Today, as always,
our trees, our plants and
gardens – our great forests,
habitats and natural environs –
ask so little of us, compared to what is given in
return.
Planting for the
PLANET On the Web
is an all-original, dedicated
portal, featuring serial installments of "direct from the
field" stories and reports from fine botanical gardens and
natural environs in North America and beyond.
You will meet and hear from dedicated,
accomplished individuals from around the world who – day
in and day out – are all, indeed, Planting for the
Planet.
So, too, are many of us today, Planting for the
Planet, in our
own gardens and personal environs – as were before us, our
parents or grandparents and legions of remarkable
horticulturalists and garden makers the world over.
"Planting a garden
sounds pretty benign . . . but in fact it’s one of the most
powerful things an individual can
do."
–
Michael
Pollan, "Why Bother": The New York Times
Magazine
THIS IS PLACEMARKER TEXT. . . . MORE MORE MORE to come -
Intro BGCI, VIDEO PROMO to INTRO Planting/Digi Magazine
Intro honoring - and meeting - people who have been
planting for the planet for decades and/or have contributed
an enduring legacy of continuing relevance and resonance
today - all with beautiful video, and to lead with Mount
Vernon/George Washington and Audrey Hepburn.
The Call of the Prairie, by Andrea T. Kramer,
USA BGCI Executive Director, Chicago Botanic Garden
Our Step Forward, by Brendan Sayers,
Glasshouse Foreman, The National Botanic Gardens Glasnevin
May 18th - WORLDWIDE
PLANT CONSERVATION DAY (news/backgrounder)
Scheduled BGCI Publications for Online
Viewing or Download:
North American Botanic
Garden Strategy for Plant Conservation (Eng/Sp/Fr)
Plants & Climate
Change Report (for COP
9/Convention on Biological Diversity)
The Global Strategy for
Plant Conservation (Eng/Sp/Fr & add'l languages link)
Conserving Forest
Biodiversity, BG
Journal, Volume 5
The Role of Botanic Gardens in Plant
Conservation,
intro by Sara Oldfield, Secretary General BGCI
Great Botanic
Gardens of the World review, with foreword excerpts by HRH
Prince of Wales.
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