美国花园保护协会（The Garden Conservancy）成立于1989年，是美国领先的非营利组织，致力于保护、分享和颂扬美国多样化的园艺传统。协会通过全国性项目、战略合作伙伴关系和公众参与，提高人们对花园在美国历史、文化和环境中重要作用的认识。自1989年以来，协会已帮助全美超过100座杰出花园存续发展，并推出了一系列促进园艺教育与参与的公益项目。
使命与愿景
花园保护协会的使命是通过教育公众，保护、分享和颂扬美国多样化的园艺传统。协会愿景是成为美国花园在历史、文化和生活质量方面重要作用的倡导者和守护者。协会将花园主人与公共及私人组织联合起来，提供园艺、技术、管理和财务方面的支持，确保这些自然资源得到长期管理。
保护工作
保护工作（Preserving）是协会核心使命之一。协会与花园主人、园丁、社区、园艺学家、花园设计师和历史学家合作，致力于保护美国各地杰出花园。协会帮助新兴公共花园成为社区资源，并借助自身专家网络和外部专家资源，在花园设计、管理和修复各方面提供专业支持。协会还为现有公共花园的福祉做出贡献，帮助它们应对自然和人为挑战。许多合作花园已被列入美国国家历史地标或国家史迹名录。自1989年以来，协会已帮助超过100座杰出美国花园存续发展。
开放日项目
开放日（Open Days）项目创立于1995年，是协会的旗舰公众项目，也是美国最大的私人花园参观项目。该项目每年向公众开放数百座私人花园，让游客探索通常不对外开放的美丽空间。迄今为止，已有超过4500座花园参与了开放日活动，遍及40多个州，接待游客超过140万人次。2025年，协会将庆祝开放日项目30周年。
教育与庆祝
协会还开展丰富多样的教育活动，包括讲座、专题研讨会、在线讲座、花园参观和开放日项目，并与公共花园、保护合作伙伴及志同道合的组织共同举办许多活动。通过这些教育项目，协会致力于提高公众对花园在历史、文化和生活质量方面重要作用的认识。此外，协会还通过各种项目和外展活动，颂扬花园在社会文化中的重要角色。
协会历史
花园保护协会是纽约州注册的501(c)(3)非营利组织，由著名植物学家弗兰克·卡博特（Frank Cabot）于1989年创立。卡博特在访问加州核桃溪的露丝·班克罗夫特花园（Ruth Bancroft Garden）后受到启发，意识到有机会创建一个帮助保护此类杰出花园的组织。2020年新冠疫情期间，协会推出了首批虚拟项目，并出版了《开放日25年：美国园丁及其花园》一书，庆祝开放日项目25周年。2023年，协会在纽约市举办了花园未来峰会，邀请建筑师、景观设计师、园艺学家和媒体名人参与，深入探讨花园在身心健康、文化和情感方面的巨大潜力。
官方网站
https://www.gardenconservancy.org
The Garden Conservancy, founded in 1989, is a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving, sharing, and celebrating America’s gardens and diverse gardening traditions. Through national programs, strategic partnerships, and public engagement, the Conservancy has supported the preservation of more than 100 significant gardens across the United States and developed public programs to promote education and engagement with gardening.
Mission and Vision
The mission of the Garden Conservancy is to preserve, share, and celebrate America’s gardens and diverse gardening traditions for the education and inspiration of the public. The Conservancy aspires to be the champion and steward of the vital role gardens play in America’s history, culture, and quality of life.
Preservation
In partnership with garden owners, gardeners, communities, horticulturists, garden designers, and historians, the Conservancy works to preserve outstanding gardens across America. It helps new and emerging public gardens become community-based public resources, drawing upon expertise from its dedicated staff and network of experts in garden design, management, and restoration. Since 1989, the Conservancy has helped over 100 outstanding American gardens survive and prosper. Many partner gardens are National Historic Landmarks or on the National Register of Historic Places.
Open Days Program
Launched in 1995, Open Days is the Conservancy’s signature garden-visiting program and the largest private garden-visiting initiative in the United States. Every year, the program unlocks the gates to hundreds of private gardens across the country, allowing thousands of visitors to explore beautiful spaces not usually open to the public. Since its inception, more than 4,500 gardens have participated in Open Days across over 40 states, welcoming more than 1.4 million visitors. In 2025, the program celebrates its 30th anniversary.
Education and Celebration
The Conservancy presents lectures, symposia, webinars, garden tours, and Open Days programs across the country, often in partnership with public gardens, preservation garden partners, and like-minded organizations. Through all its educational programs, the Conservancy raises awareness of the important role gardens play in America’s history, culture, and quality of life.
Our History
Incorporated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in New York State, the Garden Conservancy was founded in 1989 by renowned plantsman Frank Cabot after his visit to Ruth Bancroft’s dry garden in Walnut Creek, California. In 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Conservancy launched its first virtual programs and celebrated the 25th anniversary of Open Days with the publication of Open Days 25: A Quarter Century of America’s Gardeners and Their Gardens. In 2023, the Conservancy held the Garden Futures Summit in New York City, bringing together prominent figures in gardening to explore the extraordinary potential of gardens.
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