2022 Ukraine Botanic Garden Appeal

Disasters strike communities around the world, and there is a growing realisation and evidence that their frequency and impact are becoming more prevalent globally. Garden collections, infrastructures, personnel and visitors have been exposed to manifold hazards, including fires, droughts, storms, floods, pandemics, social unrest, and armed conflict.

Botanic gardens have not been spared the calamitous effects of disasters.

Botanic garden staff across the world are risking their health and safety to ensure that we do not lose the planet’s incredible plant diversity – more than one third of which is held in botanic garden collections. For more information on the susceptibility of botanic gardens, and their responses, to disasters please see BGCI’s technical review.

By establishing the Disaster Recovery Fund and launching the 2022 Ukraine Botanic Garden Appeal, BGCI will be working to support the botanic gardens impacted by disaster, focusing at this point in time on supporting the Ukrainian community of botanic gardens. Funds raised will be disbursed via a central coordination mechanism in close consultation with BGCI’s governing body. Updates on how the funds have assisted those in need will be shared across BGCI’s social media channels and website.

Support staff and sustain collections at botanic gardens in the Ukraine through this time of crisis.

US Donations:
For those who wish to make tax-deductible donations in the United States, please send checks to ‘BGCI-US’ at:
1151 Oxford Road, Botanical Division
San Marino, CA 91108

For the 2022 Ukraine Appeal, BGCI is collaborating with Partnerships for Nature (Seattle, US) and leading gardens in Ukraine, funds raised through this appeal will initially be supporting:

• Ivan Franko National University of Lviv Botanical Garden
• M.M.Gryshko National Botanical Garden of National Academy of Science of Ukraine
• V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University Botanical Garden
• Kryvyi Rih Botanical Garden of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv O.Fomin Botanical Garden
• Odesa I.I.Mechnikov National Univeristy Botanical Garden
• Oles Honchar Dnipro National University Botanical Garden
• Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University Botanical Garden
• Uzhhorod National University Botanical Garden
• Zaporizhia Municipal Botanical Garden

Updates on the Appeal:

• Go to Appeal updates
• What impact have donations had so far?
• New fundraising target, and more garden updates!