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Inspiring learning through plants. A network for plant-based educators.
Joined February 2012
📣 New #JobAlert from Bgen member Royal Botanic Gardens Kew! They're hiring a Community, Event & Membership Coordinator 🌿. Read more now via the Bgen job board:🔗
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🧠 Learn, reflect, act. BGEN's training on Decolonisation Practices with Dr Isabel Gilbert is coming up soon. 📅 19 Aug | 💻 Online.🎟 £20/£45.👉 #HeritageEducation #AntiColonial
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🌏Your online events, Aug–Dec:. 💻 Online Training: Decolonisation – Aug.💻 Online Training: Biosecurity – Sept.☕ Coffee Morning: Natural History GCSE – Oct.🔍 Online Training: Moss Safari – Nov.☕ Coffee Morning: Invasive Plants – Dec .🎟️ Book: #BGEN
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🌿 How do gardens perpetuate or challenge colonial narratives?.Explore this question at our training with Dr Isabel Gilbert on 19 August. 🎟 Book now: #DecoloniseGardens #BGEN2025
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🌿 Are you early in your plant-focused environmental education career? The Gail Bromley Award offers mentorship, training & professional support. ✅ Outdoor education.✅ Plant-based focus.✅ Early career.Apply by 30 Sept → #GailBromleyAward #Mentorship
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🎥 Here’s a glimpse from our last BGEN event with Birmingham Botanical Gardens on Developing HE Partnerships. 🌿Full version here Up next: Decolonisation Practices with Dr Isabel Gilbert.📅 19 Aug | 💻 Online.🎟️ Book:
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📣 New event!.Join Dr Isabel Gilbert for a powerful training session on Decolonisation Practices in gardens & heritage. 🗓 19 Aug | ⏰ 10–12 | 💻 Online.🎟 £20 (members) / £45 (non-members).👉 #BGEN #Decolonisation
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🌿A huge thank you to Sara Blair-Manning & Jen Ridding of @BhamBotanicalGd for a brilliant session this morning on Developing HE Partnerships 👏. Such thoughtful insights on collaboration and innovation. #BGENEvents #HigherEducation #BotanicGardens
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🌟Final call!.Join us Fri 4 July, 10am: Virtual Coffee Morning ☕.🎓 Discover how @BhamBotanicalGd collaborates with HE partners in creative & impactful ways. 🎟️ Free (members) | £10 (non-members).👉 #BGEN #BotanicGardens #HorticultureEducation
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🌿 What does the #GailBromleyAward offer?.🎓 Mentorship🎟️ Bgen membership (2026).📚 Training access🎤 Conference attendance + presentation opportunity. If you're early in your plant-focused environmental education career, apply by 30 Sept!🔗 #Mentorship
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🎤Speakers spotlight!.🌿Sara Blair-Manning – Chief Exec, Birmingham Botanical Gardens.🎨Jen Ridding – Head of Engagement & Learning.Hear their HE partnership insights at our Virtual Coffee Morning.🗓️ 4 July | 10am.👉 #BGEN #Leadership #BotanicEducation
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🎥 Save the Date!.Bgen Online Conference 2026.🗓️ 28–29 Jan | 💻 Two half-day sessions.We’re building an exciting programme — and we want your ideas! 🌿.👉 Suggest topics, speakers or share a project: #BGEN2026 #BotanicEducation #SaveTheDate #OnlineEvent
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☕ Grab a cuppa & join us 4 July @ 10am!.🌱 Virtual Coffee Morning: Developing HE Partnerships at Birmingham Botanical Gardens. 🎙️ With Sara Blair-Manning & Jen Ridding.🎟️ Free for members | £10 others.👉 #BGEN #BotanicGardens #HigherEd
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Did you know that Digitalis (Foxglove) comes from Latin meaning "finger-like"? 👀.Curious for more? Join us tomorrow for our plant etymology deep dive! 👉 #BotanyTrivia #PlantLovers #GardeningFun #BgenEvents
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What does a name tell us? 📖 From Linnaeus to folklore, discover the power and history behind plant names in this engaging training session. 🌸 June 18 | 💻 Online-#Etymology #PlantHistory #BotanicalNames #BgenTraining
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🌱 Help shape #Bgen2026!. We’re planning our Jan 2026 online conference & want your input: speakers, projects, topics – all welcome! .📝 Fill out our short survey: #HorticultureEducation #BotanicGardens #ScienceCommunication #STEM #EnvironmentalEducation
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🌿 The Gail Bromley Award is now open!.- Honouring Gail Bromley MBE, this award supports early career professionals in plant-based environmental education. 🎓Mentorship + training + conference.📅Apply by 30 Sept.🔗 #EnvironmentalEducation #Mentorship
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Alex Mills🌿A passionate botanist & educator at Natural England- brings his love of language & nature together in our June 18 training on plant name etymology. Don’t miss your chance to learn from his unique perspective! #Botany #NaturalEngland #PlantNames
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There’s still time to apply!. Join Bgen as Treasurer Trustee & use your financial expertise to support a growing charity. 👉 Deadline: 2 June 2025.📩 Apply now: #TrusteesWeek #FinanceJobs #VoluntaryRole.
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📢 Final call! Applications to join Bgen as our new Treasurer Trustee close on 2nd June! Finance skills + a love for nature = perfect match 🌿Volunteer remotely and make a real impact. 🔗 Apply today: #CharityBoard #VolunteerFinance #NatureEducation
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