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:
Institutions Pursuing Landscapes and Horticulture Goals:
Adkins Arboretum
Ridgely, Maryland
Anchorage Museum
Anchorage, Alaska
California Botanic Garden
Claremont, California
California Indian Museum and Cultural Center
Santa Rosa, California
Cedarhurst Center For the Arts
Mount Vernon, Illinois
Chanticleer Garden
Wayne, Pennsylvania
Cincinnati Art Museum
Cincinnati, Ohio
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Boothbay, Maine
Cornell Botanic Gardens
Ithaca, New York
Duke Farms
Hillsborough Township, New Jersey
Filoli Center
Woodside, California
Folger Shakespeare Library
Washington, D.C.
Ganna Walska Lotusland
Santa Barbara, California
Hillwood Estate, Museum and Garden
Washington, D.C.
Historic Oakland Cemetery
Atlanta, Georgia
Holden Forests and Gardens
Kirtland, Ohio
Horniman Museum and Gardens
London, United Kingdom
Houston Botanic Garden
Houston, Texas
Huntsville Botanical Garden
Huntsville, Alabama
Jacksonville Arboretum & Botanical Gardens
Jacksonville, Florida
Key West Tropical Forest & Botanical Garden
Key West, Florida
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Austin, Texas
Madison Square Park Conservancy
Manhattan, New York
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
Sarasota, Florida
Meadowlark Botanical Gardens
Vienna, Virginia
Miami Beach Botanical Garden
Miami, Florida
Mt. Cuba Center
Hockessin, Delaware
Museum of Discovery and Science
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill
Boylston, Massachusetts
New York Botanical Garden
Bronx, New York
Norfolk Botanical Garden
Norfolk, Virginia
North Carolina Botanical Garden
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Northeastern University Arboretum
Boston, Massachusetts
Oxford Botanic Garden and Arboretum
Oxford, United Kingdom
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Botanic Garden
Greater Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Red Butte Garden
Salt Lake City, Utah
Sacramento History Museum
Sacramento, California
San Diego Botanic Garden
Encinitas, California
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
Santa Barbara, California
Santa Fe Botanical Garden
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Sarah P. Duke Gardens at Duke University
Durham, North Carolina
Science Museum of Minnesota
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Smithsonian Gardens
Washington, D.C.
South Coast Botanic Garden
Palos Verdes Peninsula, California
Watermen’s Museum
Yorktown, Virginia
Woodlands Garden
Atlanta, Georgia