Last Saturday was @bsbibotany.bsky.social #BIBConf25 but in 1965 BSBI conference was in Birmingham. Found report in Amnesty bookshop! JL Fyfe of PBI Cambridge talked about Lucerne, Sickle Medick and hybrids 🤗 Alas no references ☹️
#Botany #Medicago
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#Botany #Medicago
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December 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Last Saturday was @bsbibotany.bsky.social #BIBConf25 but in 1965 BSBI conference was in Birmingham. Found report in Amnesty bookshop! JL Fyfe of PBI Cambridge talked about Lucerne, Sickle Medick and hybrids 🤗 Alas no references ☹️
#Botany #Medicago
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#Botany #Medicago
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Kicking yourself that you didn't make it to #BIBConf25 yesterday?
Don't worry!
We recorded the talks for you & they'll be up on our YouTube channel very soon.
We also have some great online winter talks & webinars lined up for you in the coming months!
Check them out:
bsbi.org/take-part/ev...
Don't worry!
We recorded the talks for you & they'll be up on our YouTube channel very soon.
We also have some great online winter talks & webinars lined up for you in the coming months!
Check them out:
bsbi.org/take-part/ev...
November 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Kicking yourself that you didn't make it to #BIBConf25 yesterday?
Don't worry!
We recorded the talks for you & they'll be up on our YouTube channel very soon.
We also have some great online winter talks & webinars lined up for you in the coming months!
Check them out:
bsbi.org/take-part/ev...
Don't worry!
We recorded the talks for you & they'll be up on our YouTube channel very soon.
We also have some great online winter talks & webinars lined up for you in the coming months!
Check them out:
bsbi.org/take-part/ev...
Lovely to see you at #BIBConf25 yesterday @rogerhorton.bsky.social (and at the after-party!), thank you so much for coming!
Glad you made it back in time for a walk in the woods :-)
Glad you made it back in time for a walk in the woods :-)
It was a long haul back from @bsbibotany.bsky.social #BIBConf25 at Edge Hill Ormskirk to Cambridge but just managed a walk in the setting sun. Sleep well! 🌇😴
(Wandlebury Woods #Cambridge)
(Wandlebury Woods #Cambridge)
November 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Lovely to see you at #BIBConf25 yesterday @rogerhorton.bsky.social (and at the after-party!), thank you so much for coming!
Glad you made it back in time for a walk in the woods :-)
Glad you made it back in time for a walk in the woods :-)
I worried that @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social might be feeling a bit flat after the excitement of yesterday's #BIBConf25.
But today @markavery.bsky.social announced that Trevor's #UrbanPlants is his 2025 #BookoftheYear! markavery.info/2025/11/30/t...
Congratulations Trevor, we're so happy for you!
But today @markavery.bsky.social announced that Trevor's #UrbanPlants is his 2025 #BookoftheYear! markavery.info/2025/11/30/t...
Congratulations Trevor, we're so happy for you!
November 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I worried that @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social might be feeling a bit flat after the excitement of yesterday's #BIBConf25.
But today @markavery.bsky.social announced that Trevor's #UrbanPlants is his 2025 #BookoftheYear! markavery.info/2025/11/30/t...
Congratulations Trevor, we're so happy for you!
But today @markavery.bsky.social announced that Trevor's #UrbanPlants is his 2025 #BookoftheYear! markavery.info/2025/11/30/t...
Congratulations Trevor, we're so happy for you!
It was a long haul back from @bsbibotany.bsky.social #BIBConf25 at Edge Hill Ormskirk to Cambridge but just managed a walk in the setting sun. Sleep well! 🌇😴
(Wandlebury Woods #Cambridge)
(Wandlebury Woods #Cambridge)
November 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
It was a long haul back from @bsbibotany.bsky.social #BIBConf25 at Edge Hill Ormskirk to Cambridge but just managed a walk in the setting sun. Sleep well! 🌇😴
(Wandlebury Woods #Cambridge)
(Wandlebury Woods #Cambridge)
Lovely to catch up with these two botanical superstars at yesterday's #BIBConf25!
@naturelark.bsky.social (on left) and @botanybeck.bsky.social, the driving force behind @wildflowerhour.bsky.social!
Looking good, #wildflowerhour ladies!
@naturelark.bsky.social (on left) and @botanybeck.bsky.social, the driving force behind @wildflowerhour.bsky.social!
Looking good, #wildflowerhour ladies!
November 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Lovely to catch up with these two botanical superstars at yesterday's #BIBConf25!
