BGCI is inviting pre-proposals from botanic gardens or arboreta interested in hosting the 11th International Congress on Education in Botanic Gardens (ICEBG) in 2025. The ICEBG held once every three years, is traditionally hosted by a BGCI botanic garden member, with Congress activities centred around the host botanic garden.

Where possible BGCI aims to reflect a broad geographical spread of Congress locations to encourage participation from around the world. Past Congresses have been held in Utrecht, The Netherlands (1991), Gran Canaria, Spain (1993), Brooklyn, USA (1996), Kerala, India (1999), Sydney, Australia (2002), Oxford, UK (2006), Durban, South Africa (2009), Mexico City, Mexico (2012), Missouri, USA (2015), Warsaw, Poland (2018). An education and engagement day was also included as part of the 8th Global Botanic Garden Congress in Melbourne Australia (2022) following the cancellation (due to the Covid pandemic) of the intended 2021 Education Congress in Argentina.

Botanic gardens or arboreta interested in hosting an international Congress with Botanic Gardens Conservation International in 2025 should submit a pre-proposal document to the Secretary General of BGCI by 2^nd December 2022.

Requests for full proposals will be issued to interested gardens by 10^th February 2023, together with guidelines on key criteria, and the proposal selection process.

For full details of what to include in the pre-proposals as well as the wider process please see the BGCI_Education_Congress_guidelines 2022.