Welcome to the weekend 🥳 The #GhostOrchid has been spotted flowering, in the wild, for the first time in 15 years, in an undisclosed location in #Herefordshire. Find out why 👉 bbc.in/3TccAgX Image credit: Richard Bate

Congratulations to Paul Green Paul Green on receiving the 2024 Presidents' Award for his Flora of County Wexford! Presentation made at recent The Wild Flower Society AGM. Find out more: bsbi.org/presidents-pri… Buy the Flora of Co. Wexford as a BSBI eBook: bsbi.org/publications/e…

The amazing Robert Northridge, Chair of BSBI Science & Data Committee, has become a TikTok sensation at the age of 80 (it was his birthday last week). This TikTok video, of Robert & the ultra-rare Killarney Fern, has attracted >3000 views: tiktok.com/@bsbibotany/vi…

Been wondering about joining BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland but not taken the plunge yet? Join this month to enjoy 15 months of these great membership benefits for the price of 12: bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2024/10/bsbi-m… #BSBImembers are intrepid, inquisitive, inclusive & love wild plants. You too? Then join us!

If you’re into plants then I strongly advise that you follow BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland and join the BSBI You’re not only supporting a fantastic charity but you’re also supporting your own personal development, with loads of resources and events to take advantage of bsbi.org/join-us

Major part of Second Student Botany Festival was about the careers that need people knowledgeable about plants. In late summer sunshine, students talk with representatives of companies and organisations. RSK Tyler Grange | B Corp™ New Phytologist BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland Field Studies Council @botanyone

Welsh Groundsel - an endemic species that arose from the hybrid between Groundsel and Oxford Ragwort. This remarkable plant was discovered at Leith Docks in 1974, but hasn’t been seen in Scotland since 1993. I was lucky enough to catch up with it in the Welsh Borders this autumn.

Are you an experienced field botanist? Would you like to become a tutor for #Identiplant, our online #WildFlowerID course? This is a great way to support budding botanists (you'll also be paid, supported & mentored). Come to an online info event tomorrow evening & find out more!

I'm sure I won't be the only one that's incredibly excited for this 🌿

Do you get confused between your stigma and your style? BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland is offering FREE online courses in understanding plant, leaf & flower anatomy & plant keys over the coming weeks and months. Details ⬇️ 🌻🪻🌱🌿🍃

This free series of webinars starts on Tuesday 5th with 'Getting started with Plant and Leaf Anatomy'. The whole series of our DAERA funded talks can be seen and booked from here: bsbi.org/botanical-skil…

The next webinar from our DAERA funded Northern Ireland Botanical Skills Project is 'Getting Started with Flower Anatomy' on Tuesday 12th November. It can be booked (along with the rest of our talks) here: bsbi.org/botanical-skil…

The hours of light may be reducing but we can still learn & develop our botanical skills over winter, including with this week's Coastal Vegetated Shingle webinar with Josh Styles Thursday 14th at 12.30 - 1.30. Register to join ow.ly/bw2r50U4m2v 📷 Dylan Parry Evans

The next free webinar from our DAERA funded Northern Ireland Botanical Skills Project is 'Lepidoptera and Plants' on Tuesday 19th November with a talk from BC Northern Ireland . If you're a fan of plants, butterflies or moths, grab yourself a ticket here: bsbi.org/botanical-skil…

The next webinar from our DAERA funded Northern Ireland Botanical Skills Project is 'Getting started with Plant Keys' on Tuesday 26th November🌿 As a vital botanical skill, I encourage you to book a ticket here: buytickets.at/botanicalsocie…

Window now open to apply for a BSBI grant for 2025! We offer grants for short #WildFlowerID courses inc #Identiplant, and for Plant Study and for Research. Our Grants page also lists every other grant we know about that might be of interest to botanists: bsbi.org/grants

Our next DAERA funded Northern Ireland Botanical Skills Project webinar is on Tuesday 10th December: 'An Introduction to the Horsetails of Fermanagh, Ireland, and the UK' Horsetails are weird looking and simply awesome, so grab a ticket now: tickettailor.com/events/botanic…

Thanks D M Wright for these kind words about our article in BTO News!

A few days left to apply for this - please spread the word to anyone you think might be interested. Ulster Wildlife National Trust NI BuglifeNI BTO Northern Ireland National Plant Monitoring Scheme @museumsnorthern

Love is fleeting and painful, but wildflowers are (or should be) eternal and joyous. Ditch the cut flowers and donate to, or join, the BSBI instead.