About the Congress
The Global Botanic Gardens Congress is the premier international event for botanic gardens, held every three years. It is organised by Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) and its partner network organisations representing botanic gardens throughout the world.
The Congress represents the foremost opportunity for representatives of the world’s botanic gardens to meet and report on or review progress towards achieving the International Agenda for Botanic Gardens in Conservation, the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity’s Global Strategy for Plant Conservation and to share experiences on the challenges in implementing their own individual missions.
The last Congress was held in Wuhan, China in 2007, which was attended by over 800 delegates. Previous Global Botanic Garden Congresses have been held in Barcelona, Spain (2004) and Asheville, North Carolina, U.S.A. (2000), building on the foundations provided by BGCI’s earlier botanic garden conservation congresses held in Cape Town, South Africa (1998); Perth, Western Australia (1995); Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1992); Réunion Island, Indian Ocean (1989) and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain (1985).
