Everyone is very welcome to the Irish Spring Conference, to be held on Saturday 22nd April at the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin. We have a great programme lined up:

Programme

10.00 - Arrival, check in and refreshments from cafe
10.30 - Welcome (Robert Northridge)
10.35 - Irish Plant Atlas 2020 Report (John Faulkner)
10.50 - Presentation on Plant Atlas 2020 
11.00 - Working on the Flora of Wexford, start to finish (Paul Green)
11.30 - Break
11.50 - My First Year as a VCR (Ciarán Flynn)
12.05 - Flora and Protected Species of Bull Island (Melinda Lyons)
12.55 - Lunch break
13.55 - Recording the Irish Flora in the pre-Linnaean era: influences and confluences (Declan Doogue)
15.00 - Break
15.30 - Old Maps and New Fern Records in the Slieve Aughty Uplands of Galway and Clare (Cilian Roden)
16.05 - Fumaria (Fumitory) workshop (Paul Green)
16.50 - Close (Robert Northridge)

Charges

Registration is essential but there is no fee. However we would be delighted if you would make an donation to help with our organisation and administrative costs. The donation is entirely optional - you can edit the suggested amount and replace it with anything from 0 to 100 Euro or more!

Joining Instructions

Details of how to reach the Botanic Gardens can be found here: https://www.botanicgardens.ie/glasnevin/how-to-find-us/

If more information is required please contact the BSBI Ireland Officer Paul Green: paul.green@bsbi.org or mobile: 087 7782496

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Image Credit

Thank you very much to Mike Beard who provided the excellent photograph of Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) which was an entry to the Spring category of the 2015 BSBI Photographic Competition.