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Landscapes and Horticulture
There are three carbon sinks (sources that absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere) on Earth: soil, oceans and forests. Environmental impacts from climate change — such as flooding, reduced water availability, increased temperatures and water salinity — will greatly impact our horticultural productivity and our local ecosystems.
Sustainable landscapes can greatly impact and reduce climate change — and if we do not reduce climate change, horticultural production will be greatly affected. As the Earth’s temperature rises, rainfall either decreases or increases, extreme weather events occur more frequently, and our plants, crops, trees and shrubs will struggle to survive.
Click below to read more about each goal and explore further resources. If you have any questions, please email the Climate Toolkit at climatetoolkit@phipps.conservatory.org.
Resources:
- Climate change and horticulture
- Review on the Effects of Climate Change Variability on Horticultural Productivity
- Horticulture and climate change
Institutions Pursuing Landscapes and Horticulture Goals:
Adkins Arboretum
Anchorage Museum
California Botanic Garden
California Indian Museum and Cultural Center
Cedarhurst Center For the Arts
Chanticleer Garden
Cincinnati Art Museum
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Cornell Botanic Gardens
Duke Farms
Filoli Center
Folger Shakespeare Library
Ganna Walska Lotusland
Hillwood Estate, Museum and Garden
Historic Oakland Cemetery
Holden Forests and Gardens
Horniman Museum and Gardens
Houston Botanic Garden
Huntsville Botanical Garden
Jacksonville Arboretum & Botanical Gardens
Key West Tropical Forest & Botanical Garden
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Madison Square Park Conservancy
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
Meadowlark Botanical Gardens
Miami Beach Botanical Garden
Mt. Cuba Center
Museum of Discovery and Science
New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill
New York Botanical Garden
Norfolk Botanical Garden
North Carolina Botanical Garden
Northeastern University Arboretum
Oxford Botanic Garden and Arboretum
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens
Pittsburgh Botanic Garden
Red Butte Garden
Sacramento History Museum
San Diego Botanic Garden
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
Santa Fe Botanical Garden
Sarah P. Duke Gardens at Duke University
Science Museum of Minnesota
Smithsonian Gardens
South Coast Botanic Garden
Watermen’s Museum
Woodlands Garden
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