Shops

Botanic garden shops have potential for raising funds but also the shop can be a place to subtly educate people and also to support local communities. By selling locally made, or sustainably produced goods, you can help test new products, demonstrate sustainable development in action and help to alleviate poverty or show new uses of plants. This of course includes selling things produced within the gardens themselves. There are many examples of these around the world - you are invited to send us your example from your botanic garden here.

Plant Sales

Botanic gardens sell plants for many reasons - to raise funds for running costs, for a specific project, to satisfy visitor expectations, to introduce species to ornamental horticulture or to promote sustainable use. But there are several things gardens should consider when selling plant material.

The Gift Shop as a Site for Education for Sustainability

This workshop developed the theme of the social production or construction of nature by suggesting to participants that the botanic garden gift shop could be a site of education for sustainability if there was careful attention to the origins and presentation of the goods on sale.

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Linking Farmers with Markets
Linking Farmers With Markets is primarily about the development and operation of agricultural supply chains; specifically, how they can contribute to improving the lives of the world’s farmers, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region, and in maintaining sustainable supplies of food and fibre.

Ethical Shopping

This reader-friendly handbook addresses growing consumer concern about the conditions under which employees and communities in developing countries produce goods for the rich world. It provides all the information that concerned consumers need about ethical and fair trade.

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