***BOOKINGS WILL CLOSE AT THE END OF FRIDAY 23 SEPTEMBER***

Everyone, including all BSBI members and interested non-members, is very welcome to the Irish Autumn Meeting & AGM.  

*** Revised Programme***

Morning Session

10.20 Welcome

10.25 Ireland Officer's Year : Paul Green

10.40 The montane flora of West Galway: John Conaghan

10.55 Managing dunes for biodiversity: Aoife Delaney

11.10 Coffee/tea break (provided)

11.35 Irish Scaly Male-ferns – a taxonomic study: Alison Evans

12.20 Looking at rare plants in Tipperary: Anne Lloyd

12.45 Lunch break (not provided, available in the café, or bring a picnic)

Afternoon Session

13.45 Introduction to spikey-rosette aquatics: Nick Stewart

14.15 A choice of:

• visiting the gardens with Nick Stewart to look at aquatic plants
• visiting herbarium with Alison Evans to look at Scaly Male-ferns***FULLY BOOKED***
• freetime to explore gardens and / or catch up with friends

15.00 coffee/tea break (provided)

15.30 A choice of attending AGM or one of the two (repeated) practical sessions or freetime:

• BSBI Irish Annual General Meeting
• visit the gardens with Nick Stewart to look at aquatic plants (repeat for those not on earlier outing)
• visit herbarium with Alison Evans to look at Scaly Male-ferns (repeat for those not on earlier session)
• freetime - or leave early

Registration

Registration is essential. There is no set fee but we would be delighted if you would make a small donation to help cover the cost of providing mid-morning and afternoon teas and coffees and our organisation and admin costs. 

Starting Time

The start time in the Glasnevin Lecture Theatre is 10.20, but why don't you arrive at 10am and grab a coffee with friends in the adjacent Botanic Gardens cafe?  But don't arrive much earlier than that, as the Gardens and cafe don't open until 10am.

AGM

The BSBI Irish AGM will be held at 15.30 in the main lecture theatre and while everyone is very welcome, only Irish BSBI Members may vote. Note the building will close at 17.00 sharp.

Choices

As numbers will be limited on the visits to the Gardens and herbarium, they will be repeated to allow more choice. You can also use the time to explore the Gardens and catch-up with friends. And of course after the break you can also attend the BSBI Irish AGM!  

Aquatic Field Day

As part of the Aquatic Plant Project, Nick Stewart will lead an Aquatic Field training day along the nearby Royal Canal on Sunday 25th September. Numbers will have to be limited again and booking using this link is essential. 

Recording

Although this is a face-to-face event that will not be live-streamed, we might experimentally try to record the talks so they can be made available afterwards - if successful.

Travel

With global warming and the high cost of fuel we'd really like to encourage participants to travel by public transport or at least car share. To facilitate car sharing, if you are happy to share your contact details and book before the 19 September, we will send you a participant list with participants' contact details on the 20 September. ***THIS OPTION IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE***

Social media

Use #BSBIAutumnMeeting on @BSBI_Ireland to follow the event on Twitter. Facebook: @IrishSectionBSBI

Covid

Please do not attend if feeling unwell, or you have Covid symptoms. Hand sanitiser will be provided, and those attending are very welcome to wear a mask if they wish.

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Photo Credit

Many thanks to Carol Gilroy for her splendid photograph above of Oysterplant (Mertensia maritima), Isle of Doagh, Co. Donegal, an entry to the BSBI Photographic Competition in 2017.