We have a vacancy for a Trustee to join our Board & contribute towards the future direction of our charity. Interested? You'd join friendly fellow Trustees such as @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social & @wildplantwanderer.bsky.social in making a real difference for plants & people bsbi.org/about/people...

What a wonderful idea by this North Yorks care home to get everyone involved with @bsbibotany.bsky.social’s 10 Plants in 2026 Challenge. www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2644210...

A North Yorkshire care home's blooming success in national wildflower challenge

Hazelgrove Court Care Home identified more than 140 wildflower species for the Botanical Society's 2026 flower challenge.

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Excellent news!! Imagine the impact this will have on the awareness, understanding and appreciation of #NaturalHistory

Caroline Lucas@carolinelucas.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Good news! Ministers have finally given green light to new #NaturalHistory GCSE. We’ve campaigned so long for this! Big hats off to tireless advocate Mary Colwell 🙌 Now our young people will have a chance to get to know & love the natural world, to feel awe & wonder, & gain skills to protect it 🌷🌳🦡

Our members volunteer in so many wonderful ways! They're inclusive: running workshops, events & conferences They're intrepid: recording wild plants across Britain & Ireland They're inquisitive: studying plants & sharing #WildFlowerID tips Celebrating them in #VolunteerWeek! bsbi.org/about/people...

Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI)@bsbibotany.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Many of our volunteering opportunities are open to all, but we offer even more options for #BSBImembers who can apply to join a committee. Events & Comms committee organises activities & events eg #NewYearPlantHunt. Skills & Training Committee focuses on #BotanyForEveryone. bsbi.org/about/people...

Really enjoying this evening’s #orchid fest for #WildflowerHour. My little contribution from a recent trip to the Cotswolds - Gymnadenia conopsea, Ophrys apifera and Dactylorhiza fuchsii.

Great news! Well done @bsbibotany.bsky.social and everyone involved in this important project. www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/2613980...

Plants 'feared lost' to extinction found after decades at these locations

Rare plants feared lost have been rediscovered after decades thanks to a targeted survey project.

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A little late for #WildflowerHour but here are a few of my finds from the wonderful Pentwyn Farm Nature Reserve in Monmouthshire. Well worth a visit. Green-winged orchid, Common spotted orchid, Bird’s foot trefoil, Meadow buttercup.

In December, the Govt will decide if it will renew the glyphosate licence until 2041… • That’s 15 more years of impacts on worms, bees, soils and run-off into ponds and rivers, and glyphosate in your food. Sign Garden Organic’s petition NOW to ban this dangerous herbicide #GrowersAgainstGlyphosate.

Plenty to see on Rodborough Common for #WildflowerHour. Cowslip, Chalk milkwort, Germander speedwell and Early purple orchid

Enjoying a wonderful day of botanising on Rodborough Common in the Cotswolds, with my very good friends from Japan 🌿🇯🇵🇬🇧. @bsbibotany.bsky.social #Botanising #RodboroughCommon #Cotswolds #Wildflowers #FieldBotany #NatureConnection #FriendsAcrossTheWorld #BritishWildflowers

Our trustee Nicola @wildplantwanderer.bsky.social took a break from #Identiplant to enjoy a day of #hanami, the Japanese custom of enjoying picnicking under the cherry blossom! Find out more & check out our handy links to help you with #WildFlowerID on cherries (Prunus spp): bsbi.org/blog/2026/04...

Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI)@bsbibotany.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Find out how Nicola @wildplantwanderer.bsky.social is progressing on her botanical journey with #Identiplant, our online botany course. She's been getting to grips with leaf shapes, #WildFlowerID keys & she just had her 1st "Eureka, suddenly it all fell into place" moment: bsbi.org/blog/2026/03...

A beautiful field of Cowslips and Snakeshead fritillaries at Margam Country Park, SouthWales. #WildflowerHour #Plants #Identiplant @bsbibotany.bsky.social #Wildflowers

Thank you @bsbibotany.bsky.social! Looking forward to the rest of my #Identiplant journey and hopefully more Eureka moments!

Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI)@bsbibotany.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Find out how Nicola @wildplantwanderer.bsky.social is progressing on her botanical journey with #Identiplant, our online botany course. She's been getting to grips with leaf shapes, #WildFlowerID keys & she just had her 1st "Eureka, suddenly it all fell into place" moment: bsbi.org/blog/2026/03...

An absolute visual feast yesterday in Alexandra Gardens, Cardiff yesterday thanks to stunning flowering cherry literally dripping from the trees! #CherryBlossom #Sakura #Spring

Great article by @donnalferguson.bsky.social in today's @theguardian.com about Darwin & Henslow's plant specimens & illustrations and the fab new @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social Certificate in Botany: www.theguardian.com/environment/... Links for this course & many others here: bsbi.org/learn/traini...

Cambridge offers botany course that inspired Darwin after rare archive uncovered

University’s botanic garden will use study materials created by John Stevens Henslow, the naturalist’s mentor, 200 years ago

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🌱🌾🌍🌺🍄🌴🍂🌳🐝🪳🧪 Botanical University Challenge #BUC2026 - UK and Ireland's quiz and festival for degree students enthusiastic about plants. Currently seeking financial support!

