Dr Barry Yates, Sussex Wildlife Trust’s long-standing Manager at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve, will give an illustrated talk in the new Discovery Centre about the flora of the Reserve and to officially launch his book on the same subject.

After the talk, at 4pm, the book Seaside Flowers of Rye Harbour Nature Reserve will be launched by the Friends of Rye Harbour Nature Reserve, following which there will be a selection of flower poetry readings from the Rye Harbour Poetry Group.