Botanical Garden Development and Management
Training Course
August 28th to September 15th, 2018
Course objectives
？ To coordinate, promote and support the development and management of Asian botanical gardens
？ To help build regional capacity and expertise at a time of rapid global change
？ To strengthen botanical garden networking among the Asian developing countries and promote exchange of professional skills and ideas
This course includes
？ lectures and discussion, cover the Mission and the Development of Botanic Gardens, Plant Exhibitions & Shows, Botanical Garden Design, Conservatory & Production Greenhouse Management, Plants Production Management and Flower Border Design, Genetic Issues in Plant Conservation, Plant Taxonomy, Naturalized and Invasive Plants, Herbarium Management & Seed Bank, Education Theory & Practice, Botanic Garden Customer Service & Marketing, etc
？ field excursion to Tianmu Mountain to gain practical experience on plant identification, field survey and techniques, linking in situ living plant populations with ex situ plant collections
？ visits to Chinese botanical gardens
Application eligibility
？ Botanical staff (young leaders, deputy director, head of collections, horticulturist in charge of a collection, etc.) from Asian developing countries
？ Fluent in English, the course will be delivered in English
？ Complete application form
？ Two recommendation letters
？ A brief report on botanic gardens and horticulture industry in your country (maximum 2 pages)
？ Resumé
Financial assistance
？ Offered by Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China and Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden
？ Cover the expense of course, domestic travel inside China, accommodation and workday lunches
？ Applicants seeking financial assistance of international travel should include a formal letter specifying their financial needs in the application package
Contact
Please apply on the website https://168.160.11.33/student_login.aspx and email application form, two recommendation letters, resumé and industry report to huangshubo@csnbgsh.cn before May 31st, 2018 
