About
Society Information
- Name: Bermuda Botanical Society
- We are a non-profit registered charity, and rely on the voluntary and unpaid assistance from our Executive Committee, Members and the Community.
- Established: September 1985
- Registered Charity Number: 249
- Contact:
- Post Office Box 2116
- City of Hamilton HM JX Bermuda
Committee
(Exec Officer)
The Bermuda Botanical Society is run by an Executive Committee, elected each year by members at the Annual General Meeting. Any member of the Society can stand for election.
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It was a pleasure to meet Lina and to celebrate the successes of the staff who participated in the Plant Identification course ![]()
Plant specialist visits Botanical Gardens
www.royalgazette.com
A plant specialist has highlighted the importance of botanical gardens while visiting Bermuda last week. Lina Ramirez Granada, a network co-ordinator for the Caribbean and Central American Botanic Gar...
An interesting article with useful action plan in the final paragraph "In the meantime, the researchers suggest the best way to try and avoid exposure to chemical pollutants is to wash our fruit and vegetables before we eat them, and not to use pesticides in the garden."![]()
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to which I would add - and do not use synthetic fertilizers in your garden!![]()
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Cambridge University Researchers Identify 168 Chemicals that are Toxic to Beneficial Gut Bacteria
sustainablepulse.com
A large-scale laboratory screening, by researchers at Cambridge University, of human-made chemicals has identified 168 chemicals that are toxic to
www.facebook.com/share/p/1AFFQzamey/Choose locally grown food. Reduce your single- use plastic use. Conserve water. Every action counts. Small changes add up to a healthier island, a healthier us and a more sustainable future.![]()
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International Year of Plant Health 2020
Plant health is increasingly under threat.
Plants are the source of the air we breathe and most of the food we eat, yet we often don’t think about keeping them healthy. This can have devastating results. FAO estimates that up to 40% of food crops are lost due to plant pests and diseases annually. This leaves millions of people without enough food to eat and seriously damages agriculture – the primary source of income for rural poor communities
Find out more at including what you can do to help. http://www.fao.org/plant-health-2020/about/en/British Virgin Islands Botanical Gardens
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