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Key Reading for Educators

Supporting education in botanic gardens is one of BGCI's key roles. We develop policies, guidelines and tools to support best practice in environmental education and education for sustainable development.

The education publications can be accessed:

• electronically (as PDFs) using the links below
• as PDFs on the BGCI CD Rom, 'Plants for the Planet: Resource pack for botanic gardens'; order a copy using the publication request form
• hard copies can be ordered using the publication request form

Plus, find out what members think of BGCI's materials, what we are doing about it!

Roots

Roots is BGCI's biannual education review for botanic garden educators. It contains case studies, activities, resources and the latest in botanic garden education research. Each issue is themed, with previous issues covering topics including teacher training, interpretation, master planning for education, environmental education and play and ecotourism.

Stay up to date with your own copies of Roots for the latest in education in botanic gardens by joining BGCI.

 

Education for Sustainable Development: Guidelines for Action in Botanic Gardens

Botanic gardens have always been important centres for environmental education and in recent years there has been a growing interest in education for sustainable development (ESD) amongst botanic garden educators. As a holistic process, ESD attempts to represent the complex and dynamic relationships between the natural and social sciences thus providing a means of addressing the environmental and development issues of the 21st century.

BGCI has produced these guidelines to support botanic gardens in developing and implementing ESD strategies.

 

Environmental Education in Botanic Gardens: Guidelines for developing individual strategies

This document evolved out of a stated need by botanic gardens for direction in setting up and developing environmental education programmes. These guidelines contains a step by step approach and framework for botanic gardens to develop their programmes, including case studies and examples from gardens all over the world.

 

Making your Garden Come Alive! Environmental Interpretation in Botanical Gardens

This excellent book, produced by the Southern African Botanical Diversity Network (SABONET), provides practical guidelines on how to develop an interpretation programme in a botanic garden. Topics covered include planning, interpretive signs, self-guided trails, visitor orientation and using themes.

 

Proceedings of the International Congresses on Education in Botanic Gardens

BGCI's regular education congresses allow researchers, educators and teachers to meet and discuss their work, sharing ideas, inspiration and understanding about environmental education and education for sustainable development.

 

 

 

Use the links below to access further BGCI publications of particular interest to educators.