News from our Save Plants Digest

Joe Davit in a CPC Rare Plant Academy video on how to make professional looking videos using a smart phone.

As Seen on CPC’s Rare Plant Academy: Making Videos With a Smart Phone

In adapting to the circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic, the power of remote meeting and communica...

Conservation Champion: Dr. Barbara Millen

Dr. Barbara Millen is our incoming Board Chair and our Conservation Champion for December 2020. As a...

Image of Lynde Uihlein, Board Chair, Center Plant Conservation 2018-2020

Honoring Lynde Uihlein • Board Chair, Center Plant Conservation 2018-2020

While Lynde remains a trustee, she is stepping down from her time as board chair. Lynde took the rei...

Image of Vernonia proctorii propagation at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden nursery. Photo credit: Courtesy of Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden.

A Time of Change and Thanks

As with so many things in 2020, CPC’s board of trustees is experiencing change, with new leadershi...

Maria Mullins from the Institute for Applied Ecology collects small-headed goldenweed (Lorandersonia microcephala) in north central New Mexico.

Resiliency: Strengthening Network Connections

As a network, CPC connects plant conservationists, amplifying their knowledge and experience to save...

Photo of Menzie's wall flower, Erysimum menziesii

December 2020 News

It is now December. When I look back at the January 2020 newsletter quote, “I like to think of 202...

Seed Collection in a Land of Extremes

People thought Cheryl Birker must be crazy when she told them she was going to be doing a 14-mile hi...

Leedy’s Roseroot (Rhodiola integrifolia ssp. leedyi)

November 2020 News

Landscapes under our care ranging in scale from small gardens to large public landscapes and vast na...

Conservation Champion: Todd Bittner

Charged with the stewardship of 3,600 acres of breath-taking beautiful natural areas at Cornell Bota...

As Seen on CPC’s Rare Plant Academy – Reintroduction

Reintroductions, like other land management activities, require design and planning for successful i...

Adaptive, Sustainable Options for Waterwise Utahans Red Butte Garden

Dramatic curving stone walls … transform the hillside into a sculptural composition of vegetation,...

Ecology and Design for Houston’s Memorial Park Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects

Not too long ago, native aggressive yaupon holly thickly overgrew soggy ground in the Eastern Glades...

Photo of the reserve. The reserve includes formal designed plant communities.

Restoring Ozark Landscapes at Shaw’s Nature Reserve Missouri Botanical Garden

It’s surprising how much work goes into managing ‘natural’ lands. Removing invasive plants, re...

Castilleja mendocinencis on the bluffs in Mendocino

October 2020 News

The CPC National Meeting has always been a centerpiece of our plant conservation work and the fine i...

Dr. Johnny Randall attends CPC 2020 National Meeting remotely

A National Meeting in a New Setting

The CPC National Meeting brings plant conservationists together to share their conservation work and...

Jennifer Ramp Neale is the 2020 Conservation Champion

Conservation Champion: Jennifer Ramp Neale

In honor of her commitment to the conservation of the flora of the United States, it is our pleasure...

Capturing the Beauty and Wonder of Plants

Rare is the camera – or phone – amongst botanists that is not filled with plant photos and lands...

Meeting Content & Events

With pre-recorded sessions and audio-visual conferencing technologies at the forefront of this year�...