Wildflower walk

Join us for a gentle walk through Ravenscraig Park.

As we go we’ll look at the native wildflowers and other plants that surround us, and have a chat about their medicinal and nutritional properties. You will learn some basic plant identification and botany, and optionally you can responsibly gather wildflowers and leaves to arrange in a small bouquet to take home. We can also chat about your own gardens and offer advice about growing native plants and creating wildflower patches that are great for pollinators.

Take home some native wildflower seeds to sow in your area.

The walk will be paced according to the needs of the participants, and we’ll be able to choose a type of path and gradient that suits you. There are wheelchair-accessible paved paths as well as more rugged, unpaved paths, and we’ll have the option to branch into two parties if need be. There are benches regularly spaced along the route, and we can pause and sit whenever needed.

Please bring:

• A bottle of water to drink.
• Any snacks you’d like.
• Suitable shoes and a coat for our changeable weather.
• Any wheels or walking aids you need or would like to use.

We welcome anything you can bring to make participating easier for you, such as ear defenders or fidget toys. The walk is well-behaved dog-friendly, but if a dog on the walk would be a barrier to your taking part, please let us know.

We’ll meet:

Near the Men’s Shed at the Kirkcaldy entrance to Ravenscraig Park. There are public toilest and a carpark here, but please note due to the current road closure the carpark is only accessible from the Dysart end of Dysart Road.

We’ll end:

In Ravenscraig Walled Garden, which has an accessible toilet and drinking water.

You can leave the walk whenever you’d like, but please let us know before you head off!