on/tv-film/how-reading-secretly-won-battle-13977233

Where can I buy a real Christmas tree in Reading, Bracknell and Wokingham?

Take a look at our list of places selling real Christmas trees in Reading, Bracknell, Wokingham and Berkshire.

from getreading - Family & Kids http://www.getreading.co.uk/whats-on/family-kids-news/can-buy-christmas-tree-reading-10537530

Supermoon 2017 - don't miss your chance to catch spectacular astronomical event

All you need to know about December's 'Cold Moon' over Reading, Wokingham and Bracknell

from getreading - What's On News http://www.getreading.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/supermoon-2017-dont-miss-your-13958099