August Public Garden
The digital version of the new Public Garden magazine is now available!
Ford House’s Shoreline Restoration; Sustainably-Managed Trees in Public Gardens; The Changing Legal Landscape Around Medicinal Plants; and a look at the 2024 Annual Conference.
Disaster Readiness Survey
How ready is your garden? Do you know ways that Disaster Readiness Initiative can help? Please complete this brief survey. We value your feedback on how we’re doing and what more we can do in the future.
2024 Public Garden Book Releases
Did your garden or staff at your garden publish a book this year (2024)? We’d like to feature it in our year-end roundup of public garden publications in Public Garden magazine’s November issue. Simply fill out this quick form to identify yourself and the book by September 27th and we’ll do the rest!
IMLS Grant Applications Open
Last year APGA member public gardens received over $4M in funding for projects from three IMLS-related grant opportunities. The application process for 2025 Grants is open now. Eight grant categories are available, including $3M specifically dedicated to small museums for projects up to $75K.
What sort of projects can your garden fund? Deadline November 15
RFP: Garden Board Member Experience
The American Public Gardens Association (APGA) is accepting proposals from organizations to facilitate APGA’s 2025 Garden Board Member Experience workshop series in Winter 2025. The successful applicant will create and present an engaging four-part webinar series that provides in-depth education for board members and leaders of the public horticulture industry.
Member Spotlight
The field of public horticulture encompasses many disciplines. We highlight our members in Public Garden magazine and in our social media. If you would like to be considered for inclusion, fill out the form below.
Benchmarking Update
Garden Benchmarking is open for FY2023 data entry.
Compensation and Benefits Benchmarking is open for FY2022 Data Entry and Reporting. It will open for FY2024 reporting in 2025.
Collective Impact 2023
132 Million visitors, 15,000 jobs, 92,000 volunteers – just some of the numbers that represent the Collective Impact of Public Gardens on their Communities.
Check out the full report and download the one pager.
APGA Becomes CFRE Participating Organization
As a Participating Organization, fundraising professionals who work for gardens that are members of APGA receive a 20 percent discount on Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) initial certification and recertification. CFRE Participating Organizations promote CFRE certification to their members to support fundraising professionals in centering their work on globally accepted ethical best practices.
Association How-To PDFs
How to Update Your Roster
How to Pay Dues – No Open Invoice | Open Invoice/Green Renew Button
events
Discover Association and external events happening throughout the year.
NEWS CENTER
Covering the people and institutions of the public horticulture sector.
