The IPSN is joining the 3rd #BeXyl General Assembly online, highlighting our collaboration with Botanic Gardens in South & Central America to better understand #XylellaFastidiosa🦠 From Oct 1–3, consortium leaders are meeting to review progress against #XylellaFastidiosa and plan ahead to 2026.

We will be sharing updates on EuroGard on BGCI and IPSN accounts and newsletter. Join us and get more information!

🌍The IPSN is at #EuroGard10! We are hosting an Emerald Ash Borer workshop🪲and sharing insights on the International Plant Sentinel Network🌿 Hosted by Orto Botanico di Roma & @fao.org Stay tuned for updates!✨

Join the IPSN Network! Connect with +100 botanic gardens/arboreta interested in biosecurity & plant health monitoring!🌱🪲🛡️ Join for free! 🔍Access info/resources🤝Collaborate globally🌍Contribute to global plant health efforts 👉To join, contact us or visit: bgci.org/our-work/net...

Last week, IPSN & SE Asian Botanic Garden Network held the 3rd SE Asia Plant Biosecurity Forum! Key achievements: 🌱Formal establishment of the SEA Plant Biosecurity Group 🌏30 participants from 5 countries 🤝Boosting regional collaboration & knowledge-sharing Read more: www.bgci.org/news-events/...

🚨TWO WEEKS TO GO! One-day free workshop during EuroGard! "Threat of Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis) to Europe: Monitoring and mitigation”🪲 📍Orto Botanico di Roma 🗓️24 September 2025, Wednesday 💻Online option available Register here: forms.office.com/e/XWvSMG20yi

📢Call to Action (UK-based initiative)! Help us monitor the health of Holm Oak (Quercus ilex)🌳and Hawthorn (Crataegus spp.)🌸across the UK 📙Protocols & guides provided 🔎Monitor & sample trees at your site ✅Register your interest: forms.office.com/e/xvi0rsvfVh

Join us at #EuroGard2025 in Rome! The IPSN is hosting a free one-day workshop “Threat of Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis) to Europe: Monitoring and mitigation”🪲 📍Location: Orto Botanico di Roma 🗓️24 September 2025 Register here: forms.office.com/e/XWvSMG20yi

📢 PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT 📢 🌳 Can we detect forest disease before it spreads? 🔬 Our scientists are using satellites, drones & chemical signals to spot early stress, building tools to protect UK forests before they spread. 🔗 Read more: forestprotection.uk/project/cfp2...

New online BGCI course available! Introduction to Biosecurity for Botanic Gardens and Arboreta🛡️🌱 Entry-level, free module covering essentials of biosecurity & plan health for staff and volunteers in botanic gardens & arboreta 🎓Start learning today: training.bgci.org

#MemberProfile: The Royal Parks @theroyalparks.bsky.social, London 🇬🇧 ⛲️Stewarding London’s historic parks with million of people visiting annually 🌳 Caring for 5,000 acres of urban green space 🔍Supporting IPSN’s UK tree monitoring initiatives More: www.royalparks.org.uk

📢Call to Action (UK Botanic Gardens)! Help assess the health of Hawthorn (Crataegus spp.) across the UK🌿🌸 🧪Sample symptomatic trees at your site & send for diagnosis 📘Sampling protocol provided ✅Register interest: forms.office.com/e/xvi0rsvfVh #TreeHealth #UKBotanicGarden

🚨Contribuez à façonner l’avenir de la biosécurité végétale en Afrique tropicale!🌿 En amont de notre atelier @aetfat2025.bsky.social, nous recueillons des avis à travers un court questionnaire — ouvert à toutes les prenantes. Vos réponses orienteront nos discussions 👉https://shorturl.at/rsmBM

🚨Help shape the future of plant biosecurity in tropical Africa!🌿 Ahead of our @aetfat2025.bsky.social workshop, we're gathering insights via a short questionnaire—open to all stakeholders. Your input will guide our discussions. 👉https://shorturl.at/YafUd #AETFAT2025 #PlantHealth

Rejoignez @aetfat2025.bsky.social pour un atelier sur biosécurité & santé végétale pour une conservation durable Façonnez la conservation régionale via meilleure biosécurité & coopération transfrontalière 🗓️6 août, Ghana 📣Ouvert aux participants d'AETFAT 🔗https://aetfat.ug.edu.gh/aetfatcongress

Join us at @aetfat2025.bsky.social for a workshop on Biosecurity & plant health for sustainable plant conservation Help shape plant conservation in the region through better biosecurity & cross-border cooperation 🗓️6 Aug, Ghana 📣Open to all AETFAT attendees 🔗https://aetfat.ug.edu.gh/aetfatcongress

