GOAL 1: Develop transparent standards for the governance and management of water and ensure this is apparent in garden's plans, policies, and operational norms.
EPA Water Management Best Practices:
https://www.publicgardens.org/resources/epa-water-management-best-practices
Landscape Succession Strategy:
https://www.publicgardens.org/resources/landscape-succession-strategy
HOW ARE BOTANIC GARDENS IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA MANAGING THE RISK TO LIVING PLANT COLLECTIONS IN THE EVENT OF WATER SHORTAGE?:
Adapting Landscape Plants, Policies, and Management to a Water-Limited Future:
https://www.publicgardens.org/resources/adapting-landscape-plants-polici...
Water Research Foundation Resources:
https://www.publicgardens.org/resources/water-research-foundation-resources
GOAL 2: Implement strategies that increase water resources education, reduce water consumption, and improve water quality on and off site.
The One World One Water Center is a collaboration between Metropolitan State University of Denver and Denver Botanic Gardens. The partnership presents an opportunity to build on and expand joint initiatives on water issues such as:
1) expanding the reach and breadth of educational programs on water and environmental issues;
2) attracting funding for joint research in these areas;
3) raising awareness of water and the environment through collaborative water stewardship.
https://www.msudenver.edu/owow/
EPA Water Management Best Practices:
https://www.publicgardens.org/resources/epa-water-management-best-practices
The Water Education Alliance:
https://www.publicgardens.org/resources/water-education-alliance
Public Garden Examples (recent conference presentations):
https://www.publicgardens.org/resources/finding-water-through-fog-drought
https://www.publicgardens.org/resources/celebrating-water-how-three-gard...
https://www.publicgardens.org/resources/adopting-more-less-bad-paradigm-...
Examples of Sustainable Water Management at a College/University:
https://www.publicgardens.org/resources/dukes-water-use
https://www.publicgardens.org/resources/opportunities-reducing-campus-wa...
Real-Time Control of Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Water Features for Combined Sewer Overflow Mitigation and Water Conservation:
https://www.publicgardens.org/resources/real-time-control-brooklyn-botan...
San Antonio Botanical Garden WaterSavers:
https://www.sabot.org/conserve/watersavers/
GOAL 3: Establish a set of best practices for collecting, monitoring, and measuring water usage and quality, and use the data to adjust future water management best practices.
Seeking Savings Indoors and Outdoors with WaterSense:
https://www.publicgardens.org/resources/seeking-savings-indoors-and-outdoors-watersense
UC ANR Research and Education Influences Landscape Water Conservation and Public Policy:
https://www.publicgardens.org/resources/uc-anr-research-and-education-in...
Soil Moisture Meters Influence Landscape Water Use:
https://www.publicgardens.org/resources/soil-moisture-meters-influence-l...
Brad Lancaster’s Rainwater Harvesting: Drylands and Beyond (Book):
https://www.publicgardens.org/resources/rainwater-harvesting-drylands-and-beyond
For additional water-related resources found in our Library & Media Center click photo below:
