Grasslands with John Wright
Not Just Grass. A Hidden World.
Join John Wright, one of our best-known naturalists, as he uncovers the beauty and rich diversity of Britain's grasslands.
Bursting with mushrooms, lichen and wildflowers, home to butterflies, bees and beetles, and vital to foxes and birds alike, these grasslands are part of our natural heritage.
Buy tickets
Or buy tickets in Teasel & Skylark Books, Trinity Street, Dorchester (07424 619496)
Tuesday to Saturday (9.30am to 4.30pm)
Select the ‘ticket + book’ bundle offer during checkout to receive a copy of John’s brand new book, ‘Grasslands’, at a 30% discount from the Recommended Retail Price of £22.
(The ‘ticket + book’ price is just £20 and you can collect the book from the shop as soon as it’s been published - expected publication date is 7 May 2026 - or receive it on the evening.)
Dorset-based John Wright is a naturalist and one of Great Britain's leading experts on fungi. His most recent book, The Naming of the Shrew: A Curious History of Latin Names was published by Bloomsbury in 2014.
His publications include books on how to forage in hedgerows and seashores, on the delights and perils of gathering fungi and mushrooms, and how to make your own booze, all published in the popular River Cottage Handbook series.
From meadows to mires to heathlands, John Wright introduces them in all their variety: the history of how grasslands came to be, what can be found there, what we risk with their loss and what can be done to save what is left. Most of all, he shows why we should care.
Because grasslands are never just patches of grass.