@naturelark.bsky.social (on left) and @botanybeck.bsky.social, the driving force behind @wildflowerhour.bsky.social!
Looking good, #wildflowerhour ladies!
@naturelark.bsky.social (on left) and @botanybeck.bsky.social, the driving force behind @wildflowerhour.bsky.social!
Looking good, #wildflowerhour ladies!
Oh @dunnjons.bsky.social & @thenewgalaxy.bsky.social - you two are incorrigible!
But we love you and it was such a treat to see your exhibit at #BIBConf25 yesterday & hear all about your programme of upcoming @mariposanature.bsky.social orchid tours.
Hope to see you again soon!
But we love you and it was such a treat to see your exhibit at #BIBConf25 yesterday & hear all about your programme of upcoming @mariposanature.bsky.social orchid tours.
Hope to see you again soon!
What's a pair of orchid-hunters to do the morning after the @bsbibotany.bsky.social conference in northwest England at the end of November? Go look for orchids, of course!
Fine journey to the station with my Mariposa colleague @thenewgalaxy.bsky.social - roadside Bee Orchids, full of promise.
Fine journey to the station with my Mariposa colleague @thenewgalaxy.bsky.social - roadside Bee Orchids, full of promise.
November 30, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Oh @dunnjons.bsky.social & @thenewgalaxy.bsky.social - you two are incorrigible!
But we love you and it was such a treat to see your exhibit at #BIBConf25 yesterday & hear all about your programme of upcoming @mariposanature.bsky.social orchid tours.
Hope to see you again soon!
But we love you and it was such a treat to see your exhibit at #BIBConf25 yesterday & hear all about your programme of upcoming @mariposanature.bsky.social orchid tours.
Hope to see you again soon!
What a pleasure to meet @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social at yesterday's #BIBCONF25
Trevor's 5 minute presentation on Welsh Groundsel sounded like it would make a fascinating full length presentation at a future conference.
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbicymru.bsky.social
Trevor's 5 minute presentation on Welsh Groundsel sounded like it would make a fascinating full length presentation at a future conference.
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbicymru.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 10:32 AM
What a pleasure to meet @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social at yesterday's #BIBCONF25
Trevor's 5 minute presentation on Welsh Groundsel sounded like it would make a fascinating full length presentation at a future conference.
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbicymru.bsky.social
Trevor's 5 minute presentation on Welsh Groundsel sounded like it would make a fascinating full length presentation at a future conference.
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbicymru.bsky.social
Wonderful to catch up with our friend @ambroisebaker.bsky.social at yesterday's #BIBConf25.
He brought some Mentha spp (mints) with him - both live plants and pressed specimens.
Ambroise's mission is to help us love mints and learn to identify them correctly.
#WildflowerID
He brought some Mentha spp (mints) with him - both live plants and pressed specimens.
Ambroise's mission is to help us love mints and learn to identify them correctly.
#WildflowerID
November 30, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Wonderful to catch up with our friend @ambroisebaker.bsky.social at yesterday's #BIBConf25.
He brought some Mentha spp (mints) with him - both live plants and pressed specimens.
Ambroise's mission is to help us love mints and learn to identify them correctly.
#WildflowerID
He brought some Mentha spp (mints) with him - both live plants and pressed specimens.
Ambroise's mission is to help us love mints and learn to identify them correctly.
#WildflowerID
Thanks to all my plant friends, old and new, for making time at the #BIBConf25 so much fun!
@bsbibotany.bsky.social @bsbicountries.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social @bsbicountries.bsky.social
British & Irish Botanical Conference 2025 organised by the BSBI: Edge Hill University, November 29 2025
Fantastic time at #BIBConf25, catching up in person with BSBI friends, making new botany friends, hearing from early career people, listing to interesting talks and debates, ... 150% BSBI fun…
Fantastic time at #BIBConf25, catching up in person with BSBI friends, making new botany friends, hearing from early career people, listing to interesting talks and debates, ... 150% BSBI fun…
British & Irish Botanical Conference 2025 organised by the BSBI: Edge Hill University, November 29 2025
Fantastic time at #BIBConf25, catching up in person with BSBI friends, making new botany friends, hearing from early career people, listing to interesting talks and debates, ... 150% BSBI fun with a full range of exhibits, talks and posters, ... well over 100% on the account that there was sooo much to see and learn! I was fortunate to be allocated exhibit no 8 and brought information about mint (genus Mentha) and I got lots of tips from people on how to develop this work. The poster I presented can be downloaded from here.
plantsbiodiversityecosystems.wordpress.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Thanks to all my plant friends, old and new, for making time at the #BIBConf25 so much fun!
