##BUC2026
Great to have @drmgoeswild.bsky.social & Lauren Baker at #BIBConf25 talking about how @bucbotany.bsky.social is transforming & reinvigorating student botany!
Check out the recording of their talk:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0bK...
And get ready to support #BUC2026!
January 28, 2026 at 1:36 PM
🌱🌾🌲🌍🌿🍄🌺🌳🌴🌷🪳🥦 At December's @bsbibotany.bsky.social Jonathan Mitchley @drmgoeswild.bsky.social & Lauren Baker @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social explained the impact that Botanical University Challenge #BUC2026 is having on students in UK & Ireland. Big, positive, impact!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0bK...
January 27, 2026 at 11:01 AM
🌱🌾🌲🌍🌿🍄🌺🌳🌴🌷🪳🥦 Immediately after #BUC2026 will be Fourth Student Botany Festival at University of Reading. Two days for students from all over UK & Ireland enthusiastic about plants to meet, talk & learn. Preview of plans in current issue newsletter. @drmgoeswild.bsky.social
January 25, 2026 at 10:40 AM
🌱🌾🌲🌍🌿🍄🌺🌳🌴🌷🪳🥦 Semifinal & final Botanical University Challenge #BUC2026 will be at University of Reading in August. Whole event held here one day 2019. Only 6 teams. Memories from @drmgoeswild.bsky.social in recent issue of our newsletter. How many teams will be in #BUC2026? Definitely over 30 !
January 24, 2026 at 10:19 AM
🌱🌾🌲🌍🌿🍄🌺🌳🌴🌷🪳🥦 To get in the mood for Botanical University Challenge #BUC2026 (starts streaming YouTube 14:00 GMT 11 Feb), here's a question from last year!
January 23, 2026 at 10:51 AM
🌱🌾🌲🌍🌿🍄🌺🌳🌴🌷🪳🥦 Read about student enthusiasm for woodland fungi in latest issue of newsletter Botanical University Challenge, The Thymes.
botanicaluniversitychallenge.co.uk/the-thymes/ #BUC2026
January 20, 2026 at 9:40 AM
🌱🌾🌍🌺🍄🌳🐝 More teams from Universities and Institutions in UK and Ireland registering for Botanical University Challenge #BUC2026. Until Friday 23 January for others to register.

Starting to see what teams look like - and their names. Here's University of Southampton - The Not-So-Hot Potatoes!
January 19, 2026 at 9:28 AM
🌱🌾🌲🌍🌿🍄🌺🌳🌴🌷🪳🥦 Read about Big Meadow Search @bigmeadowsearch.bsky.social where people around UK record plants in meadows, road verges, churchyards & amenity grassland. Also career change to plants. Read about both in
botanicaluniversitychallenge.co.uk/the-thymes/ #BUC2026
January 18, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Feature of Botanical University Challenge is imaginative names of teams. Most popular ones each year, by public acclaim, get a prize. The current issue of newsletter The Thymes lists winners - but where are they from? Answers on last page! #BUC2026
botanicaluniversitychallenge.co.uk/the-thymes/
January 17, 2026 at 10:03 AM
🌱🌾🌲🌍🌿🍄🌺🌳🌴🌷🪳🐝🧬🥦 Botanical University Challenge 2026 #BUC2026 starts on-line 11 February. Teams of 4 students on degree programmes should register by 23 January- deadline extended. See website for more details. botanicaluniversitychallenge.co.uk/buc2026/ @bsbibotany.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Students do not have to be on a Plant Sciences degree programme - just any degree programme, keen on plants and willing to work in a group of 4 representing their institution in a plant knowledge quiz. Also team registration date now 23 January. #BUC2026
January 14, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Just 2 days left for teams of students on #PlantSciences degree programmes in Britain & Ireland to register for #BUC2026!
First round of Botanical University Challenge is on 11 Feb online so save that date.
@bsbibotany.bsky.social is proud to be a @bucbotany.bsky.social supporter again this year!
🌱🌾🌲🌍🌿🍄🌺🌳🌴🌷🪳🐝🧬🥦 Botanical University Challenge 2026 #BUC2026 starts on-line 11 February. Teams of 4 students on degree programmes should register by 16 January. See website for more details. botanicaluniversitychallenge.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Read about the amazing student plant society at Prifysgol Aberystwyth University. Phyteclub - best student society prizes, revitalized glasshouses, brought plants back to prominence. QR code or botanicaluniversitychallenge.co.uk/the-thymes/ #BUC2026 @aberuni.bsky.social
January 14, 2026 at 8:57 AM
🌱🌾🌲🌍🌿🍄🌳🌴🌷🪳🐝🧬🥦 🧪Content January 2026 The Thymes, newsletter of #BUC2026 ? Includes Lindsay-Anne Heald from BSBI writing about a new initiative to increase wild plant video content on TikTok.

