Botany for everyone
Promoting the study, understanding and enjoyment of British and Irish botany since 1836.
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About the BSBI
The BSBI is for everyone who is interested in the flora of Britain and Ireland. We trace our origins back to 1836, when the Society was founded as the Botanical Society of London. We are now one of the world's largest contributors of biological records: our data inform scientific research and underpin evidence-based conservation in our time.
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60 million records
The largest database of its kind. We hold over 60 million botany records with over 300 million data points.
95 years
Our recorders have been formally collecting botanical records since 1930.
4,700+ members
Our growing community, spanning amateurs to academics, is always welcoming new members.
Latest
News
26 May 2026
To help support participants in our 100 Plants in 2026 Challenge, a programme of in-person beginner-focused field meetings is running across Britain and Ireland this summer. Coming up this month: …
26 May 2026
Read the April 2026 issue of Irish Botanical News online now. Print copies will be dropping onto people's doormats soon.
Blog
3 June 2026
We are delighted to announce that Pete Stroh, BSBI Scientific Officer and lead author of the GB Red List, and Helena Crouch, BSBI's Vice-County Recorder for Somerset and a BSBl trustee, have just …
20 May 2026
A new online edition of the Flora of Derbyshire (2015) is now available, including a new supplement for 2014-2024. Together, they are available for the first time as a BSBI eBook, although the …
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Upcoming events
Recording in Glenarm, Co. Antrim
4 June 2026 10:30 am - 4:30 pm
FISC British Botany - Lancashire
4 June 2026 9:30 am - 5:00 pm
Key to Irish Hawkweeds workshop, Belfast
5 June 2026
FISC Field Studies Council - Shropshire
5 June 2026 9:30 am - 5:00 pm
FISC HMWT - Hertfordshire
5 June 2026 9:30 am - 5:00 pm
