What is a valuable plant? Depending on the focus of your mission as an institution, whether it is research, conservation, education, horticulture or heritage, some plants in your collection are regarded as more valuable than others. But how do you measure this value across a collection? Are these values well-defined and understood within your institution? Do you find it difficult to communicate these values and your mission to stakeholders and visitors? Are you confident that your plant collection is evolving in the right direction? These are some of the questions that a Collection Value Scoring Approach is trying to address. With more reliable plant collection metrics, your institution will also be in a much better position to move from individual hunches to truly data driven decisions. Join our session to hear three different perspectives on Collection Value Scoring (CVS).
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Presenters:
Greg Payton, Director of Living Collections, The Dawes Arboretum;
Sam Brockington, PhD, Curator, Cambridge University Botanic Garden;
Waheed Arshad, PhD, Botanical Scientist, Botanical Software Ltd;
Havard Ostgaard, CEO, Botanical Software Ltd
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Plant Curation & Conservation Track sponsored by IrisBG Collection Management:
Galleria 1 CommUNITY of Gardens: 2022 Annual Conference lchance@publicgardens.orgWhat is a valuable plant? Depending on the focus of your mission as an institution, whether it is research, conservation, education, horticulture or heritage, some plants in your collection are regarded as more valuable than others. But how do you measure this value across a collection? Are these values well-defined and understood within your institution? Do you find it difficult to communicate these values and your mission to stakeholders and visitors? Are you confident that your plant collection is evolving in the right direction? These are some of the questions that a Collection Value Scoring Approach is trying to address. With more reliable plant collection metrics, your institution will also be in a much better position to move from individual hunches to truly data driven decisions. Join our session to hear three different perspectives on Collection Value Scoring (CVS).
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Presenters:
Greg Payton, Director of Living Collections, The Dawes Arboretum;
Sam Brockington, PhD, Curator, Cambridge University Botanic Garden;
Waheed Arshad, PhD, Botanical Scientist, Botanical Software Ltd;
Havard Ostgaard, CEO, Botanical Software Ltd
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Plant Curation & Conservation Track sponsored by IrisBG Collection Management:
