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Go Public Gardens Days is the Association’s annual celebration of public gardens from the Friday before to the Sunday after Mother’s Day, May 12-21, 2023.
Learn about how the Association will promote the days, what your garden can do to help...
Have you ever wondered what the development director at your garden is working on all the time? Is it all about planning lavish parties and ferrying important people around on golf carts? Join us for a conversation with experts who work in development...
Read this issue of Public Garden here.
Focal Points
Urban Agriculture Resilience Program
Creating Livable Cities
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Join us for this Lunch & Learn to meet our new CEO, Michelle Provaznik. Michelle has over 20 years of business and leadership experience and most recently served as Executive Director at Gardens on Spring Creek in Fort Collins, Colorado.
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As we end 2022, watch this IDEA Café to reflect on lessons learned from the year. Hear from panelists at various gardens as they share about successful aspects of IDEA efforts, strategies that we want to improve, and everything in-between.
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Learn about all things Public Garden – the quarterly journal of the American Public Gardens Association produced by Association members for Association members.
Join Association Staff and the Chair of the Editorial Advisory Group (EAG...
Test your accessibility knowledge while hearing first-hand accounts of people who have come together at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) to create more inclusive experiences for visitors. Join advisors, consultants, and staff from BBG, to learn about...
Over the next ten years, the public garden industry is projected to face a shortage of leaders due to retirements. The Emerging Professionals Community of the Association presents "Ask an Expert”.
Join us in exploring a new trend in the field:...
The role, demands, and expectations for those arts and cultural organizations in the museum
community – which includes a vast and diverse mix of aquariums, arboreta, art museums, botanic
gardens, children’s museums, cultural museums,...
After almost two months of coronavirus closures, many museums and cultural organizations are preparing to welcome visitors and members back. However, while organizations may be reopening, many are doing so in a graduated way and facing new challenges....
Across the nation, we are deeply shaken and distressed by the death of George Floyd and the widespread injustice towards the Black community. In light of current events and the national reckoning with deeply-rooted systemic racism in our country, it is...
The American Public Gardens Association presents a celebration of the release of the "American Gardens" Forever Stamp series. "Live on tape" from Winterthur Museum, Gardens, and Library and the American Public Gardens Association. Featuring videos from...
The American Alliance of Museums recommends that museums build flexible plans for reopening that are regularly reviewed and refined based on the latest science. This guidance is based on the best available information as of publication and is not...
This webinar explored how we should be communicating internally and externally during the COVID-19 pandemic. How to best communicate with our staff, members, supporters, funders, boards, and families focused on home-schooling.
In this webinar...
Over the past couple of years there has been increased activity for lawsuits involving compliance with Website Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). WCAG help provide protection for the visually and hearing impaired from being discriminated against...
Despite the resonant theme of plant biodiversity inherent in the public garden sector, institutions grapple with a staggering lack of human biodiversity in their staffs, member base, donors, and audiences. To achieve inclusivity and maintain relevance...
Hear from three experts exploring research, strategies, and benefits of connecting people to nature: Louise Chawla, University of Colorado; Lauren Watkins, Impact by Design; and Sheila Williams-Ridge, University of Minnesota.
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