STANDARD 1: Thorough records are actively maintained for accessioned plants tracking what/where/how plants were obtained, their garden location, and any conditions regarding their acquisition, use, or distribution.

STANDARD 2: Durable accession tags and maps link plants in the collection to their documentation, and to any associated collections of images, herbarium vouchers, and DNA.

STANDARD 3: Periodic field inventories are conducted, records and maps updated, and
missing/damaged labels replaced.

STANDARD 4: Records are kept of plant evaluations, verifications of identity and nomenclature, documented use, propagation, and distributions.