botanicaluniversitychallenge.co.uk/the-thymes/

@bsbibotany.bsky.social
January 13, 2026 at 9:43 AM
🌱🌾🌲🌍🌿🍄🌺🌳🌴🌷🪳🐝🧬🥦 🧪 Big month for Botanical University Challenge #BUC2026. New issue newsletter The Thymes available QR code or download: botanicaluniversitychallenge.co.uk/the-thymes/

Also new 23 January deadline for university teams UK & Ireland to sign up. Competition starts 11 February!
January 12, 2026 at 12:21 PM
🌱🌾🌲🌍🌿🍄🌺🌳🌴🌷🪳🐝🧬🥦 This botanical question might be more difficult. About distribution of plant species in the UK and Ireland. Which one of the 5 listed do you see right at the coast around almost all the islands of UK and Ireland? #BUC2026
January 11, 2026 at 12:10 PM
🌱🌾🌲🌍🌿🍄🌺🌳🌴🌷🪳🐝🧬🥦 Here's an interesting question, about bog rosemary. Found in bogs, mainly Wales, northern England, southern Scotland, central Ireland in the UK & Ireland - where bogs still remain. But what is its lovely scientific name? #BUC2026
January 10, 2026 at 10:38 AM
🌱🌾🌲🌍🌿🍄🌺🌳🌴🌷🪳🐝🧬🥦 What is the name of this commercially important plant? And if you want a second question, which plant family is it in? #BUC2026
January 9, 2026 at 10:43 AM
🌱🌾🌲🌍🌿🍄🌺🌳🌴🌷🪳🐝🧬🥦 How about this plant-related question? The Great Exhibition in London of 1851 was in a purpose-built building designed by Joseph Paxton & Charles Fox. What plant inspired its design? 5 possible ones on the picture. Which do you think? #BUC2026
January 8, 2026 at 10:23 AM
🌱🌾🌲🌍🌿🍄🌺🌳🌴🌷🪳🐝🧬🥦Another question to test your botanical knowledge. What plant family does this tree belong to? Five options - which would you pick? #BUC2026
January 7, 2026 at 3:09 PM
🌱🌾🌲🌍🌿🍄🌺🌳🌴🌷🪳🐝🧬🥦 Botanical University Challenge 2026 #BUC2026 starts on-line 11 February. Teams of 4 students on degree programmes should register by 16 January. See website for more details. botanicaluniversitychallenge.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 11:38 AM
🌱🌾🌲🌍🌿🍄🌺🌳🌴🌷Another team has entered Botanical University Challenge 2026 #BUC2026. Students at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh have formed a team. First Scottish team to join in this year.
January 5, 2026 at 9:48 AM
🌱🌾🌲🌍🌿🍄🌺🌳🌴🌷More teams have got themselves together for Botanical University Challenge 2026 #BUC2026. Eden Project University Centre has announced its team!
January 4, 2026 at 10:48 AM
🌱🌾🌲🌍🌿🍄🌺🌳🌴🌷 First rounds in Botanical University Challenge 2026 start February. Involve multiple choice questions. This is one from last year. Can you name this plant from the 5 options? #BUC2026
January 3, 2026 at 9:07 AM
🌱🌾🌲🌍🌿🍄🌺🌳🌴🌷Yet another team signed up for Botanical University Challenge 2026 - University of York! #BUC2026 #plants #loveplants
January 2, 2026 at 9:15 AM