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Collections Policy Chicago Botanic Garden COLLECTIONS POLICY 1 Collections Policy July 2018 2 COLLECTIONS POLICY TABLE OF CONTENTS Mission Statement ................................................................................................................... 1 Intent of Collections Policy Document ..................................................................................... 1 Purpose of Collections .............................................................................................................. 1 Scope of Collections ................................................................................................................. 1 1) Display Plant Collections .......................................................................................... 2 Seasonal Display Collections ........................................................................... 2 Permanent Display Gardens ............................................................................ 2 Aquatic Garden ................................................................................... 2 Bonsai Collection ................................................................................. 3 Graham Bulb Garden .......................................................................... 3 Grunsfeld Children’s Growing Garden ................................................. 3 Circle Garden ....................................................................................... 3 Kleinman Family Cove ......................................................................... 4 Crescent Garden .................................................................................. 4 Dwarf Conifer Garden ......................................................................... 4 Buehler Enabling Garden .................................................................... 4 English Oak Meadow .......................................................................... 5 English Walled Garden ........................................................................ 5 Esplanade ............................................................................................ 5 Evening Island ..................................................................................... 5 Regenstein Fruit and Vegetable Garden ............................................. 6 Greenhouses ....................................................................................... 6 Heritage Garden .................................................................................. 7 Elizabeth Hubert Malott Japanese Garden ......................................... 8 Lakeside Gardens ................................................................................ 8 Farwell Landscape Garden .................................................................. 8 Model Railroad Garden ....................................................................... 8 Native Plant Garden ............................................................................ 9 Nature Play Garden ............................................................................. 9 Krasberg Rose Garden ......................................................................... 9 Sensory Garden ................................................................................. 10 Spider Island ...................................................................................... 10 Waterfall Garden .............................................................................. 10 West Collections ................................................................................ 10 Taxonomic Collections ................................................................................... 11 Plant Collections Network (PCN) Collections ..................................... 11 Zingiberaceae .................................................................................... 11 Tropical Araceae ............................................................................... 11 COLLECTIONS POLICY Salix ................................................................................................... 12 Viburnum .......................................................................................... 12 Carex ................................................................................................. 12 Gesneriads ........................................................................................ 12 Succulents ......................................................................................... 12 Southern Hemisphere Bulbs .............................................................. 13 Begonia ............................................................................................. 13 Pelargonium ...................................................................................... 13 Bromeliads ........................................................................................ 13 GeograpHic Collections .................................................................................. 13 Heritage ............................................................................................ 13 Trees of Illinois .................................................................................. 14 Plant Exploration Organizations ................................................................................ 14 North America-China Plant Exploration Consortium (NACPEC) ..................... 14 Plant Collecting Collaborative (PCC) .............................................................. 14 2) Research Collections .............................................................................................. 15 Bernice E. Lavin Plant Evaluation Garden ...................................................... 15 Plant Breeding ............................................................................................... 15 Plant Science Center Green Roof Garden ...................................................... 16 Rice Plant Evaluation Garden ........................................................................ 16 Rose Evaluation ............................................................................................. 16 3) Conservation and Science Collections ................................................................... 16 Rare Species Conservation Collections .......................................................... 16 Dixon Tallgrass Prairie Seedbank .................................................................. 17 Nancy Poole Rich Herbarium ......................................................................... 17 DNA Repository ............................................................................................. 18 Dixon Prairie .................................................................................................. 18 McDonald Woods .......................................................................................... 18 Skokie River ................................................................................................... 19 Shorelines ...................................................................................................... 19 Plant Science Center Rainwater Glen ............................................................ 19 Documentation ...................................................................................................................... 20 Acquisition .............................................................................................................................. 20 Weed Risk Assessment ........................................................................................................... 20 Distribution ............................................................................................................................ 21 Curatorial Process .................................................................................................................. 21 Appendix A: Plant Documentation Plan and Policy ................................................................ 22 Appendix B: CHicago Botanic Garden Collections Statistics (January 2018) .......................... 27 Appendix C: Accession Tags, Temporary Labels, and Permanent Labels ............................... 28 Appendix D: Glossary ............................................................................................................. 29 COLLECTIONS POLICY Appendix E: Curatorial Checklist ............................................................................................ 31 Appendix F: Invasive Plant Policy ........................................................................................... 32 COLLECTIONS POLICY Mission Statement We cultivate the power of plants to sustain and enricH life. Intent of Collections Policy Document This Collections Policy defines the purpose and scope to the plant collections at the CHicago Botanic Garden. As a workinG document, this policy will empower the Garden to collect and procure plant material that supports all aspects of our mission. Plant material includes livinG plants, seeds, cuttings, Herbarium voucHers, DNA samples, and tissue cultures. THe Collections Policy is a central component of the Garden’s mission and exists to support all functions of the Garden, includinG: • Display Plant Collections • Plant Exploration • Plant Evaluation • Plant BreedinG • CHicagoland Grows® Plant Introduction ProGram • Education ProGrams – adult, youth, family, teacHer and student • Horticulture THerapy ProGram
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