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Fog front view from Guadalupe Island.
July 2019 News

A Slight Adjustment It’s the height of summer and hopefully, many of you are outdoors enjoying ...

Photo of Jason Ligon, Tissue Culture & Seed Bank Coordinator, Atlanta Botanical Garden
Conservation Champion: Jason Ligon

Applying the horticultural expertise necessary for maintaining botanical gardens to conservation, Ja...

Spotted mule eared orchid (Trichocentrum undulatum).
Treasured Collections

Orchids have proven enduringly popular, and they have been called the “pandas of the plant worldâ€...

Yellow Lady Slippers
The Orchid Conservation Program at Longwood Gardens

When founder Pierre S. du Pont purchased the property where he would create Longwood Gardens, he di...

White fringed orchid.
Blooming Successes in Georgia

The Atlantic Botanical Garden (ABG) team had hoped to see some population increase of the white frin...

Downy rattlesnake plantain (Goodyera pubescens), though common throughout much of the US, it is considered threatened in New York and Florida.
Connecting With Orchids

For the North American Orchid Conservation Center (NAOCC), a coalition of organizations dedicated to...

Photo of Calypso orchid (Calypso bulbosa).
The Land of a 10,000 Lakes – and Dozens of Orchids

In 2015, the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum (MLA) won the state lottery. Well, they wer...

Close up photo Ila epidendrum flower. Marie Selby Botanical Gardens.
June 2019 News

This month’s issue of SavePlants highlights one of the most inspiring of all plant families, the o...

CPC Conservation Champion, Matthew Albrecht, Associate Scientist in Conservation Biology, Missouri Botanical Garden
Conservation Champion and 2019 Star Award Winner: Matthew Albrecht

CPC awarded Matthew Albrecht the 2019 Star Award in recognition of his dedication to conserving the ...

Despite the rain, the Chicago Botanic Gardens beautiful grounds shone. Photo credit: Christa Horn, courtesy of CPC.
Highlights from the National Meeting

The lightning talks, ranging from 2-5 minutes, have become a highlight of each CPC National Meeting,...

Despite the rain, the Chicago Botanic Gardens beautiful grounds shone. Photo credit: Christa Horn, courtesy of CPC.
May 2019 News

Many of you have undoubtedly seen the recent headlines about species at risk. The UN has released a ...

Group photo from the CPC 2019 National Meeting in Chicago.
Coming Together in Chicago

The strength of CPC is the network, the collective knowledge of the Participating Institutions. And...

Photo of Johnny Randall, Director of Conservation Programs, North Carolina Botanical Garden
Conservation Champion: Johnny Randall

Johnny Randall was drawn into the world of plant conservation as he sought to apply the principles o...

Lake at Newfileds.
Artful Stewardship of Nature in Indiana

Dotted with forest, wildflowers, bird watching stations and art installations, the 100-acre Virginia...

California poppies (Eschscholzia californica) and Parry’s phacelia (Phacelia parryi) blanket a slope in the Biodiversity Reserve adjacent to the San Diego Zoo Safari Park.
Giraffes in the Front-yard, Cactus Wren in the Back

San Diego Zoo Global is committed to conserving rare plants and animals both abroad and in their own...

Longwood Gardens 86-acre Meadow Garden
The Hard Work of Stewarding Natural Lands

The amazing features of Longwood Gardens are found throughout a large expanse of natural lands. Main...

Cactus scrub and the surrounding coastal sage scrub habitats are home to many plant and animal species.
April 2019 News

Habitat. Wildlands. Native ecosystems. Natural lands. Regardless of what we call them, these tracts ...

Rainbow over Joyce’s field site in Arizona.
A Career Grown by the Needs of Rare Plants

Joyce Maschinski didn’t imagine herself as a rare plant botanist, let alone Vice President of Cons...

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