Do you participate in nature-related citizen science – or would you like to?📱Take part in our survey: https://ow.ly/bIee50ZHB6o 🔗 More information: https://ow.ly/EqKX50ZHB6s #CitizenScience #ForestResearch

#MemberProfile: Inala Jurassic Garden🇦🇺 🌴A five-acre garden on Bruny Island. 🌸Home to 750 plant species linked to Gondwana, the supercontinent that formed 600 mya. 🐚Many of the Garden's plants have fossil versions shown at Inala's Nature Museum. More: gardensearch.bgci.org/garden/3738

📢We are thrilled to announce the IPSN's UK Members Autumn Meeting! 📍Birmingham Botanical Gardens 📆Mon, September 21 ⏰9:30 PM – 5:00 PM Network with peers, discuss ongoing initiatives & take part in biosecurity training. To register, please contact us.

Accede a los materiales educativos de Bexyl sobre la importancia de la bioseguridad en jardines botánicos y Xylella fastidiosa🦠🌱 Recursos para ayudar a informar, sensibilizar y apoyar actividades de divulgación en tu centro. 👉 buff.ly/gA7VE5Z @iascsic.bsky.social @horizoneu.bsky.social

🌳UK Botanic Gardens & arboreta: help protect our beech trees! The IPSN has published a national Beech (Fagus) Monitoring Protocol to track Beech Leaf Disease, Petrakia leaf spot, Beech scale & Woolly Beech Aphid. 📋To access it, sign up for our survey: buff.ly/6ELWgTj

Register for @rsb.org.uk's #PlantHealth Series upcoming event! Enjoy talks from plant health experts, networking with the plant health community, a guided tour & time to explore the gardens. 🗓️Thu 15 Oct, 10:30-16:00 📍Oxford Botanic Garden To register: buff.ly/jzMl5Sh

🌳🪲In a new IPSN blog, veteran entomologist Dr Chris Malumphy spotlights the insect species threatening Britain's beech trees, from woolly beech aphids to beech leaf miners. 🔍︎Read here: buff.ly/FyMJ06A

📸Join @inaturalist.bsky.social's upcoming webinar on using your smartphone to capture clear, well-lit photos of plants. High-quality images make it easier to correctly ID species & catch early signs of disease/pest damage. 🗓️Tue, Aug 4 at 5:00 PM BST 👉Register: buff.ly/rrRA6Sr

Calling all UK Botanic Gardens & Arboreta📢🇬🇧: The Hawthorn Sampling Initiative 2026 (Apr-Sep) is open for sign-ups. 🦠🔬Help @forestresearchuk.bsky.social, @thetreecouncil.bsky.social & partners investigate pathogens affecting hawthorn & hedgerow species! Register here: buff.ly/CxCHRAa

🌳Calling all UK botanic gardens & arboreta! Join our national beech (Fagus) monitoring initiative to help track Beech Leaf Disease, Petrakia leaf spot, Beech scale & Woolly Beech Aphid. Flexible surveying, full support provided. Register here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/2V59Kme1gH

🌱The IPSN hosted its UK Members Summer Meeting, bringing together 22 members from 13 organisations to share Small Grants outcomes, launch new hawthorn & beech surveillance initiatives, and shape plant health priorities for the year ahead. Read the recap:

IPSN UK Network Summer Meeting Recap | Botanic Gardens Conservation International

On June 29th, the IPSN held its online UK Members Summer Meeting, sharing project outcomes and new initiatives, and discussing priorities for 2026-2027.

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🌿The IPSN team joined @efsa.europa.eu's final BeXyl General Assembly & 5th European Conference on Xylella fastidiosa in Bari, Italy. Great to showcase how botanic gardens & living collections support plant health research, biosecurity & surveillance. 🔗[Read here](buff.ly/nLfIDBe)

📢📅The IPSN July Newsletter is out now! 🌱Check it out and stay up to date with the latest resources, members' news, project updates & upcoming events. 🔗https://buff.ly/aKMBS9e

Calling all UK Botanic Gardens & Arboreta📢🇬🇧: The Hawthorn Sampling Initiative 2026 (Apr-Sep) is open for sign-ups. 🦠🔬Help @forestresearchuk.bsky.social, @thetreecouncil.bsky.social & partners investigate pathogens affecting hawthorn & hedgerow species! Register here: buff.ly/CxCHRAa

As one of the partners in the Bexyl project, IPSN attended @efsa.europa.eu's 5th European Conference on Xylella fastidiosa🦠 A great opportunity to exchange knowledge and learn the latest research and management strategies. More highlights from the event soon! #XylellaFastidiosa #PlantHealth

