Botanic Gardens Conservation International

Out today! – The importance of botanic gardens in tackling the #illegalplanttrade. Inside the review are results of a survey of 900 members & activities used to tackle illegal plant trade. Read 16 case studies & much more now: buff.ly/474G06s #ThisPlantWasStolen

📰 The BGCI Manual for Botanic Garden Accreditation is now available in Spanish 🌎! Helping more gardens engage with our accreditation process and strengthen plant conservation worldwide. buff.ly/qtqA5uY #BotanicGardenAccreditation #PlantConservation #Accredition

🎉 Congratulations to Grounds and Garden University of Exeter on their Botanic Garden Accreditation! 🌸 buff.ly/SfhVrTq #BotanicGardenAccreditation #PlantConservation

📣 Abstract submissions and scholarships for 2026 Botanical Bridges Congress have been extended! 📅 Deadline for both abstract and scholarship is September 30, 2025 For more info buff.ly/JX634OS #BotanicalBridgesCongress #BBC2026

Congratulations to Beal Botanical Garden on their Botanic Garden Accreditation! Established in 1873, Beal Botanical Garden is the oldest botanical garden in the US. The garden grows over 2,000 plants from around the world. buff.ly/7cXNYaC #BotanicalGardenAccreditation

This is your last week to apply for the job of GIS officer! The closing date for applications is July 20. Learn more and apply now buff.ly/Lzs7FTl #GISOfficer #JobAnnouncement #Vacancy #HabitatMaps #SpeciesThreatAbatementandRestoration

🌱 Calling all plant conservationists! Apply now for the North American Fruit & Nut Tree Crop Wild Relative Conservation Partnership Awards offered by BGCI-US and US Botanic Garden. 🗓 Applications close July 15, 2025 📩 Apply here buff.ly/6vo2zc3

Watch the video (with English subtitles)! buff.ly/AJ62oqN of The Cumaru Project, an integrated and innovative conservation initiative, resulting from collaborative efforts between science, community, and culture. aiming to prevent the extinction of Amburana cearensis.

🚨 New module! Introduction to Biosecurity for Botanic Gardens and Arboreta This free module is designed to support garden staff and conservation professionals with essential biosecurity knowledge and tools for safeguarding plant collections. Start now: buff.ly/BwHwHhb

The call for applications for the Global Seed Conservation Grants via BGCI's Global Botanic Garden Fund (GBGF) has been extended for two weeks! The call for applications will remain open until 5 pm UK time, Friday 11 July 2025. For more info buff.ly/5y11Nds

BGCI is looking for a GIS officer! The closing date for applications is July 20. Learn more and apply now! buff.ly/1V4C8CG #GISOfficer #JobAnnouncement #Vacancy #HabitatMaps #SpeciesThreatAbatementandRestoration

The new Cultivate is out! Read more about the 11th ICEBG congress, the GSPC summary, leaf through the latest version of our educational magazine Roots, look for opportunities for a scholarship for the Botanical Bridges conference, and much more. buff.ly/1W4PsO4

And the 12th ICEBG congress will be in 🥁 ......... Hortus botanicus Leiden in the Netherlands 🎉!! Please join 3-7 July 2028. Have a peek preview buff.ly/1BUISa6 #11ICEBG #ICEBG2025 #BotanicGardenEducation #GlobalPlantConservation #InternationalCollaboration

Congratulations 🎉 to the 2025 Marsh Award winner for Education in Botanic Gardens Vesta Vančugovienė from Vytautas University Botanical Garden in Lithuania. Vesta received the award in person during the 11th ICEBG congress. For more info buff.ly/jqk37Ll

Applications are now open for the 2026 - 2028 EDGE Fellowship — a 28-month fellowship supporting early-career conservationists working to safeguard Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE) species. Key deadline: 23:59 BST on 21 July 2025.

A heartfelt thanks to our generous funders! Seven bursary participants from Uganda, Argentina, Ecuador, Mexico, Poland, Lithuania and Germany were able to attend the 11th ICEBG congress with help of the Sylvia Scholarship Fund and Naples Botanic Garden. #11ICEBG #ICEBG2025

🌿 BGCI’s Global Botanic Garden Fund - one week left to apply! Apply now to support plant conservation in biodiversity hotspots 🌍 Deadline: 27 June 2025 🔗 buff.ly/WXW98tL #PlantConservation #BotanicGardens

What an incredible week in Seoul! 🌿 Over 1,600 participants from 51 countries joined the #11ICEBG for inspiring talks, workshops, excursions & more. Huge thanks to all who came - and to KNA for their flawless hosting and warm hospitality! #BotanicEducation

Congratulations🎉 to the 2 poster winners of the 11th ICEBG congress, kindly sponsored by New Phytologist Foundation! First prize went to Seungsu Euo of Korea National Arboretum and runner-up is Lucie Brzkova of Prague Botanical Garden. #11ICEBG #BotanicGardenEducation

Congratulations🎉 to the 2 poster winners of the 11th ICEBG congress, kindly sponsored by New Phytologist Foundation! First prize went to Seungsu Euo of Korea National Arboretum and runner-up was Lucie Brzkova of Prague Botanical Garden. #11ICEBG #BotanicGardenEducation

The last day of the 11th ICEBG congress was an excursion to a very special location: The DMZ Botanic Garden in Yanggu-gun, located in the demilitarised zone which is the buffer zone between North and South Korea. buff.ly/aVZgKIO