Guide to Online Resources > Care for Collections > Living Plants

Conservation By Design
The Nature Conservancy

Curatorial Practices for Botanic Gardens (PDF, 471KB, link to parent page)
Edmonds Community College

How to Write a Plant Collections Policy
American Public Gardens Association

International Code of Botanical Nomenclature - St Louis version
International Association for Plant Taxonomy

International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants
International Society for Horticultural Science

Native Plant Database
University of Texas, Austin

The Threat Posed by Alien Invasives
Botanic Gardens Conservation International

The Value of Living Collections (PDF, 127KB, link to parent page)
The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University

The Weight of a Petal: The Value of Botanical Gardens
American Institute of Biological Sciences

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