To start your BGEN membership, simply download the BGEN membership form (PDF/305KB) and return to the BGEN Administrator at the address included on the form.
Joining BGEN is easy!
Join BGEN for full access to our resources and for discounts on workshops and conferences. BGEN offers you and your organisation the opportunity to share and improve skills, knowledge and resources through:
- Value-for-money conferences, training workshops, and networking events with special rates for members
- Member-only access to professional development resources and job adverts on the BGEN website
- A member directory
- Regular email updates
- Partnerships with related organisations and initiatives, including Growing Schools, PlantNetwork, and Botanic Gardens Conservation International
- Representation of botanical education and our members’ interests at a national level
- Voting rights at BGEN General Meetings
Annual membership fees
(These apply for a calendar year, January to December):
| UK | Overseas | |
| Individual membership | £ 28 | £ 35 |
| Organisational membership Level 1 (up to five named members) | £ 100 | £ 115 |
| Organisational membership Level 2 (up to ten named members) | £ 200 | £ 215 |
Large organisations who wish to have more than 10 members can take out more than one institutional membership. Additionally, all staff (paid or volunteer) at your organisation are entitled to attend BGEN events at the member rate. Where only individual membership is held by a member(s) of an organisation, other colleagues pay the non-member rate to attend BGEN events. Staff from organisations who are members of PlantNetwork are also entitled to attend events at the member’s rate.
Membership criteria: Members agree to accept the Articles and Memorandum of Association for BGEN as a Limited Company, and to act in accordance with its rules and regulations. These are available on request from the BGEN Administrator.