Thursday, 12 April 2018

Is it ok to pick wild flowers and if so, when?

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Sometimes it's best to take a photo  of that plant and share it on social media! Image: Mags Crittenden Last November BSBI launched ...
Tuesday, 10 April 2018

BSBI supporting Young Darwins again in 2018

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BSBI is once again supporting the Young Darwin Scholarship (YDS) this year. The scheme is run by the Field Studies Council (FSC) and aims...
Saturday, 31 March 2018

Juniper: in Byron's Gin and on the BSBI's Database

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Juniper photographed in the Outer Hebrides Image: Paul Smith  This month's post about Byron's Gin focuses on a plant without wh...
Thursday, 29 March 2018

Invasives Week: plants of concern

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Parrot's-feather © NNSS Crown Copyright 2009 23rd - 29th March is Invasives Week and the focus is on plants that government agencies...
Wednesday, 28 March 2018

Botanical art class at the Linnean Society

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Artwork by Maria Sibylla Merian © The Linnean Society of London We are always keen to promote the excellent work of the Linnean Society ...
Tuesday, 27 March 2018

Coming soon: Wild Flowers of The Isle of Purbeck, Brownsea & Sandbanks, 2nd. ed.

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Early Spider-orchid: a Purbeck speciality Image: Edward Pratt Botanists have a treat coming up - a second edition of  The Wild Flowers o...
Wednesday, 21 March 2018

Garden plants: a threat to the environment due to climate change?

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Last time Tomos Sion Jones appeared on these pages, he was telling us about an orchid course he was able to attend thanks to a BSBI Training...