The State Botanical Garden of Georgia will host the winter meeting of the Center for Plant Conservation’s Board of Trustees February 8-9, 2008.

Headquartered in St. Louis, the Center for Plant Conservation is dedicated to preventing the extinction of America’s imperiled, native flora. The State Botanical Garden is one of 33 participating botanical gardens and organizations throughout the U.S. The Center maintains the National Collection of Endangered Plants, a collection of cultivated plants and seeds of imperiled species, and is very active in advocacy, policy and public education pertaining to plant conservation and related issues.

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