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Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota just created a new institute that brings artists and scientists together to inspire wonder about the natural world. The Institute for Nature and the Arts will make scientific discovery more accessible through creative collaboration.
A tree species that lived alongside dinosaurs 200 million years ago just arrived in Regina, one of fewer than 100 wild survivors discovered in 1994. The critically endangered Wollemi pine is already too special for its current home.
London's Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew is carefully relocating 1,300 tropical plants to restore its iconic Victorian Palm House. The intricate operation will preserve rare species while giving the 170-year-old glasshouse its first major renovation in decades.
After six years of painstaking restoration, Edinburgh's iconic Victorian glasshouses have reopened with hundreds of rare plants thriving in their renovated home. The ambitious project saved nearly every relocated plant while transforming the historic buildings for future generations.
Two baby trees from the planet's only surviving wild parent are now thriving in Scotland after an urgent international rescue. The species once numbered just eight, and today clings to a cliff by ropes on a remote Pacific island.
A decade-old agave plant shot up 18 feet in just months, forcing staff at Birmingham Botanical Gardens to open the greenhouse roof. The spectacular "death bloom" marks the plant's final act, but gardeners are already nurturing the next generation from its seeds.
A Mexican botanical garden built on former cattle pasture now safeguards more than 60 at-risk plant species and welcomes 60,000 visitors annually. The garden's 2025 report reveals how tourism dollars directly fund the conservation of western Mexico's rarest flora.
Scientists just saved seeds from the planet's last wild tree of its kind—a 150-year-old giant clinging to a cliff on a remote Chilean island. Twenty-four viable seeds are now sprouting hope for an entire species.
Rare plants once on the brink of disappearing are now flowering, producing seeds, and bearing fruit for the first time in years. A groundbreaking conservation effort in Israel has cracked the code on saving species that were nearly impossible to grow outside their natural homes.
One of Britain's most celebrated sculptors is getting a new outdoor gallery at a West Sussex botanical garden. Four Henry Moore works will nestle among the living collections at Wakehurst through September, bridging art and conservation in a display that highlights our connection to the natural world.
A rare British flower once down to just a handful of plants has made a stunning comeback, with 1,245 self-sown plants now thriving at a single site. The Kentish milkwort's seven-fold population surge marks the largest colony of the species in the UK.
One of the world's three largest covered botanical gardens is taking shape in Saudi Arabia's capital. The King Abdullah Gardens Project spans over two million square meters and will transform Riyadh into a greener, more sustainable city.