Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden (RSABG) is a 40-year-old repository of California native plants, artfully maintained over several acres, and includes teaching facilities and plant propagation and sales. The Garden is the laboratory for the graduate program in Botany at Claremont Graduate School, and is a tremendous resource for the entire community. RSABG effectively educates the public about the beauty and wisdom of native plants as a way to restore and build the ecology of Southern California.
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Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden Trustees Of Rancho Santa Ana Botan
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- EIN 95-1664113
- (909) 625-8767
- 1500 N College Ave Claremont CA 91711-3157 USA
- www.rsabg.com
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Botanical Gardens & Arboreta, Environment
Mission: Rancho santa ana botanic garden promotes botany, conservation, and horticulture to insprire, inform and educate the public and scientific community about california's native flora. The garden is devoted to the collection, cultivation, study, and display of native california plants and to graduate training and research in plant systematics and evolution. Through all its programs, the garden makes significant contributions to the appreciation, enjoyment, understanding, and thoughtful utilization of our natural heritage.
Programs: Research, library and herbarium: the organization maintains a comprehensive living collection of california native plants, an extensive dried specimen collection in the herbarium, and a wide-ranging collection of botany volumes held in its library. No cost has been capitalized for these collections as it is impractical to determine their value due to the large number of items and the long span of years it has taken to create the collections. In addition, capitalizing collections contradicts standards of collections stewardship and is counter to the ethical standards set forth by the museum field. Library and archive - the research library contains approximately 48,000 volumes and 750 current journals and periodicals. Acquisitions increase yearly and include bound journals and periodicals. The library also houses the archives which include the marcus jones archives and collection, as well as the samuel parish collections; both men were local botanists in the late 19h century. Herbarium - the combined herbarium of rancho santa ana botanic garden is about the tenth largest in the united states and the third largest in the western united states, with current holdings totaling over 1,100,000 specimens representing plant diversity worldwide and with superlative strengths in holding of plants from california and other mediterranean climate regions.
horticulture - living plant collections: living collection - the living collection contributes to the research and conservation mission of the garden. Through public horticulture, the living collection also promotes the thoughtful utilization of our natural heritage. The living collection covers 86 acres housing over 2,500 accessions of plants native to california and baja. Those accessions represent 1,400 taxa, different kinds of plants, including 900 species. Seed conservation program - the primary function of rancho santa ana botanic garden's seed program is the curation and management of the garden's extensive seed collection. The collection is comprised of over 4,000 accessions representing more than 1,600 california native plant species and cultivars.
visitor services in promotion of services described in statements one and two.
graduate education & community education