We are proud to be a premier institution for botanical science and conservation, both within the Garden and beyond our 37 acres. Our major projects fall within three pillars: native plants, medicinal plants, and food and agricultural plants. Working in our nurseries and out in the field, ongoing activities of focus include conservation horticulture; seed banking; rare plant and habitat surveying, monitoring, and collecting; characterizing, evaluating, and distributing plants; environmental restoration; conservation planning; and science outreach and education.
Our projects are innovative in the ways they merge efforts that are conventionally done in isolation – conservation combined with education, habitat protection with horticulture, and wild plant botany with food security. They are similarly exciting in the ways they bring together local, state, and Federal agencies, Tribal communities, nonprofit organizations, academic institutions, and industry partners to work for people and for the planet.
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Located in the California Floristic Province, SDBG is committed to conserving and raising awareness about this global biodiversity hotspot. The garden partners with local, state, and Federal agencies, Tribal communities, community and nonprofit organizations, academic institutions, and industry partners to generate and share knowledge and to better manage native plants and associated cultural and natural resources.
Native Plants Projects
SDBG is proud to contribute to further catalyzing natural product research and innovation in the San Diego region and beyond. The garden partners with Tribal communities, nonprofit organizations, academic institutions, and industry partners to research the incredible potential of medicinal plants to further contribute to human health and wellbeing.
Medicinal Plants Projects
SDBG conducts a wide range of research about food and agricultural plant diversity. The Garden partners with Federal agencies, Tribal communities, nonprofit organizations, academic institutions, and industry partners to help strengthen food and nutrition security as well as environmental sustainability.
Food & Agricultural Projects