The European Botanic Gardens Congress, EuroGard VII, was held in Paris from July 6-10, 2015 at the National Natural History Museum. It was organised in partnership with the European Botanic Gardens Consortium (EBGC), Botanic Gardens Conservation international (BGCI), and Jardins botaniques de France et des pays francophones (JBF).

EuroGard VII brought together representatives from botanic gardens across Europe. The scientific programme focused around the new version of the European Botanic Gardens Action Plan. The conference addressed the issues and challenges facing botanic gardens in the Decade on Biodiversity and will consider opportunities and prospects for the community of botanic gardens.

The Proceedings of the EuroGard VII Congress are available below and on the BGCI website. The first part of the Proceedings is dedicated to the Congress and the second part presents the 51 full papers, classified into the themes A to G of the Congress.

EuroGard VII Congress Proceedings (low res)

The proceedings can also be downloaded chapter by chapter in high resolution below:

• Introduction
• Full list of papers
• Strategic frameworks and best practice for Botanic Gardens (Theme A)
• Science (Theme B)
• Heritage, Culture and Tourism (Theme C )
• Conservation (Theme D)
• Botanic Gardens and climate change (Theme E)
• Education (Theme F)
• Networking, cooperation and capacity building (Theme G)
• EuroGard VII - Annexes