The Flowers of Wanstead Area - a presentation by the Wren Conservation Group

On Monday December 12th 2011, the WREN Conservation and Wildlife Group organised an illustrated talk on "The Flowers of the Wanstead Area" at Wanstead House Community Centre.

This was an illustrated talk by two local naturalists - Tricia Moxey and myself. The talk by Tricia Moxey covered a broader picture of the south of Epping Forest, describing something of the topology, man's influence on the area, the history and the natural history

This was followed by my talk, which concentrated more on the flora of the Wanstead area and so encompassed that area which is covered by 'Wanstead Wildlife'. This looked at some of the specialities of the area, some newcomers, some that people may well be aware of such as the bluebells, and some which they may not such as the Duke of Argylle's Tea-tree! It was hoped that this brief look at our local flowers may encourage people to get out and look for what we have for themselves.

The presentation was filmed by Stuart Monro and are available on YouTube. Tricia's presentation is here :http://youtu.be/xur0oujQIXY     and Paul's presentation is here: http://youtu.be/4a3kCFipbF4

Paul Ferris, 24th December 2011