2025 MSI Annual Meeting!

The 2025 Annual Meeting information and registration materials are now online, and will shortly be in the mail to our hardcopy members. Our meeting will be held in France and Belgium from 31 March, 2025 through 9 April, 2025. It promises to be a wonderful meeting and we get to see many interesting and unique gardens as well.  Please take a look at the Annual Meeting page and follow the links for more information.  We look forward to seeing you next year in France and Belgium!

Recorded Magnolia Talks Available

If you missed our virtual annual meeting in November 2022, or would like to view the talks again, please click this link.  Hear talks from Richard Baines of the Royal Botanical Garden Edinburgh at Logan (Magnolias in Vietnam)  and Vance Hooper of New Zealand (Magnolia breeding in New Zealand).  

Gap Analysis Published by GCCM

The Global Conservation Gap Analysis of Magnolia has been released.  This publication presents a summary review of the ex situ and in situ conservation status of 336 Magnolia species. Using information from global databases such as BGCI's PlantSearch and a survey of the global botanic garden and conservation community this analysis aims to provide information to organizations working on Magnolia conservation and encourage next steps for collaborative conservation of the world’s Magnolia species. This work was completed in collaboration with Botanic Gardens Conservation International and with support from the USDA Forest Service, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, Fondation Franklinia and Magnolia Society International. 

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The Cultivar Checklist has been published! Access the article in the journal HortScience here.

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MAGNOLIA SPOTLIGHT

Vallarta Botanical Garden's official tree flowers for the first time in Public Display - Magnolia vallartensis.