San Francisco Botanical Garden Society At Strybing Arboretum

The San Francisco Botanical Garden Society will undertake a two-year geographic-information-system (GIS) mapping project to verify and record the location for each plant in 13 of the garden’s 18 geographic and thematic plant collections. Each plant’s accession number will then be used to tie its GIS location to information in the existing plant-collection database. An internship program will give undergraduate and graduate students opportunities for practical experience using GIS mapping, and plant collection maps will be used by the curatorial staff and city-employed gardeners to streamline their operations. Project results will be integrated into enhanced outdoor learning experiences for visitors by providing garden staff, docents, and teachers with more detailed information about specific plants and their locations, and scholars worldwide will have improved online access to SFBG’s collections.