Does your Botanic Garden feature beech species🌳? 📋🦠If yes, join our baseline surveys for beech pests & diseases. Help us strengthen plant health surveillance & improve distribution knowledge for priority organisms! Register here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/2V59Kme1gH

Proud to have brought botanic gardens across South and Central America into the BeXyl project to advance knowledge on Xylella fastidiosa🦠 After four years, the project is coming to and end. IPSN attended the final General Assembly in Bari, Italy. More: bexylproject.org

🇪🇸Kit de recursos educativos de Proyecto Bexyl disponible en español y gratis. Descubre materiales sobre bioseguridad y los riesgos de plagas y patógenos, como X. fastidiosa, para apoyar la sensibilización en jardines botánicos. 🔗https://buff.ly/igD3CoL @iascsic.bsky.social @horizoneu.bsky.social

#MemberProfile: Jardim Botânico do Porto🇵🇹 🏛️Originally a farm; now a four-hectare green space. 🎓Part of the University of Porto since 1951. 🌺Home to an award-winning camellia collection of 753 plants, 266 cultivars & 26 species. More: gardensearch.bgci.org/garden/7052

There's just over a week until our online Plant Health Series: Summer Conference 2026! The conference will focusing on a number of different aspects of plant health, including a careers overview. 📆 Thursday 25 June, 10:00 to 15:45, online Find out more: my.rsb.org.uk/item.php?eve... #PlantHealth

📢We are thrilled to announce our upcoming IPSN UK Members Summer Meeting! 📍Online (via Teams) 📆Monday, 29th of June ⏰2:30 PM – 5:30 PM (BST) Network with peers and discuss ongoing monitoring and sampling initiatives & new biosecurity tools. To register, please contact us.

🇧🇪🔍🪲Belgian Botanical Gardens are surveying priority pests & diseases this spring/summer, including Beech Leaf Disease, Petrakia Leaf Spot, Rose Rosette Virus & more. Results will be shared with NPPOs to strengthen plant health preparedness. #Biosecurity #PlantHealth

🌳🪲Eastern Europe's botanic gardens are on the frontline again – fighting the pest Emerald Ash Borer before it spreads further west. Traps will run through spring and summer, with findings reviewed by diagnostic experts to support early detection. #Biosecurity #PlantHealth

📢The IPSN May Special Plant Health Week Newsletter is out now! 🌱🔍Learn about the new monitoring materials, calls for gardens growing beech, hawthorn & NZ species to join our surveillance programmes & a new education kit in Spanish. 📰Read it here: buff.ly/m59FTco

Last week, the IPSN team was at Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid, launching new materials alongside our partner @iascsic.bsky.social🇪🇸 🦠📋These resources focus on plant biosecurity & teach the public about Xylella fastidiosa. Read about the event👉https://buff.ly/T0GhM9R #Biosecurity #PlantHealth

New BeXyl Educational Resources Help Botanic Gardens Engage Visitors on Plant Biosecurity | Botanic Gardens Conservation International

On 12 May, the International Plant Sentinel Network (IPSN) joined colleagues from the BeXyl Project to launch a suite of new educational resources.

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📸🌿Closing #PlantHealthWeek with a free educational resource for Botanic Garden staff – our updated plant health manual 'Taking Photographs for Diagnostic Purposes' is now available in English & French. Read them here👇 🇬🇧https://buff.ly/ycax57e 🇫🇷https://buff.ly/DRHyPg1

🪲📄As #PlantHealthWeek draws to a close, the IPSN invites all Botanic Gardens & Arboreta to consult this suite of plant health posters & factsheets covering emerging pests and diseases. Explore them here👇 Posters: buff.ly/NQXycxP Factsheets: buff.ly/pC2QAMV

Do you have a story to share about Plant Health & Biosecurity? ✍️🌵The IPSN is seeking contributors for its blog series. From plane tree disease in London to holistic pest management in Barbados, no blog idea is too niche. Get in touch: buff.ly/9dQt60b #PlantHealthWeek

Botanic Gardens build and strengthen communities. 🌳🔍For instance, Ginette Alexander's Tree Murder Club at the Castle Howard Arboretum unites experts & volunteers on Wednesdays to survey trees for pests & diseases. Read more here: buff.ly/zj4Xpg5 #PlantHealthWeek

Los jardines botánicos inspiran a personas de todas las edades a cuidar la salud vegetal🌿. 🔬📋Los nuevos recursos gratuitos del proyecto BeXyl acercan la bioseguridad vegetal al público y a conocer mejor Xylella fastidiosa. Explora y usa los recursos: bexylproject.org/educational-...