An enjoyable session at the South London Botanical Institute updating the inventory of plants in the garden. We last undertook this exercise several years ago and inevitably a few have been lost since then but others have been added.

 The audit doubles up as an event that people can sign up to and take part in. It's a nice way to engage with the garden whether as an expert or beginner. Strictly speaking I was co-leading the proceedings but in the company of Roy and Cath- two people who know a great deal more about the garden than I do. Cath is one of the gardeners here and indeed has planted a good many of the plants we were observing. Listing Roy Vickery's achievements in the field of botany would be a long list!

 Over the course of four hours we managed to tour all of the main beds and amend the existing records as needs be. Spring is in the air and there was plenty to see; I think another session in summer would provide a useful complement to today's observations.