American Public Gardens Association

Consider how you can impact your public garden family with a gift to support the Association’s work. From disaster planning readiness to sustainability & COVID-19 resources to a new virtual suite of online learning, we work for you every day. Give today: http://bit.ly/APGAGiveNow

#FloraFriday The orchid family is the second-largest family of plants. (Only the daisy family has more species). The Orchid Collection of San Diego Zoo Global Wildlife Conservancy has been awarded #PlantCollectionsNetwork accreditation. Learn more: http://bit.ly/SanDiegoOrchids #PublicGardens #orchids

#SupportPublicGardens The winter iris are blooming at Tucson Botanical Gardens! Support them at https://bit.ly/Tucson_Donate.... #GardenOfTheDay #PublicGardens2021 #GoPublicGardens #Iris #Bloom #Flower

#SupportPublicGardens Lakewold Gardens provides intentional encounters with the life-changing power of nature, fostering peace, creativity & healing in its communities. Support them at https://bit.ly/Lakewold_Donate.... #GardenOfTheDay #GoPublicGardens #PublicGardens2021

Join us on Jan. 26 to hear about the Top Nine Innovations we’re ready to launch in 2021 for businesses and our allied partners. Register here: http://bit.ly/CV2021-VirtualTownHall #engagement #investment #inspiration #innovation #publicgardens

#SupportPublicGardens Set on a hill overlooking the scenic Hudson River in Poughkeepsie, NY, the Locust Grove Estate includes a historic Italianate mansion & 200 acres of landscaped grounds with 5 miles of hiking trails. Learn more at http://www.lgny.org/.... #GardenOfTheDay #PublicGardens2021 #GoPublicGardens

#FridayFlora The Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens is known for its Barbara Tisherman Slipper #Orchid Collection. The collection includes 503 species, historically significant hybrids, and cultivars of the Cypripedioideae orchid. Learn more at http://bit.ly/Phipps-Cypripedioideae. #PublicGardens #NationalPlantCollection #PlantCollectionsNetwork

Brian W. Trader has been named the new president and CEO of Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond, VA. He is currently the deputy executive director of the Delaware Botanic Gardens. Help us congratulate him on his new position, which starts in January. #gardenlife #publicgardens

#SupportPublicGardens A 281-acre preserve in the heart of Boston, the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University stewards one of the world’s most comprehensive and best documented collections of temperate woody #plants, with particular focus on the floras of eastern North America and eastern Asia. Support them at https://bit.ly/Arnold_Donate. #GardenOfTheDay #SupportYourLocalGarden #PublicGardens #PublicGardens2020

#SupportPublicGardens Founded in 2007, the Charleston Parks Conservancy unites local resources, leverages support and organizes volunteers to be stewards of Charleston, SC's urban #parks. Great parks build strong communities. Here, #Sage blooms purple in late summer and fall in Hampton Park, Allan Park and Corrine Jones Park. Support them at https://bit.ly/Charleston_Donate. #GardenOfTheDay #SupportYourLocalGarden #PublicGardens #PublicGardens2020

#SupportPublicGardens #Chrysanthemums on the house steps at Filoli in Woodside, CA! Filoli was designed to include many of the elements you would expect on an English country estate. In addition to a formal #garden, there is a large working kitchen garden with espaliered fruits, berry cages, vegetable garden, cutting garden and greenhouses. Support Filoli at https://bit.ly/Filoli_Donate. #GardenOfTheDay #SupportYourLocalGarden #PublicGardens #PublicGardens2020

#SupportPublicGardens Major and Mrs. James H. Dooley commissioned Maymont’s gardens in Richmond, VA, at the turn of the 20th century. The sweeping #lawns that surround the mansion and the other estate buildings were landscaped in the English pastoral style. In contrast to this planned, naturalistic #landscape was the formality of the Italian #Garden (pictured here). Support Maymont at https://bit.ly/Maymont_Donate. #GardenOfTheDay #SupportYourLocalGarden #PublicGardens #PublicGardens2020

#PublicGardens are good for the #environment in multiple ways. #SupportPublicGardens and do #MotherNature a favor. #GetOutside #nature #pollinators

Take a virtual walk along Cornell Botanic Gardens Sustainable Landscapes Trail and learn about the many benefits humans gain from the natural environment and from properly functioning ecosystems. 16 sites on the trail illustrate green infrastructure and landscapes that enhance and promote healthy #ecosystems. They also highlight #sustainability features designed with staff, student, faculty, and research collaboration. Pictured is the Mann Library #GreenRoof. Learn more: http://bit.ly/CornellSustainableLandscapesTrail #SustainabilitySaturday #PublicGardens #Climate&SustainabilityAlliance

#FridayFlora The Jensen-Olson Arboretum in Juneau, #Alaska, has the perfect cool climate for the cultivation of #primrose (Primula). The Arboretum’s founder, Caroline Jensen, dearly loved #primroses and planted them accordingly. Learn more about this unique collection: http://bit.ly/Jensen-Olson-Primula. #PublicGardens #NationalPlantCollection #PlantCollectionsNetwork

Smithsonian Gardens has a new director Nov. 9 in Joy (Kaminsky) Columbus. Joy has 20 years of #PublicGardens experience. A self-confessed #PlantNerd, she has always known she wanted to work #outside. Her previous role was vice president of #horticulture for Houston Botanic Garden http://bit.ly/SmithsonianGardens #plantnews #gardennews #publicgardensleadership

With its sweeping views across a 1.5-acre expanse up to Cathedral Peak and the Santa Ynez Mountains, the #Meadow is one of the most distinctive features of SBGarden in Santa Barbara, CA. Accredited as a living museum, the garden's collections-based research preserves and displays #California native plants. Support Santa Barbara Botanic Garden at https://bit.ly/SBBG_Donate. #GardenOfTheDay #SupportYourLocalGarden #PublicGardens #PublicGardens2020 #SupportPublicGardens

Modeled along the classic lines of the Italian Renaissance of the late 16th century, the Renaissance Garden at Norfolk Botanical Garden in Norfolk, VA, is just one of 60 different #gardens to explore. There is something for every season and every taste. Support Norfolk Botanical Garden at https://bit.ly/Norfolk_Donate. Modeled along the classic lines of the Italian Renaissance of the late 16th century, the Renaissance Garden at Norfolk Botanical Garden in Norfolk, VA, is just one of 60 different gardens to explore. There is something for every season and every taste. Support Norfolk Botanical Garden at https://bit.ly/Norfolk_Donate. #GardenOfTheDay #SupportYourLocalGarden #PublicGardens #PublicGardens2020 #SupportPublicGardens

#Schools are moving #students #outdoors to combat #coronavirus. Here's how some are taking #learning #outside to the next level. https://nyti.ms/31MlreC

On a foggy morning, the golden leaves of Fagus grandiflora (or the American beech) look like a #pointillist painting in Bell’s Woodland at Chanticleer Garden in Wayne, PA. These 35 acres open to the public have been called "the most romantic, imaginative, and exciting #PublicGarden in America." Support Chanticleer Garden at http://bit.ly/ChanticleerGarden. #GardenOfTheDay #SupportYourLocalGarden #PublicGardens #PublicGardens2020 #SupportPublicGardens