Bookings are now open for our online Irish Spring Conference on Saturday 2nd April.

5 talks inc. Micheline Sheehy Skeffington on how the Strawberry Tree might have come to Ireland; looking for Seagrass along the south coast of Wexford; and travelling across Bord na Mona peatlands. There's also a workshop on how to identify non-native Alders.

The event is open to everyone and is free to attend although donations are welcome.

Get ready for spring by finding out what's happening in your local area.

In recent weeks we've created 20+ new county pages, updated County Recorders' contact details, and uploaded new Rare Plant Registers, county newsletters and field meetings programmes for 2022. We've also published more than 100 County Recorders' reports for 2021.

Follow the links on our Local Botany page to see what's new in your county.

Have you booked yet for our online Spring Conference? It will be held on Saturday 26th March from 10.00a.m to 3.30p.m.

On the programme: talks on the botanical highlights of the Fens; rare arable plants; recording the urban flora; and conserving Oblong Woodsia; a botanical Q&A session; and a workshop on distinguishing the three species of whitlow-grass.

The event is free to attend but donations are welcome and registration is essential.

In recent weeks, Lynne has been looking for signs of spring and enjoying local colour from spring bulbs, some of which are native in parts of Britain and Ireland and others are neophytes.

If you aren't sure whether a plant is a native, archeophyte or neophyte, try looking it up in the Online Plant Atlas.

If you aren't sure what those terms mean, check out our helpful definitions page.