EBHL – European Botanical and Horticultural Libraries Group

This conference has been in collaboration with Andrea Hart (Natural History Museum), Fiona Ainsworth (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew), Fiona Davison (Royal Horticultural Society), and Dr Anna Svensson (Uppsala University).

Please use the link below to book tickets for our four exciting days of talks, visits, and social events, plus our gala dinner.

REGISTRATION LINK: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ebhl-london-2023-tickets-577521120217

**IMPORTANT NOTE**

In order to give delegates greater flexibility, each day of the conference—plus the gala dinner—will be ticketed separately. Those wishing to attend the full conference (days 1-4, plus the gala dinner) should select all five ticket options in the Eventbrite booking menu. The cost of full delegate registration (not including Eventbrite’s booking fees) is £140.

Call for Papers

In addition, please find attached a preliminary conference programme. This is provisional and subject to change, but will hopefully give potential delegates a flavour of what is in store! It also includes a Call for Papers for the two days of lectures and lightning talks. Delegates wishing to present papers are asked to submit their outlines to library@linnean.org before March 31.

Accommodation

Lastly, a group discount has been arranged at the EasyHotel, Shoreditch, for the use of conference delegates: https://www.easyhotel.com/hotels/united-kingdom/london/london-city-shoreditch/book?numAdults=1&arrival=2023-06-20&departure=2023-06-23

Up to 30 rooms are available at the discounted rate of £119 per night. Please use the code ‘LSOL23’ at checkout to apply the discount.

Please note hotel accommodation is at a premium in London during the summer, and availability at the hotel is strictly limited. Early booking is strongly advised.

Please do feel free to contact either Will or myself if you have any questions, or encounter any difficulties. In the meantime, we look forward to welcoming you to London in June!

28th EBHL Annual Meeting

The 28th EBHL Annual Meeting will be held in London, UK, from Tuesday 20th June to Friday 23rd June 2023. It will be organised jointly by Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, The Linnean Society of London, the Royal Horticultural Society, and the Natural History Museum. Save the date!

27th EBHL Annual Meeting: registration open!

The 27th European Botanical and Horticultural Libraries Group Meeting and the 25th Linnaeus Link Partners’ Meeting to be held in Meise Botanic Garden on 19–21 October 2022.

We will also be very happy to welcome CBHL members.

This meeting is organized by Nicole Hanquart and Régine Fabri. Feel free to contact them for any questions.

The provisional program.

You can now fill in the registration form online. Upon receipt of your registration, we will send you an invoice for payment. Please note the registration time is limited and will end by 1 August 2022. Please contact the organizers if you need more delay.

Meise Botanic Garden is located outside Brussels, in Meise, 12 km north of the center of Brussels, and there are no hotels in the immediate vicinity of the Botanic Garden.
We suggest you choose accommodation in the North Station area of Brussels from where you have direct transport to Meise by regular bus.
You will find information about the proposed accommodation (with a link and a code for booking) and a list of other hotels nearby.

EBHL Covid results

EBHL President, Brent Elliott, wrote the following EBHL Covid Results.

27th EBHL Annual Meeting

Due to the pandemic the 27th EBHL Annual Meeting at Meise Botanic Garden, Belgium, is postponed to fall 2022. More information will be sent to members.

We regret to inform you that the next EBHL meeting in Meise on 6-8 May is cancelled and postponed to a date to be specified (spring 2021, fall 2021 or spring 2022).

Nicole Hanquart & Régine Fabri, organizers