A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of delivering my first ever talk to a room full of botanists (eek!) at the BSBI British and Irish Botanical Conference in Newcastle. The subject? Our fantastic urban flora, of course, and specifically, my findings so far while recording for what I am loosely coining ‘The Plants of Newcastle’.

All in all, it was lovely (if tad scary) to share my work recording Newcastle’s urban plants with around 200 delegrates. Due to some technical issues on the day, live recording was not possible but thankfully a digital recording is now available on the BSBI YouTube channel. Do check it out below if of interest.

I’ll be using the winter to carry out a few more surveys as part of the flora, and to start writing. I hope I’ll be able to share a finished product with you in due course.