@bsbibotany.bsky.social @bsbicountries.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social @bsbicountries.bsky.social
British & Irish Botanical Conference 2025 organised by the BSBI: Edge Hill University, November 29 2025
Fantastic time at #BIBConf25, catching up in person with BSBI friends, making new botany friends, hearing from early career people, listing to interesting talks and debates, ... 150% BSBI fun…
Fantastic time at #BIBConf25, catching up in person with BSBI friends, making new botany friends, hearing from early career people, listing to interesting talks and debates, ... 150% BSBI fun…
British & Irish Botanical Conference 2025 organised by the BSBI: Edge Hill University, November 29 2025
Fantastic time at #BIBConf25, catching up in person with BSBI friends, making new botany friends, hearing from early career people, listing to interesting talks and debates, ... 150% BSBI fun with a full range of exhibits, talks and posters, ... well over 100% on the account that there was sooo much to see and learn! I was fortunate to be allocated exhibit no 8 and brought information about mint (genus Mentha) and I got lots of tips from people on how to develop this work. The poster I presented can be downloaded from here.
plantsbiodiversityecosystems.wordpress.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:22 AM
British & Irish Botanical Conference 2025 organised by the BSBI: Edge Hill University, November 29 2025
Fantastic time at #BIBConf25, catching up in person with BSBI friends, making new botany friends, hearing from early career people, listing to interesting talks and debates, ... 150% BSBI fun…
Fantastic time at #BIBConf25, catching up in person with BSBI friends, making new botany friends, hearing from early career people, listing to interesting talks and debates, ... 150% BSBI fun…
Thanks for organising a wonderful #BIBConf25 to:
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@moschatel.bsky.social
@bsbicountries.bsky.social
…et al.
…and good night Ormskirk #Lancashire!
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@moschatel.bsky.social
@bsbicountries.bsky.social
…et al.
…and good night Ormskirk #Lancashire!
November 29, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Thanks for organising a wonderful #BIBConf25 to:
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@moschatel.bsky.social
@bsbicountries.bsky.social
…et al.
…and good night Ormskirk #Lancashire!
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@moschatel.bsky.social
@bsbicountries.bsky.social
…et al.
…and good night Ormskirk #Lancashire!
Fascinating insights from Professor John Rodwell, giving a us “A botanist’s view from South Yorkshire at the #BIBConf25. Including early influences such as his professor Irene Manton
November 29, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Fascinating insights from Professor John Rodwell, giving a us “A botanist’s view from South Yorkshire at the #BIBConf25. Including early influences such as his professor Irene Manton
Pete Stroh @bsbibotany.bsky.social on the newly published GB Red List for vascular plants at #BIBconf25 a standardised assessment of conservation status. Fascinating hearing about the challenges of using the IUCN criteria developed on mammals for plants. bsbi.org/learn/public...
November 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Pete Stroh @bsbibotany.bsky.social on the newly published GB Red List for vascular plants at #BIBconf25 a standardised assessment of conservation status. Fascinating hearing about the challenges of using the IUCN criteria developed on mammals for plants. bsbi.org/learn/public...
Amazing that 1600 people have taken our FiSC botanical skills assessments since 2023. Chantal Helm @bsbibotany.bsky.social Training Coordinator update at #BIBConf25
November 29, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Amazing that 1600 people have taken our FiSC botanical skills assessments since 2023. Chantal Helm @bsbibotany.bsky.social Training Coordinator update at #BIBConf25
Great to welcome Alys Fowler to #BIBConf25 today.
She picked up the BSBI/ Wildflower Society Presidents' Award for her book Peatlands, judged the most useful contribution this year to our understanding of British and Irish Botany. Congrats Alys, very welll-deserved!
She picked up the BSBI/ Wildflower Society Presidents' Award for her book Peatlands, judged the most useful contribution this year to our understanding of British and Irish Botany. Congrats Alys, very welll-deserved!
Congratulations to Alys Fowler for her wonderful book ‘Peatlands,’ winner of @bsbibotany.bsky.social and The Wildflower Society Presidents’ Award presented today at #BIBConf25
November 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Great to welcome Alys Fowler to #BIBConf25 today.
She picked up the BSBI/ Wildflower Society Presidents' Award for her book Peatlands, judged the most useful contribution this year to our understanding of British and Irish Botany. Congrats Alys, very welll-deserved!
