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21 Dec : Prisoners do ‘Time’ Learning about Plants

20 Dec : Hard Rain Falls in Botanic Gardens All Over the World

20 Dec : Botanic gardens lead the way for environmental education in Mexico

19 Dec : Plants and Us; New Exhibition at the John Innes Centre

14 Dec : New Plant Education Website Launched

13 Dec : Plant Scientists Investigate - in school and at the botanic garden

11 Dec : Rendezvous with French educators in Lyon

10 Dec : Tree-BOL to Barcode World's 100,000 Trees

30 Nov : World's First Carbon Neutral Glasshouse

28 Nov : Biodiversity or Bust for UK educators

28 Nov : BGCI Annual Report for 2006

27 Nov : Bringing Ecology Home - Quite Literally

26 Nov : Vanilla Showcase Funded in Puerto Vallarta

26 Nov : Plant Trail Celebrates Botanist in Dunedin Botanic Garden

14 Nov : Rare Cycads Bring a ‘Great Lift’ to Meise

07 Nov : Are There Any Greek Endemics in Your Garden?

06 Nov : Making Waves for Water Conservation - Latest Roots Out Now

05 Nov : Canberra Facing Severe Droughts: Water and Cash

05 Nov : Plastic Pots Recycling Sets Record in Missouri

05 Nov : Botswana Opens its First Botanic Garden

05 Nov : Repreive for Dundee University Botanic Garden

01 Nov : European Zoos Launch Plant Conservation Network

01 Nov : Training opportunity in botanic garden education

29 Oct : Plants and Palermo - 102nd Meeting of the Italian Botanical Society

29 Oct : Are Indices Seminum Really Worth the Effort?

29 Oct : Proceedings of European zoo educators conference now avaliable

19 Oct : Thorny Challenge Clears the Way for Conservation

17 Oct : BGANZ and BGCI Strengthen Collaboration

17 Oct : Mexican Botanic Gardens Grow Plants Agenda

17 Oct : Sustainable Sites in Botanic Garden's Sights

15 Oct : Bali Medicinal Plants

05 Oct : The Therapeutic Garden

03 Oct : Creating a Vision for the University of Latvia Botanic Garden

02 Oct : Great Botanic Gardens of the World

02 Oct : Bananas Bloom Outdoors in Wales

24 Sep : Active Learning Training for Educators

24 Sep : Taiwan Plans for "Tropical Kew"

20 Sep : Botanic Garden Voted Nation's Favourite

19 Sep : Farewell and Thanks for All the Botany

12 Sep : 2007 Red List: Extinction Crisis Deepening

06 Sep : Judy Zuk - President Emeritus of Brooklyn Botanic Garden dies

06 Sep : Scholarships Available for 2008 International Diploma on Education in Botanic Gardens

05 Sep : Learning for Sustainability Resource Updated

05 Sep : Communicate Conference 'Going Mainstream'; 18th - 19th October 2007

05 Sep : Tbilsi Plus 30 Environmental Education Congress

28 Aug : Ginger Festival - Free Entry for Redheads

28 Aug : Botanic Garden Losing Collections to Drought

15 Aug : Creating Partnerships and New Acronyms - ESD, RCE, MESA and WESSA

15 Aug : Emphasis on Eco-Schools

15 Aug : MEERA - Making Evaluation Easy

15 Aug : How Do We Ensure Learning in a Changing World?

15 Aug : Botanic Garden Provides Windfall for Local Artisans

15 Aug : Designer Labels All the Rage at Siit Arboretum and Botanical Garden

15 Aug : Growing Garden Guides in the Philippines

08 Aug : Boost for Bamboo Conservation

06 Aug : Plants Climb Their Way to Extinction

30 Jul : Water Babies in Belgium

11 Jul : BGCI Welcomes New Staff

10 Jul : EastCentGard Brings Gardens Together for Conservation

10 Jul : Search is On for European Native Seed Collections

25 Jun : Conservatory for Botanical Science Wins Grand Prize

13 Jun : 70 Tonne ‘Seed’ Unveiled at the Eden Project

12 Jun : G8 Renews Commitment to Biodiversity

11 Jun : Global Snapshot Sheds Light on Education in Botanic Gardens

04 Jun : Tofino's First Sustainability Camp: Success All-Round!

04 Jun : Second Mexican Botanic Gardens Day Celebrated in Style

03 Jun : New York Botanical Garden Funds Project to 'Get Kids Out in Nature’

29 May : BGCI’s Users Voice their Opinions on Education Material

29 May : Zoos Help Save Threatened Rainforest

25 May : “Plant a Billion Trees” Campaign Hits Target 7 Months Early

24 May : Silver Success for BGCI members at the Chelsea Flower Show

23 May : Education e-update: New resource for botanic garden educators

23 May : Linnaeus’ 300th Birthday Celebrations

22 May : Zoo review sheds light on visitor learning

22 May : International Day for Biodiversity

21 May : Roots celebrates Linnaeus; taxonomy and education 300 years on

20 May : IUCN provides right tools for the communication job

17 May : Gates Foundation Grant to fund Global Crop Diversity Trust Project

16 May : A Green Home Can Be Cool

10 May : Internet Encyclopedia to List All 1.8 Million Species

08 May : Alaska Botanical Garden Hires McGuinness as Executive Director

07 May : First Meeting of Botanical Gardens of Chile

03 May : Millenium Seed Bank Collects its Billionth Seed

04 Apr : True roots of the Hydatellaceae

02 Apr : Half the World's Magnolias Under Threat of Extinction

22 Mar : Global Biodiversity Map to Guide Plant Conservation

06 Mar : Botanic Gardens on the Up

02 Mar : Climate Change Observations in Botanic Gardens Around the Globe

23 Feb : Dan Lutkenhouse 1921-2007

20 Feb : Dundee Botanic Garden Likely to Go

19 Feb : Juan de Dios Muñoz 1947 - 2007

16 Feb : Plea for Botanic Gardens to Help Save Frogs

09 Feb : Wangari Maathai Inspires 100's at BGCI 20th Anniversary Event

05 Feb : Botanic Garden Under Threat in University Cutbacks

02 Feb : Nobel Laureate Endorses BGCI Vision for Plant Diversity as Vital to Planet’s Wellbeing

19 Jan : Bamboo is Latest Recruit for Army

17 Jan : Denver Botanic Garden Hires Research Manager

09 Jan : New Year, New Botanic Gardens

05 Jan : New Facility for Research and Education opens in Tofino Botanical Gardens