📢Call to Action (UK-based initiative)! Help us establish a baseline for key pests affecting Holm Oak (Quercus ilex) across UK botanic gardens🧐🌳 🔎Monitor trees at your site 📙Protocol & guide provided ✅Register your interest: forms.office.com/e/xvi0rsvfVh #TreeHealth #UKBotanicGarden

▶️Follow us on LinkedIn! Check out new IPSN LinkedIn Page - a space to share updates, research highlights, partner activities and global plant health news🌿🌍 Stay connected with the latest developments of our network! 👉https://www.linkedin.com/company/international-plant-sentinel-network/

Deadline is approaching! 🚨 Submit your proposals for the IPSN Small Grants before the 21st of July!

At the end of June, UK-based IPSN members met in Hyde Park, London, to share ideas, new initiatives, and connect in person🤝 The day concluded with a fantastic tour of key plant health threats affecting the site. 🌿An inspiring gathering! 📖 More here: www.bgci.org/news-events/...

📢 INTERNSHIP ALERT 📢 Join @forestresearchuk.bsky.social @edinburghnapier.bsky.social to help detect internal defects in oak trees using cutting-edge tech 🌳🧪 📍 Midlothian, Scotland 🗓️ Oct 2025–Mar 2026 Apply now 👉 t.co/rREVbgpCaX #Internship #PlantScience #TreeHealth

📢Call of UK-based IPSN organisations: Small Grants 2025/26 now open! 🌿£5,000 for 3 projects using plant collections to tackle plant health & biosecurity challenges 👩🔬Open to UK IPSN staff/students 🗓️Deadline: 21 July 2025 📩Send 1-page concept note #planthealth #biosecurity #grant

📰 The July 2025 edition of the IPSN newsletter is now available: www.bgci.org/wp/wp-conten... It includes: - Newly available IPSN resources - Call for Small Grants and for new UK-based initiatives - Launch of our new LinkedIn page - Member's news - Project updates - Upcoming events & more ...

⚠️ ADDITION TO THE EPPO ALERT LIST ⚠️ ➡️ Ageratina altissima competes with native plants growing in forest plantations and disturbed habitats 🔎 Find out about the risks, damage and more: www.eppo.int/ACTIVITIES/p...

With soil imports already leading to the arrival of invasive flatworms it's clear that we need stronger biosecurity measures🪱 This means an end to soil imports, with greater use of bare-rooted or locally grown plants🪴 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

📢 INTERNSHIP ALERT 📢 🌲 Join @Forest_Research & the CFP to help reopen the Scots pine breeding programme. Dive into genetics, conservation & #treehealth. 📍 Midlothian, Scotland 🗓️ Oct 2025–Mar 2026 Apply now 👉 tinyurl.com/mr48s7ae #internship #conservation

In collaboration with @forestresearchuk.bsky.social we have developed an easy-to-follow protocol for improved sampling of Sooty Bark Disease (Cryptostroma corticale)🔬🌳 Designed to enhance early detection and monitoring of this fungus 📄Protocol available: www.bgci.org/wp/wp-conten...

As part of the Bexyl Project, IPSN & @iascsic.bsky.social‬ have developed a sampling protocol to detect Xylella fastidiosa🦠 Part of the @ec.europa.eu research efforts to improve our understanding & preparedness for this plant-threatening pathogen 📄Acces the Protocol: www.bgci.org/wp/wp-conten...

🌳Help Monitor Canker Stain of Plane (Ceratocystis platani)! IPSN & @forestresearchuk.bsky.social‬ call gardens across the UK to survey this Plane Tree fungal threat🦠🔬 📄Use our protocol to set traps & aid early detection: www.bgci.org/wp/wp-conten... Lear more & Join👉https://buff.ly/3QgJWJE

🗓️The UK members & partners of the International Plant Sentinel Network (IPSN) will meet on 30 June at Hyde Park @theroyalparks.bsky.social The day will include training sessions on key projects, updates on IPSN initiatives & exciting opportunities for collaboration 🌳🦠🪲 For joining contact us!

📢 Last Chance to Submit! Deadline THIS WEEK: June 8 ⏳ Contribute to our Special Issue in Frontiers in Forests and Global Change on plant health innovations, climate resilience, policy, and public engagement through sentinel plants🌳🪲🦠 Submit your abstract: www.frontiersin.org/research-top...

Let me know if you want to be in it… go.bsky.app/TvMnPHW

🚨 Job alert: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is hiring a Plant Health Officer in London, UK! Work at one of the world’s top botanic gardens, protecting the Living Collection from pests & diseases with top-tier biosecurity work🪲🦠🌿🛡️ More info: careers.kew.org/vacancy/plan...

