Established in 2004, Botanic Gardens Australia & New Zealand Incorporated (BGANZ) currently links more than 130 + botanic gardens. BGANZ is a ‘not for profit’ peak industry body formed to build and maintain links with relevant national and international bodies, to benefit our member gardens across Australia and New Zealand.

The network aims to provide a forum for the exchange of information between members and the community and facilitate networking opportunities between members. It fosters best practice standards throughout botanic gardens in Australia and New Zealand and advocates for their interests, including plant conservation, plant sciences and social and cultural heritage programs.

BGANZ aim to build links with relevant national and international bodies who share their passion for contributing to a greener world.

BGANZ enhances the state of botanic gardens for the benefit of the community and advocates for plant conservation, fostering of plant sciences and social and cultural heritage programs.

Issues of concern addressed by BGANZ vary as current issues come to light and are discussed and examined. Issues such as plant conservation will continue to be ever-present sources of concern and action for botanic gardens.

Australian and New Zealand botanic gardens are playing important roles in both national and international conservation, and their holdings of living and preserved plants and seeds are an immense biological resource of information on plant biodiversity. The information sharing facilities provided by BGANZ for such issues have the potential to be of great benefit.

• Providing a forum for information exchange and coordinated planning
• Fostering best-practice standards among Australian and New Zealand botanic gardens and other botanic gardens internationally
• Being an advocate for the interests of Australian and New Zealand botanic gardens
• Providing policy and legislative advice affecting botanic gardens
• Advocating plant conservation and fostering the plant sciences and social and cultural heritage programs
• Building and maintaining links with relevant national and international bodies

Botanic Gardens Australia and New Zealand – BGANZ was registered as an Incorporated Association on 6 April 2004. The BGANZ Council conducts the affairs of the Association.

The Constitution states that the Council will have a maximum of 15 members and shall be comprised of:

• One regional representative from each Australian State and Territory nominated by the regional group or groups in those Australian States and Territories in which such groups exist
• In any Australian State or Territory where there is no formal regional group, one regional representative nominated by institutional members located in the relevant State or Territory
• Two representatives from New Zealand botanic gardens nominated by regional group or groups in New Zealand
• A maximum of two members nominated by the Capital-city Gardens
• A Councillor-at-Large nominated by the representatives of Associate members and Individual members
• The Immediate Past President