The Global Botanic Garden Fund aims to drive plant conservation, especially in smaller gardens by disbursing small grants every year. The Fund is open to BGCI Member Institutions only and preference is given to small botanic gardens in developing countries and biodiversity hotspots. See the impact of previous projects by going to BGCI Grants below.

2022 Grant Recipients

In 2022, BGCI received 90 applications for the Global Botanic Garden Fund Grant. Through the GBGF, BGCI and Partner organisations distributed 34 grants worth $75,200 to 31 different institutions, across 24 different countries. Through the fund, BGCI administers named grant funding through support from the BGCI/ArbNet Partnership Grants, the BGCI/Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Grants, and the BGCI/GGI-Gardens Awards Program (the call for the latter will open late in 2022).

Funding for the Global Botanic Garden Fund was made possible in 2022 by contributions from The Botanist Foundation, the Gibson Charitable Trust, and crowd-sourced funding through the 2021 Holiday Challenge.

The map below shows total number of grants per country since the GBGF was launched in 2019 (shading) and grants awarded in 2022 (points). Hover over the different points to discover the organisations and the projects awarded.
 

Call for Support

BGCI was extremely impressed by the applications submitted to the Global Botanic Garden Fund. It is a testament to the quality of applications and the clear need for continued and additional support to the botanic garden community. BGCI will continue to look for additional funding for the Global Botanic Garden Fund, but it is clear that there is a demand for these grants and a need to support them in order to achieve global goals in plant conservation. BGCI thanks those already supporting the Global Botanic Garden Fund and are pleased to share the impact of their contributions.