Lichens in Churchyards and on Man-made structures
We look forward to welcoming members in person to our Winter Meeting, as well as Society officers, Trustees, speakers and exhibitors.
Our AGM, and all of the events in our winter meeting, are free to attend both for members and for non-members interested in lichens. Please consider coming along to see what the society has been up to over the past year, to hear talks about lichens, and to experience a field trip with us.
Details of this year’s photo competition are at the bottom of this page. We hope to display the photos and have in-person voting this year.
Date: Friday 30th January – Sunday 1st February
Location: Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery in Carlisle.
Full address: Castle Street, Carlisle CA3 8TP
Bookings: We ask that attendees book in so that we know numbers to aid our planning, and to make sure that we have enough refreshments for everyone. Bookings for in-person attendance open on 2nd December 2025. Please email agm@britishlichensociety.org.uk with a list of those events that you wish to attend (e.g. Friday lecture, Friday dinner, Saturday morning – AGM, Saturday afternoon – talks and/or Sunday field trip). Bookings will close on 11th January to allow us to inform our caterers. If your booking email is not acknowledged within two weeks, please contact memb-secretary@britishlichensociety.org.uk
Online attendance: We are hoping that we will be able to make the Friday and Saturday elements of the meeting available online but may only solve the technical problems associated with this very close to the date. We intend to use an all-member email to send out a link if we are successful in organising this option. Non-members can arrange for the link (if it becomes available) to be sent to them by requesting this at agm@britishlichensociety.org.uk
For more information, see the BLS website: https://britishlichensociety.org.uk/the-society/events/agm-winter-meeti…