Worcestershire Wildlife Trust’s local membership group were recently taken on a journey “Around the World in 80 Plants” by speaker Simon Gulliver. Simon is now a Gardens Consultant for the National Trust after a varied career in horticulture and his illustrated talk was full of facts and anecdotes. He had travelled for a year, starting in the Russian Federation, and journeyed eastwards through Asia, Australia, New Zealand and North America. Along the way he photographed and recorded the remarkable plants and animals, landscape and produce that he encountered.

The group’s next talk will be “Foxes” by Derek Crawley, on February 17 at 7.30pm in Rowney Green village hall. Admission is just £2.50 and non members are welcome.