📢 Call for Abstracts! Special Issue in Frontiers in Forests and Global Change focused on innovations in plant health, climate resilience, policy, and public engagement—through the power of sentinel plants🌱🪲🦠 🗓️ Submit yours (deadline 8 June): www.frontiersin.org/research-top...

🌱🌍The Special Edition IPSN Newsletter is out—celebrating #PlantHealthWeek & #PlantHealthDay! Inside: Plant Health monitoring & Biosecurity tools, Regional highlights, Inspiring stories from worldwide, training & awareness resources 📖 Read it here: bgci.org/wp/wp-conten...

📢EuroGard10: ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED! The deadline for submitting abstracts to EUROGARD10 has been extended. The new deadline is May 15, 2025 Submit your abstracts: eurogard10.org/eurogard10_c...

At EPPO we are wishing our member countries a Happy International Day of Plant Health 🌱🎉 See the message from our Director General here: youtu.be/JgK3aF8RPjs #PlantHealthDay

It’s #PlantHealthDay!🌿🙌🌍 Explore IPSN's Blog Series featuring inspiring stories from across the world on pest & disease monitoring & management, innovative biosecurity practices, and plant health solutions ✨ Read the series and get inspired: bgci.org/resources-bg...

#PlantHealthWeek: Take action and get involved in plant health surveillance! 🔍🌿 Join the IPSN in monitoring priority pests & diseases using our available resources. 📩 Register your interest: forms.office.com/e/VbF0Fg4rYy Help protect plant collections around the world!🌍🕵️‍♀️

🌱 Celebrating #PlantHealthDay next week? ➡️ Check out these resources in the six official UN languages that the IPPC have uploaded to the EPPO Platform on Communication Material. Find them here: media.eppo.int/index?id_gal...

#PlantHealthWeek: Survey key pests and pathogens! 🔬🦠 Explore IPSN’s new sampling protocols—developed with global partners —for step-by-step guidance, consistent sample collection & early detection support 📚 Download & put them in practice today: bgci.org/ipsn-samplin...

📣 This #PlantHealthWeek we’re launching a new set of plant & tree health resources, created to support implementation of good biosecurity practices in botanic gardens and arboreta internationally. 🔗Download FREE: www.yorkshirearboretum.org/hub-print @ipsn-bgci.bsky.social #TreeHealthCentre #THC

It's #PlantHealthWeek! Take a look at our recent articles on tree pathogens & health: 🌱Phytophthora diseases & tree nurseries (Valatin et al) doi.org/10.1093/fore... 🌿Ash dieback (Combes et al) doi.org/10.1093/fore... 🦠Pathogens & diversification in forestry (Morton et al) doi.org/10.1093/fore...

#PlantHealthWeek: Boost collection biosecurity!🛡️🌱 Promote best practices and keep staff & visitors informed with FREE training, info & signage resources from @green-goddess.bsky.social at the TreeHealthCenter & IPSN Raise biosecurity awareness & protect plants! 👉 www.bgci.org/ipsn-publica...

#PlantHealthWeek: Strengthen Plant Health Monitoring!🌿 Access IPSN monitoring resources, ideal for training, briefings & engagement Download Posters & Factsheets to support visual ID of target pest & diseases: 🖼️Posters www.bgci.org/resources/bg... 📰Factsheets www.bgci.org/resources/bg...

#PlantHealthWeek: Stay ahead of emerging plant health threats!🛡️🐛🦠 Support your garden’s biosecurity by sharing IPSN's Organism Alert Posters🚨 Designed to raise awareness and support the rapid detection of new and emerging risks ⬇️Download and📍display them! www.bgci.org/resources/bg...

🌷Happy National Plant Health Week 🌷 @planthealthscot.bsky.social are part of this national effort to ensure plant health is protected in Scotland planthealthcentre.scot/news/nationa... #PlantHealthWeek #Scotland #PlantHealth #Research @thebotanics.bsky.social @forestresearchuk.bsky.social

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#PlantHealthWeek: Explore & Join the IPSN! 100+ gardens, arboreta, research institutes & NPPOs collaborating to detect and report pests & diseases🔍share best practices🧤& raise awareness🪲 Join our global effort! 🌍 ℹ️More info: www.bgci.org/our-work/net...

🌱Next week is Plant Health Week!🌱 A week to raise awareness and take action on plant health and biosecurity. Join us as we spotlight IPSN resources, initiatives, and collaboration opportunities! Let’s strengthen our global plant health network together! #PlantHealthWeek