Chapter 1 Introduction: Museums, Public Gardens, and Collections Chapter 2 Governing Collections: Policies, Plans, and Manuals Chapter 3 Building Collections Chapter 4 Documenting Collections Chapter 5 Preserving Collections Chapter 6 Collections Research Chapter 7 Collections and Public Programs
Timothy C. Hohn is Chair of the Horticulture Department at Edmonds Community College, where he has instructed since 1995. Previously, he has worked as a curator at the Bronx Zoo and at the University of Washington's Washington Park Arboretum and Center for Urban Horticulture, where he also taught horticultural classes. He received a Masters in Public Garden Management from the University of Delaware in 1986.
Tim Hohn has compiled an excellent resource for botanical gardens,
public gardens, and arboreta that seek to excel in plant collection
development, use, and conservation. Using the museum model, he
draws upon a vast compendium of personal experience,
correspondence, and published articles to clarify techniques,
definitions, and current concepts. This reference book provides a
clear, systematic approach for successful and valuable plant
collecting and sustainable collections. It should be in every plant
collector’s bookshelf.
*Peter W. Bristol, horticulture consultant and former curator,
woody plants, Chicago Botanic Garden*
An excellent and informative resources for botanical
gardens....This handbook provides an overview of operations in a
typical botanical garden, providing insight for both professionals
and the public.
*Chicago Botanic Garden, February 2008*
...[Hohn] leads students and public garden professionals through
every step of managing these collections, from establishing
governing policies to hosting public programs.
*Museum, May 2008*
Hohn's new book combines the author's intimate knowledge of
botanical garden work with a solid understanding of museum practice
and theory....To the practitioner, be they administrator, curator,
gardener, or educator, from a range of garden types and sizes, the
book will be a valuable tool when making strategic and tactical
decisions related to curation.
*Michael S. Dosmann, Ph.D, Curator of Living Collections at the
Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University*
Botanical garden collections are especially important and relevant
today; they provide not only educational and therapeutical
opportunities for the public but also research opportunities and
material for scientific study, at a time when conserving plant
diversity is of interest and concern. How a botanical garden
builds, governs, documents, and preserves its collections is
critical. Also of extreme importance are the increased access of
these collections to the widest audience possible (worldwide) and
their integration into exhibits, education, and research programs.
Hohn painstakingly describes in great detail the ins and outs of
such concerns in one well-researched and organized book. Every
botanical garden or arboretum should have this manual and use it as
the basis for the development and care of its collections.
*Wendy Hodgson, director of the herbarium and senior research
botanist, Desert Botanical Garden*
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