Adapting and Implementing the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation for Botanic Gardens

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Conservation leaders and practitioners from U.S. botanic gardens are invited to join this two-day summit to review and commit to collaboratively defined actions and outcomes, ensuring measurable progress toward 2030 targets of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation.

Agenda Outline: (detailed agenda coming soon)

  • All sessions will be held at Missouri Botanical Garden in the Bayer Event Center.
  • Summit will run October 28-29, 8:30am - 5:00pm Central Time both days.
  • Oct 28th, Day One - "Building the Draft Action Plan"
  • Oct 29th, Day Two - "Refining and Committing to Action"

Learn more about this multi-year U.S. Action Plan project and other ways to get involved here.

Email usactionplan@bgcius.org with any questions about the schedule, program, or action plan in general.

Registration Fee: $125.00 (USD)

Registration closes October 5, 2026. Registration includes all summit sessions, lunch on both days, refreshments, transportation to and from Embassy Suites St. Louis Downtown, and admission to the Missouri Botanical Garden. Refer to our "Policies" page for transfer/cancellation information. Email info@publicgardens.org with any questions regarding hotel, payment, and/or cancellations.

Host Garden

View the Host Garden page to learn more about the Missouri Botanical Garden.

Hotel

Embassy Suites St. Louis Downtown
610 North 7th Street, Saint Louis, Missouri

Event Policies

Review the Policies page for important information and general protocols.

Missouri Botanical Garden

4344 Shaw Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63110
USA