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Conservation ~ Regional Contributing to Conservation We are proud of our many contributions to plant conservation locally, regionally, nationally and even globally. We have worked hard to create and maintain a regionally significant seed bank and provide associated garden-related services ranging from germinating seeds in the laboratory to reintroducing plants to their native habitats. Our work in the region does not end there. We also work with many other organizations on a variety of projects from surveying and monitoring rare plant populations to long term demographic and other population studies.
We have taken the old maxim - Think Globally, Act Locally - to heart. Our hands-on work in this region has provided the experience and perspective that has allowed us to contribute to rare plant conservation nationally and even globally. We are a charter and very active Participating Institution in the Center for Plant Conservation. Our experience at home and in partnership with many organizations around the USA doing similar sorts of work has led us to think hard and write about the place of garden-based efforts in plant conservation efforts more generally. Along with the Center for Plant Conservation, the Chicago Botanic Garden, the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew in England, Berry co-sponsored an international conference on ex situ plant conservation. Based on all of this work, we have been asked to consult on projects out of our region.
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