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Public Garden Magazine August 2024

August Public Garden

The hard copies are in the mail, but the digital version of the new Public Garden magazine is now available!

Ford House’s Shoreline Restoration; Sustainably-Managed Trees in Public Gardens; The Changing Legal Landscape Around Medicinal Plants; and a look at the 2024 Annual Conference.

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Plants and Climate Change Education
(PLACCE)

The U.S. Botanic Garden and the American Public Gardens Association are engaging cohorts of peer institutions interested in exploring how botanic gardens and arboreta can maximize the impact of a plant-centered climate change education niche. Learn how your garden can receive a $50,000 award for Plants and Climate Change Education (PLACCE).

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Professional Communities
People & Gardens News
Library & Media Center

RFP: Garden Board Member Experience

The American Public Gardens Association (APGA) is accepting proposals from organizations to facilitate APGA’s 2025 Garden Board Member Experience workshop series in Winter 2025. The successful applicant will create and present an engaging four-part webinar series that provides in-depth education for board members and leaders of the public horticulture industry.

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Member Spotlight

The field of public horticulture encompasses many disciplines. We highlight our members in Public Garden magazine and in our social media. If you would like to be considered for inclusion, fill out the form below.

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Benchmarking Update

Garden Benchmarking is open for FY2023 data entry.

Compensation and Benefits Benchmarking is open for FY2022 Data Entry and Reporting. It will open for FY2024 reporting in 2025.

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Collective Impact 2023

132 Million visitors, 15,000 jobs, 92,000 volunteers – just some of the numbers that represent the Collective Impact of Public Gardens on their Communities.

Check out the full report and download the one pager.

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Disaster Readiness Workshop
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APGA Becomes CFRE Participating Organization

As a Participating Organization, fundraising professionals who work for gardens that are members of APGA receive a 20 percent discount on Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) initial certification and recertification. CFRE Participating Organizations promote CFRE certification to their members to support fundraising professionals in centering their work on globally accepted ethical best practices.

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APGA Rosette

Association How-To PDFs

How to Update Your Roster
How to Pay Dues – No Open Invoice | Open Invoice/Green Renew Button

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NEWS CENTER

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