The American Public Gardens Association, formerly the American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta, is an association of public-
garden
A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the cultivation, display, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. The single feature identifying even the wildest wild garden is ''control''. The garden can incorporate both ...
institutions and professionals primarily in the United States and Canada. Over the last six decades, the American Public Gardens Association has emerged as the premiere association for public gardens in North America. Today, the Association's 500 member institutions are located in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Canada and fourteen other countries. The Association's individual members live in every state, the District of Columbia, Canada, and 24 other countries.
Programs
APGA has partnered with the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (abbreviated as NOAA ) is an United States scientific and regulatory agency within the United States Department of Commerce that forecasts weather, monitors oceanic and atmospheric conditio ...
(NOAA) to create the Climate and Sustainability Alliance. The Alliance promotes the exchange of information related to global
Climate Change
In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system. Climate change in a broader sense also includes previous long-term changes to E ...
. The Alliance has created the Public Gardens Sustainability Index to offer best practices for gardeners with consideration of the financial, environmental, and social impacts of sustainability decisions.
The Association also administers the
Plant Collections Network. As part of this program, APGA has since 1995 partnered with the
United States Department of Agriculture
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is the United States federal executive departments, federal executive department responsible for developing and executing federal laws related to farming, forestry, rural economic development, ...
’s
Agriculture Research Service and the
National Arboretum to accredit exceptional public gardens.
See also
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National Public Gardens Day
References
Environmental organizations based in Pennsylvania
Environmental organizations based in Canada
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