In case of disaster, the more prepared you are for response, the better your collection will fare. In a perfect world, you would save all the plants in the collection. But this is not always possible. Assigning priority levels to your accessions and ...

The Global Strategy for Plant Conservation includes five objectives and 16 targets for plant conservation to be achieved by 2020. The aim of this Guide is to introduce the objectives and targets, providing background information explaining the need for...

This Manual serves several purposes. The initial and basic intention is as a means of documentation: to put into print for the first time the Arboretum’s meticulous procedures related to inventorying living plants. Thus, it becomes a resource for staff...

Adkins Arboretum’s mission is to promote the appreciation and conservation of
the native plants of the Delmarva Peninsula. The Arboretum’s diverse setting of
woodlands, meadows, wetlands, streams, and gardens serves as a model for land...

The mission of the Chicago Horticultural Society is to stimulate and develop an appreciation and understanding of gardening, botany, and conservation by developing gardens, plant collections, and education and research programs of excellence while...

The Herbarium accessions voucher specimens from staff research, verified specimens from staff and collaborator collections, and appropriate gift or exchange specimens from other institutions from the Garden's primary display areas.  This ensures that...

This policy is to guide the development and management of the living collections at Montgomery Botanical Center (MBC). The policy provides direction for the acquisition of collections, conditions for acceptance and removal of living material, and...

The Living Collection supports the Garden’s programs in horticulture, conservation, education and research. All elements of the Living Collection have biological, horticultural, educational, historical, cultural, research, and/or conservation content...

This document contains the Collection Development Worksheet for the New York Botanical Garden Collections Master Plan. 

The Living Collections Policy (reviewed and approved in 2016) of the Arnold Arboretum guides the development, management, and enhancement of the institution’s Living Collections, and applies to all plants outlined below under Scope of the Living...

The purpose of the Morton Arboretum Plant Collections Policy is to provide a guideline in developing and managing plant collections at The Morton Arboretum. This policy applies to all plants that are accessioned...

The purpose of the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens (MSBG) Policy is to define the development and management of plant collections at The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, Inc. (MSBG), to provide direction for the acquisition...

The purpose of the Tower Hill Plant Collections Policy is to guide the development and management of the Plant Collections of the Tower Hill Botanic Garden and to help achieve the purpose of the Worcester County...

The purpose of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh's Collections Policy is to ensure that Living Collections are well managed, both now and into the future. More specifically, the aim is to ensure that the right plants are in the right place for those...

Growing degree days have been used widely for both agriculture and horticulture purposes since the 1950s to track temperature accumulation. Without the stress of drought or other unusual weather conditions, plants typically grow in a stepwise fashion...

As spring arrives, it brings with it warmer weather, blossoming trees and flowers, singing birds, and severe weather such as hail, high winds, and tornadoes. Each year, many people across the United States are killed or seriously injured by the severe...

Soil moisture is a key factor in determining the annual progress of natural environments and human systems. In horticultural and agricultural settings, soil moisture information can aid in making decisions regarding plant variety choice and planting...

As was felt recently at the South Carolina Botanical Garden, extreme precipitation and flooding can be exceptionally devastating. Excess rains can wash away trails, compromise bridges, and harm many varieties of plants in public gardens. Sometimes no...

An innovative climate change cell phone tour and pilot project at Longwood Gardens marks the first deliverable in a series of objectives between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and American Public Gardens Association that...

The Global Strategy for Plant Conservation includes five objectives and 16 targets for plant conservation to be achieved by 2020. The aim of this Guide is to introduce the objectives and targets, providing background information explaining the need for...