Welcome to CPC: New Participating Institution
The Center for Plant Conservation (CPC) is pleased to welcome a new plant conservation organization to our network of Participating Institutions: Coastal Maine Botanical Garden. Now 74 members strong, the CPC network brings together plant conservationists from across North America and is strengthened by the knowledge and experience that each institution brings. Together, our network makes it possible to Save Plants.
Coastal Maine Botanical Garden
Participating Institution | Boothby, Maine
The mission of Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens (CMBG) is to inspire meaningful connections among people, plants, and nature through horticulture, education, and research. CMBG is currently developing a new conservation and research program with a focus on mitigating climate change impacts to plants in Maine’s ecoregions. The planned Plant Science and Horticulture Center at CMBG will house a growing team of conservation biologists and horticulturists conducting research alongside labs, a new seed bank and preparation room, CMBG’s growing herbarium of 6,000+ specimens, a research library, office space, and connected greenhouses.
CMBG curates living collections of many North American native plants including several rare and endangered species native to Maine and nearby states. In addition to native plant collections in display gardens, CMBG is building an ex situconservation collection of Asclepias (milkweed) species. We are thrilled to welcome CMBG to the CPC network, and are excited to watch their conservation program grow and flourish.