Events

FRBC Rare Open Day
The Far Reaches gate will be open to the public
on Saturday September 19, 10am-3pm

If you want to learn more or just celebrate with us and are local (or local-ish) we hope you will join us for our upcoming Autumn Open Day. Our Crevice Garden, Collectors Garden, and Shade Garden will all be open for you to visit while you’re here on site. Plus our curated selection of plants available for purchase. Do stop by!

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July 2025 Trip to Northeast India

This summer Sue and Kelly were joined by our Collections Manager Silas Zoeller to visit a remote portion of the Himalaya in Arunachal Pradesh near Tibet and Bhutan. They botanized at 14000' looking at a myriad of plants such as Primula, Sausserea, Gentiana, and 8 species of Meconopsis (Blue Poppy), 7 of which were in flower. The purpose of the trip was two-fold: to assess the environmental changes since Kelly and Sue last were there in 2003; and to provide crucial field training for Silas. As part of our networking, relationship building, and educational commitment, we invited two younger botanists involved with botanic gardens in Scotland, and the inimitable Argentine alpine plant botanist, Marcela Ferreyra, who also joined the tour. Besides recording many of the plants they found at their iNaturalist Journal, Silas has written a report serialized in the FRBC Newsletter: 

 Adventure in Arunachal (part 1) 

 Adventure in Arunachal (part 2) 

 Adventure in Arunachal (part 3 ) 

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