About the event

FREE event in collaboration with Plantllife. Two walking talks through Horner wood with Angie Cruse, Plantlife’s South West Rainforest Advisor.

MORNING 10.00-12.00: BOOKABLE EVENT 

What makes a rainforest?

Meet 9.45am at Horner National Trust car park, TA24 8HY

A morning in Horner Wood with Angie Cruse. Discover what it is that makes Horner Wood a temperate rainforest. Find out about the special lichens and mosses that live there and why they are important. Examine the wood’s unique habitats and microclimates. Learn about the pressures the UK’s rainforests are facing, and what organisations like Plantlife are doing to restore and protect them. 

Maximum 20 participants.

NB: This walk is now almost fully-booked: to be added to a waiting list for cancellations email wswildways@somersetwildlife.org

AFTERNOON 1.30-3.30: BOOKABLE EVENT

How to survey a rainforest: How healthy is Horner?

Meet 1.15pm at Horner National Trust car park, TA24 8HY

An introduction to Plantlife's Rapid Rainforest Assessment.

Discover how this user-friendly survey helps us to assess our temperate rainforests’ health. Learn how to recognise a rainforest’s woodland structure and common habitat features. Take a close look at the tree species that make up the wood. This session is open to everyone, but is particularly suitable for anyone interested in using the survey for the temperate rainforests in South West England, Wales or Scotland. 

Maximum 20 participants: booking strongly advised.

NOTE: These Rainforest talking walks with Angie Cruse form part of the larger ‘Woodland, Water and Wildlife’ event in Horner on 4^th August, organised by West Somerset Wildways in collaboration with the National Trust: see separate entry for further details.

West Somerset Wildways is part of the Somerset’s Wilder Coast project, funded by the HPC Community Fund and the National Lottery Community Fund’s Climate Action Fund.