BGANZ would like to thank all partners and sponsors for their ongoing support as we work to promote the aims of BGANZ members, botanic gardens and arboreta across Australia and New Zealand.

The BGANZ Board has a goal to increase its resource base through partnerships, giving us greater capacity to deliver better services to our members.

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Botanic Gardens Australia and New Zealand Limited (BGANZ) offer a small number of Exclusive Corporate Partnership and Sponsorship opportunities.

Partners and sponsors, among other opportunities, will receive ongoing exposure and promotional opportunities throughout the BGANZ network via the BGANZ website, social media and e-newsletter editorials and advertisements in the BGANZ magazine.

If you’d like to partner with BGANZ, contact the BGANZ CEO, Cassandra Nichols. The BGANZ Board will accept partnership and sponsorship within the guidelines of the BGANZ Partnership policy.

Paid advertisements are offered at a standard rate of $100 per item. This enables placement in our e-newsletter and on our social media platforms including facebook and twitter. If you’d like to advertise with BGANZ, contact the BGANZ CEO, Cassandra Nichols. The BGANZ Board will accept advertising within the guidelines of the BGANZ Advertising policy.

BGANZ and IrisBG have partnered to combine IrisBG’s expertise in plant collections management and curation with BGANZ’s purpose to uplift botanic gardens, nurturing a deeper appreciation for plants, and fostering plant conservation.

For over 25 years, IrisBG has offered a scalable and flexible software solution suitable for all types and sizes of botanical collections. Its robust platform allows the recording and mapping of detailed information for accession records using any device. IrisBG is known for its extensive network, including a dedicated support team, unlimited email assistance, software tutorials, and two platforms for users to share insights and ideas: monthly IrisBG Coffee Chats and the IrisBG user forum.

The BGANZ-IrisBG partnership is set to empower gardens with the essential tools needed for effective conservation, biodiversity protection, restoration, and public education. Together, we will leverage skills in botanical data management, knowledge sharing, training, and policy advocacy to equip gardens across the region.

As a testament to its commitment to the partnership, IrisBG has developed a BGANZ member benefit that offers BGANZ members an advantageous discount on IrisBG licenses and services. Read more about the BGANZ member offer.

The Growing Victoria’s Botanic Gardens grants program was an initiative of the Victorian Government in 2019 to enhance the botanic gardens across Victoria with grants to eligible gardens and projects.

The Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) delivered the grants program to assist botanic garden managers to adapt to climate change, maintain valuable plant collections, improve amenities for the community and support local tourism development.

BGANZ received $171,000 from Round Two of this program in 2021. This has allowed the successful roll out of the Hortis (Botanical Software) plant record management system to 22 Victorian botanic gardens. The system will greatly enhance the accuracy of collections across the state and has the potential to extend to all gardens.

Visit https://www.premier.vic.gov.au/funding-boost-our-precious-botanic-gardens for more information.

Excess funds from this grant are being used to develop a Living Collections Toolkit, in a collaboration between BGANZ Victoria and BCARM. The toolkit will support regional botanic
gardens to better manage their living collections through an online/interactive resource hosted on the BGANZ website. Initially available to Victorian members, the toolkit will later be
released to all members.

BGANZ was awarded funding in 2021 by the Victorian State Government (as part of its Growing Victoria’s Botanic Gardens program) to develop a Victorian Regional Gardens Plant Record Management System. BGANZ chose the Hortis platform as this system. Launched in 2021, Hortis is a plant collection platform that extends beyond the traditional definition of a plant records system. Its aim is to redefine the role and usefulness of plant records in botanic gardens through innovation.

Institutional and Associate BGANZ members are eligible for an exclusive special offer: doubled editing capacity for the first year of their subscription to Hortis.

Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) is a membership organisation, representing botanic gardens in more than 100 countries around the world. It is an independent UK charity established in 1987 to link the botanic gardens of the world in a global network for plant conservation.

The BGCI network of botanic gardens includes: globally significant living plant collections, covering approximately a third of known plant diversity; world class seed banks, glass houses and tissue culture infrastructures, and; technical knowledge networks covering all aspects of plant conservation policy, practice and education.

“To mobilise botanic gardens and engage partners in securing plant diversity for the well-being of people and the planet.” – BGCI mission

The Council of Heads of Australian Botanic Gardens Incorporated (CHABG) is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to supporting the protection, conservation and enhancement of Australian plants and their ecosystems.

The Australian Seed Bank Partnership coordinates collaborative plant conservation activities across Australia. These include seed banking, scientific research, knowledge sharing and education to safeguard Australia’s flora and address national conservation priorities.

In December 2018, people from a diversity of cultures, languages, and organisations from around the world responded to the global impacts of climate change to attend the botanical world’s first Climate Change Summit in Australia and form the Climate Change Alliance of Botanic Gardens (Alliance).

The current growing membership comprises over 65 botanical organisations, gardens and arboreta from across the world including peak industry bodies: Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI), International Association of Botanic Garden (IABG), Botanic Gardens Australia and New Zealand (BGANZ) and the American Public Gardens Association (APGA).

By joining the Alliance, Botanic Gardens and similar organisations around the world will have access to a global network of Botanic Gardens and Arboreta, Botanic Gardens Associations, scientists, horticulturists and friends of Alliance who are working together to protect their Gardens and the plants of the world. Through information sharing and increased influence, Alliance will continue to be the change that the world needs to see.

According to Dr Dave Kendal from the University of Tasmania, in the next 50 years, 20-50% of current plant species in botanic gardens and urban landscapes will likely confront temperatures those species have never experienced before.

The time for action is now: please consider joining the Alliance so collectively we can make a real difference with climate change action to safeguard plant collections, landscapes and biodiversity.

Please find the details below as how to join online for free—it is an easy process. There are no impossible obligations expected from you—just a commitment to the principles of the Charter of the Alliance and associated climate change action. Your small or large actions are all valuable!

https://www.rbg.vic.gov.au/plants-and-landscapes/climate-change-alliance/join-alliance