BSBI England Annual Meeting
The Committee for England holds an annual open meeting at which the Committee is formally elected. BSBI members normally resident in England may vote at the open meeting, and all members and guests are welcome to attend.
BSBI England Annual Meeting & AGM 2025
The England Annual Meeting (EAM) is on Sunday, February 23 at 2pm, and takes place via Zoom. To register, please use the form on the booking page.
The EAM will start with the AGM followed by a few short talks, and Jonathan Shanklin will give a talk on Declining Arable Plants. The Committee for England are elected at the AGM and there are vacancies for new members. We would particularly like to welcome enthusiastic beginner and younger botanists to the Committee. If you fancy helping to organise botany in England do get in touch.
An outline of the event:
14:00
- Welcome from the Chair.
- Remembrance of deceased members resident in England
- Apologies
- Minutes of the 2024 Annual Meeting
- Matters arising
- England Constitution amendment to allow editor of EBN to attend CfE meetings
- Nominations to the Committee for England
- England Officer Report
- Chair’s Report
- Field Meetings report
- Recorders’ Meeting
- AoB
- Venue for 2026 Annual Meeting. In order to promote inclusivity it is suggested that this should again take place by Zoom with a preliminary date of 2026 February 22.
- Close of Business Meeting
14:30 talk: Mark Spencer
14:50 talk: Ian Denholm
15:10 Short tea/comfort break
15:20 talk: Astrid Biddle
15:40 Chair’s address: Declining Arable Plants
16:40 Close
BSBI England Annual Meeting & AGM 2024
The 2024 England Annual Meeting and AGM was held online on 25th February. Talks from the programme are available on BSBI's YouTube channel
- Daisuke Kurose (CABI) - Biological control of alien plant species
- Geoffrey Hall – How trends in Atlas 2020 are demonstrable at a local scale
- Jonathan Shanklin - What I record and where (not just plants)
BSBI England Annual Meeting & AGM 2023
The 2023 England Annual Meeting and AGM was held online on 26th February. Talks from the programme are available on BSBI's YouTube channel
- Helena Crouch – Somerset aliens
- Mark Duffell – Invasive non-native species in Shropshire
- Ian Trueman - The Flora of Sutton Park
- Katharina Dehnen-Schmutz – Impact of alien plants in VCs
- Jonathan Shanklin - Churches, Churchyards and Cemeteries
BSBI England Annual Meeting & AGM 2022
The 2022 England Annual Meeting and AGM was held online on 27th February. Talks from the programme are available on BSBI's YouTube channel
- Conservation of Juniper – Matt Pitts (Plantlife)
- Introductory botany – Chris Metherell
- Botanical recording networks – Michael Philip
- Chair’s Address: How I became a botanist: a journey from North Wales to Cambridge and the Antarctic. The talk includes discussion of the Antarctic ozone hole and monitoring climate change. – Jonathan Shanklin