She picked up the BSBI/ Wildflower Society Presidents' Award for her book Peatlands, judged the most useful contribution this year to our understanding of British and Irish Botany. Congrats Alys, very welll-deserved!
Congratulations to Alys Fowler for her wonderful book ‘Peatlands,’ winner of @bsbibotany.bsky.social and The Wildflower Society Presidents’ Award presented today at #BIBConf25
November 29, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Congratulations to Alys Fowler for her wonderful book ‘Peatlands,’ winner of @bsbibotany.bsky.social and The Wildflower Society Presidents’ Award presented today at #BIBConf25
Great talk from @bucbotany.bsky.social at the #BIBConf25. What an amazing thing. I wish this had been around when I was at uni!
🌍🌸🌻🌱🌾🌳🍁🥀 Botanical University Challenge at the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland conference @bsbibotany.bsky.social at Edge Hill University, Merseyside today. #BUC2026
November 29, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Great talk from @bucbotany.bsky.social at the #BIBConf25. What an amazing thing. I wish this had been around when I was at uni!
“Guerrilla Botany” - putting field and botany modules into university courses. The #BIBConf25 kicking off to an exciting start with @bsbibotany.bsky.social President Paul Ashton on the role of botany in the 21st Century.
November 29, 2025 at 11:40 AM
“Guerrilla Botany” - putting field and botany modules into university courses. The #BIBConf25 kicking off to an exciting start with @bsbibotany.bsky.social President Paul Ashton on the role of botany in the 21st Century.
Oliver Cromwell is alleged to have been late for the battle but here he is right on time for @bsbibotany.bsky.social #BIBConf25 at Edge Hill (a totally different place). 😉
November 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Oliver Cromwell is alleged to have been late for the battle but here he is right on time for @bsbibotany.bsky.social #BIBConf25 at Edge Hill (a totally different place). 😉
Superb garden of hosts near Ormskirk prior to #BIBConf25 tomorrow.
November 28, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Superb garden of hosts near Ormskirk prior to #BIBConf25 tomorrow.
Polypody fern catching the evening sun in a South Lancashire wall at Aughton ahead of @bsbibotany.bsky.social #BIBConf25 at Edge Hill tomorrow. #FernFriday
November 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Polypody fern catching the evening sun in a South Lancashire wall at Aughton ahead of @bsbibotany.bsky.social #BIBConf25 at Edge Hill tomorrow. #FernFriday
Really looking forward to Saturday’s British & Irish Botanical Conference #BIBConf25. I’ll be part of a panel discussing the use of AI in botany. Apparently, this is what AI thinks we look like, so I expect everyone to dress entirely in green (with a weird BATHIMAND logo) @bsbibotany.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Really looking forward to Saturday’s British & Irish Botanical Conference #BIBConf25. I’ll be part of a panel discussing the use of AI in botany. Apparently, this is what AI thinks we look like, so I expect everyone to dress entirely in green (with a weird BATHIMAND logo) @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Our friendly orchid tour leaders @dunnjons.bsky.social & @thenewgalaxy.bsky.social will be at the #BIBConf25 at Edge Hill University tomorrow - they're looking forward to chatting orchids with everyone there!
The emperor has no clothes! Very much looking forward to sharing true stories about the little man of Rhodes - and other orchid tales - with @bsbibotany.bsky.social conference attendees this weekend. See you there.
November 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Our friendly orchid tour leaders @dunnjons.bsky.social & @thenewgalaxy.bsky.social will be at the #BIBConf25 at Edge Hill University tomorrow - they're looking forward to chatting orchids with everyone there!
Can't wait to catch up with our friends Jon & Richard from @mariposanature.bsky.social at Saturday's #BIBConf25 at Edge Hill University.
We're so proud to have Mariposa as a #BSBICorporateSupporter!
Bookings for the Conference have closed but there's a waitlist: www.tickettailor.com/events/botan...
We're so proud to have Mariposa as a #BSBICorporateSupporter!
Bookings for the Conference have closed but there's a waitlist: www.tickettailor.com/events/botan...
November 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Can't wait to catch up with our friends Jon & Richard from @mariposanature.bsky.social at Saturday's #BIBConf25 at Edge Hill University.
We're so proud to have Mariposa as a #BSBICorporateSupporter!
Bookings for the Conference have closed but there's a waitlist: www.tickettailor.com/events/botan...
We're so proud to have Mariposa as a #BSBICorporateSupporter!
Bookings for the Conference have closed but there's a waitlist: www.tickettailor.com/events/botan...