Far Reaches Botanical Conservancy

Mission

The FRBC acquires and conserves wild and cultivated ornamental plants new to North America with special emphasis on those that are threatened or vulnerable to loss. These plants will be maintained as a living reference collection for public educational and scientific purposes, with the goal of conservation through cultivation via distribution to botanic and public gardens, botanists and researchers plus professional and amateur gardeners and horticulturists.

What We Do:

1. Conduct horticultural research and collecting expeditions to search for species acutely threatened by immediate human pressure or climate change, particularly those not capable of migration or adaptation, and actively import plants from at-risk specialty collections in Europe and elsewhere.

2. Pursue ex situ conservation practices and cultivation, with distribution to botanical institutions, public gardens, scientific researchers, and the horticultural community.

3. Increase public participation in horticulture and gardening by providing education on how our work and plant collections contribute to understanding and preserving global biodiversity.

4. Steward the Conservancy's collection and establish systems to ensure the long-term viability of the plant collections and the organization.

We need your support to continue collecting, preserving, and distributing these unique and wonderful plants. View the Projects tab to see what's been going on this year, made possible by individual donors like you.