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Join Dr Jonathan Mitchley to learn insights from the latest Plants, People, Planet paper, stories from students and festivals, and even get your own chance to join a mini-Botanical University Challenge quiz!
Dr Jonathan Mitchley (“Dr M”) shares the story of Botanical University Challenge (BUC) — now in its ninth-year inspiring plant-aware students across the UK and Ireland.
Founded to reconnect isolated young botanists, BUC has grown into a national, and potentially international, celebration of plant science, field skills, and the human plant community!
In this characteristically lively and visual talk, Dr M reveals how friendly competition, creativity, and humour can ignite a passion for plants, from field botany to plant-powered parodies. Expect insights from the latest Plants, People, Planet paper, stories from students and festivals, and your own chance to join a mini-BUC quiz!
*If you are a member you should have already received your personal email invitation directly from our team (contact us if you haven’t!). New members will receive a link in your welcome email.
Jonathan Mitchley (Dr M) is a passionate botanist devoted to making everyone go wild about plants. Through teaching, fieldwork, his website, and YouTube channel Dr M Goes Wild, he shares his infectious enthusiasm for plants everywhere. Creator of the cult video Extreme Poaceae and co-founder of the inspirational student botany quiz Botanical University Challenge, now intoits 9th year, he even rocks botany through viral hits like Botanical Rhapsody. His message: plants are fascinating, beautiful and vital, and deserve our love.
Rachel has managed conservation and public participation projects at Plantlife for over 14 years. She loves wild plants and fungi and thoroughly enjoys supporting other people to both develop their own appreciation and take action to conserve them.
