Louisville, KY – August 11, 2026 –Waterfront Botanical Gardens is the proud recipient of six tropical bonsai trees, courtesy of the Pacific Bonsai Museum near Tacoma, WA. The transfer marks a collaboration between two institutions devoted t…
NAPLES, FL – August 4, 2026 – Naples Botanical Garden announced the appointment of Dr. Emily E.D. Coffey as its next President & Chief Executive Officer following a thoughtful national search conducted by executive search firm Isaacson, Mil…
LISLE, Ill. – August 3, 2026 — Many threatened or understudied oak tree species are at risk of extinction in Southeast and East Asia, where more than half of their native range is subject to sharply increasing human pressure. Should these s…
For the past two and a half years, a dedicated group of leaders from New York and Vermont has been working to establish a world-class botanical garden on the New York side of the Lake Champlain Basin. The Lake Champlain Botanical Garden (LC…
FORT WORTH, TX – July 28, 2026 — Fort Worth Botanic Garden (FWBG) has officially earned accreditation from the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the highest national honor a museum can receive. Accreditation from AAM places FWBG among an
PITTSBURGH, Pa. – July 28, 2026 – Pittsburgh Botanic Garden recently announced a $1 million endowment gift from Dan & Barbara Eichenlaub at the annual celebration Blossom: Gone Native. This gift provides seed funding for innovative programs…
WELLESLEY, MA – July 27, 2026 — Massachusetts Horticultural Society (MHS) will host its 122nd Honorary Medals Dinner on Thursday, October 29, 2026, at the Garden at Elm Bank in Wellesley, MA, recognizing nine leaders whose work has advanced…
Emily has previously worked at Stoneleigh: A Natural Garden, Wyck Historic House & Garden, and the Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania and is Co-Chair of the APGA Plant Nomenclature & Taxonomy Community. They have worked as t…
CHICAGO, IL — July 10, 2026 — The Chicago Botanic Garden is pleased to announce the appointment of Kathleen Spiess as its Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer. Spiess has a proven track record of leading transformational f…
BOYLSTON, MA, June 29, 2026 – New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill, a nearly 200-acre public garden in Boylston, MA, recently recognized influential landscape architect Toby Wolf with one of the organization’s top honors for lifetime ac…
Portland, ORE., United States—July 13, 2026—Portland Japanese Garden announced today the appointment of Hilary Blakemore as Chief Development Officer. In her role, Blakemore will lead major gifts fundraising and both build and sustain commu…
LOUIVILLE, KY – July 13, 2026 – Waterfront Botanical Gardens announced that it is the recipient of a $4 million brownfield cleanup grant from the Environmental Protection Agency. Brownfields include formerly developed land that is either ab…