The Berry Botanic Garden

We are very proud of Berry Botanic Garden's many contributions to rare 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 a laboratory to reintroducing plants back into their native habitats. Our work in the region does not end there, and we regularly 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.

USING SEED collections in rare plant conservation
WHAT SPECIES are in the Seed Bank?
LABORATORY RESEARCH on seeds
READ articles written about the conservation program
SEE a listing of some of our research publications

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 member 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 inspired us to develop expertise in the area of off-site, garden-based plant conservation. Along with the Center for Plant Conservation, the Chicago Botanic Garden, the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew in England, Berry cosponsored an international conference on ex situ plant conservation. Based on all of this work, we have been asked to consult on projects both in and out of our region.

The Berry Botanic Garden 11505 SW Summerville Avenue Portland, Oregon 97219 503.636.4112

bbg@berrybot.org