Dr M Goes Wild@drmgoeswild.bsky.social · 5mo ago

STOP PRESS: BUC 2026 crowdfunding is LIVE! BUC is UK & Ireland’s biggest boldest, leafiest student botany celebration🌿Our students say their knowledge shoots up, careers grow and the BUC community inspires them. Please follow the link to support us ty! 👉 reading.hubbub.net/p/botanicalu...

Wood anemone, Greater woodrush and Wood spurge found today in the Wye Valley. Did you know that Wood Spurge produces a toxic milky white sap that has been used to tip poisoned arrows? #WildflowerHour #WildPlants #botany #StoryPlants #LovePlants

Ooh first Early Purple Orchid just spotted in Monks Wood near Flaxley, Gloucestershire, plus beautiful Golden Saxifrage. #Wildflowers #Flowers #AncientWoodland

A host of golden daffodils here in the Golden Triangle of the magnificent Forest of Dean. Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus! Happy St David’s Day everyone!

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus! Happy St David's Day! Here are some Cennin Pedr (Wild Daffodils) I found yesterday in the Conwy valley…

TrevorTheBotanist@trevorthebotanist.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I stumbled across a swathe of Wild Daffodils tucked under an old hedgerow today. They look completely native & wild, but could have been planted many moons ago. Oddly, native populations are known in the Conwy valley but Atlas 2020 maps them all as non-native plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9...

I just emailed my MP through the #CleanWaterNow campaign 🌊 calling for a new water law to stop pollution and restore rivers, lakes and seas. Every voice matters – will you join me? action.friendsoftheearth.uk/target/clean...

Clean Water Now - tell your MP to take action

Take action A new water law is coming. Soon, MPs will decide whether to finally clean up our rivers, lakes and seas − or let toxic pollution continue unchecked. Right now, sewage, farming pollution an...

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Spotted this wonderful flying display in the Forest of Dean yesterday but not sure if they’re buzzards or goshawks. Can any good birders out there help? #BirdID #Birds #WhatBird

Lots of flowering gorse yesterday at Staple Edge, while this evening I just popped out for a quick sunset walk to see plenty of snowdrops still in flower, and primroses showing signs of spring. #wildflowerhour

Delighted that @bsbibotany.bsky.social have shared my first #Identiplant blogpost - Musings of a Botanical Beginner: My Botanical Journey Begins… Currently at the "how many different leaf shapes can there possible be?" stage, but so far so good.

Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI)@bsbibotany.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Check out the first instalment in a new series of guest blogposts: Musings of a Beginner Botanist, in which #BSBITrustee Nicola aka @wildplantwanderer.bsky.social gets started with serious botany! How? By signing up for #Identiplant, BSBI's online #WildFlowerID course! bsbi.org/blog/2026/02...

An hour to kill? Is it possible that the fabulous @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social doesn't know that his #UrbanPlants talks are #AppointmentViewing, just like #TheTraitors? Such modesty! The video is here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCdC... And here's Trevor's #UrbanPlants book: bsbi.org/blog/2025/06...

TrevorTheBotanist@trevorthebotanist.bsky.social · 8mo ago

If you missed my talk on alien plants and have an hour to kill before #TheTraitors (haha!), it’s now available here www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCdC.... Enjoy! @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Thoroughly enjoying venturing into the world of urban plants with @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social on this fascinating webinar with @bsbibotany.bsky.social #urbanplants #wildplants #wildflowers #botany #BSBI

We're delighted that our friends @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social have made #NewYearPlantHunt a #12DaysWild activity! Find out how to take part & learn more about how our wild plants are responding to a changing climate & what this means for all our wildlife: www.wildlifetrusts.org/blog/guest/j...

Join the New Year Plant Hunt! | The Wildlife Trusts

Get involved with the New Year Plant Hunt with our friends at the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI). From 1st-4th January take part in this citizen science project and help wildlife at t...

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Not long now until #NewYearPlantHunt starts! Everything you need is here: bsbi.org/take-part/ac... Spotter sheets, Top Tips for successful hunting, info about group hunts, guidance on taking photos for #WildFlowerID, links to the #BSBIRecordingApp for uploading your finds & info on how to get help.

Help @bsbibotany.bsky.social reach their target to unlock the Plants of the Past by supporting this important campaign!

Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI)@bsbibotany.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Help us unlock the Plants of the Past, by supporting volunteers to digitise decades of paper records & inform C21st science! @biggive.bsky.social From #GivingTuesday to 9 Dec, we have £10K in matched funds to unlock: every donation, however small, will be doubled: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW!!!! What a *huge* honour to be named #bookoftheyear by Mark Avery. With such awesome company I never imagined such an accolade. Absolutely chuffed to bits! Thank you 😊

Mark Avery@markavery.bsky.social · 9mo ago

My blog's book of the year for 2025 is.... markavery.info/2025/11/30/t... #naturewriting @nicolawriting.bsky.social @tonyjuniper.bsky.social @adamweymouth.bsky.social #roydennis #rogermorgangrenville #davidnorth @patrickgalbraith.bsky.social @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social