This is a FREE member event with the option to make a donation if you wish to.

Have you ever eagerly taken pictures of an exciting plant, only to get home, check your phone and find all your photos are out of focus? This session will help you focus on your forget-me-nots and frame those foxgloves. Botanist and author Leif Bersweden promotes plants by sharing his photos on social media. He will talk about the dos and don'ts of amateur botanical photography, what parts of the plant are useful to photograph for identification and much more.

Leif will be joined by Plantlife's Cassie Crocker who will share how your botanical photos can support our conservation goals.

This talk is being led by:

Special guest Leif Bersweden – Leif is a writer, botanist and nature communicator with a face-down, bottom-up approach to watching wildlife. He grew up in rural Wiltshire where he taught himself how to identify the local flora and has championed our wild plants and the joy they bring ever since. He is the author of The Orchid Hunter (2017) and Where the Wildflowers Grow (2022).

Cassie Crocker - Cass, has a background in the arts, joined Plantlife in 2020, engaging the Bridgend community in green spaces and worked on Magnificent Meadows Cymru. In 2022, she then developed the people engagement strategy for the Natur am Byth species recovery program. Advocating for collaboration, art, and community involvement, she now focuses on enhancing people's connections with nature as Plantlife's Nature Connections Officer.

At the end of the talk there will be an opportunity to ask questions. 

 We really hope you can join us for this talk. The talk will be recorded and a link to the recording will be sent to all those who register to attend the event.

This is a free event, but there is an option to make a donation if you wish to.

Many thanks

Plantlife Membership Team.