This spring, San Diego Botanic Garden was recognized as a beneficiary by local philanthropic organization Las Patronas. The grant, along with funds provided by the County of San Diego, allowed the Garden to purchase a field vehicle for use in SDBG research, environmental restoration, and conservation projects. With a rapidly growing number of projects […]
June 2022 by Tony Gurnoe, Director of Conservation Horticulture The San Diego Botanic Garden is playing a key role in the global conservation of oak trees (Quercus L.). San Diego Botanic Garden’s Conservation Horticulture staff have been working to conserve endangered native oak species, both in habitat and in cultivation since the beginning of the […]
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January 2022 by Colin Khoury, Senior Director for Science and Conservation We begin this new year with a flurry of new science and conservation activity, both at the Garden and further afield. Our ongoing work to help conserve rare oaks, cycads, manzanitas, coyote bush, and other threatened plants has increased dramatically over the past few […]
October 2021 by Ari Novy, PhD, President & CEO Last month, the California State Coastal Conservancy approved a $200,000 grant to the Garden, enabling us to enhance and restore 4.6 acres of critical habitat in Ocean Knoll Canyon, adjacent to Ocean Knoll Elementary School. Our Conservation Team will lead work with our volunteers and community […]
April 2021 by Tony Gurnoe, Director of Conservation Horticulture Last year an alarming report was released indicating that 40% of all plant species are threatened with extinction. When considering that dire number, it is also important to know that nearly one third of all plant species exist in a botanical garden somewhere for safe keeping. […]
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January 2021 by Tony Gurnoe, Director of Conservation Horticulture San Diego Botanic Garden has a distinctive position in not only working to conserve endangered plants where they grow naturally, but also bringing those rare species into a managed setting which enables a deeper level of study, better community engagement without compromising preservation, and for us […]
January 2021 by Sarah Hood and Dillon Jones, San Diego State University Graduate Students If you visited San Diego Botanic Garden this winter, you may have noticed some hummingbird feeders showing up among the plants. These feeders were a key part of a research project on Allen’s Hummingbirds that live in the Garden. Sarah Hood, […]
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October 2020 by Tony Gurnoe, Director of Horticulture After decades of conservation and stewardship of native species within the Garden, SDBG has expanded that botanical expertise to an additional 15 acres of open space in Encinitas. In spring of 2020, the Garden partnered with the City of Encinitas to care for and restore open spaces […]
July 2020 by Ari Novy, PhD, President & CEO Earlier this year, San Diego Botanic Garden and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies combined forces to offer the first of its kind symposium, “Plant Carbon Drawdown.” This 2-day symposium presented the cutting edge of plant-based innovations designed to help mitigate the coming effects of climate […]
July 2020 by Jeremy Bugarchich, Curator of Collections A garden is colorful, lush, and beautiful; these are some of the words used to describe our own wonderful San Diego Botanic Garden. But what are the features that make our garden a botanic garden? A garden by definition is unnatural. It is a conglomeration of living […]