Welcome to the Far Reaches Botanical Conservancy
The mission of the Conservancy is to facilitate the acquisition and introduction to North America of threatened and vulnerable ornamental plants of known wild provenance as well as from cultivated sources. These plants will be maintained as a living reference collection for public educational and scientific purposes with the goal of conservation through cultivation via distribution to botanic and public gardens, botanists and researchers plus professional and amateur gardeners and horticulturists.
Dicentra formosa ‘Peppa’
FRBC 2025 Spring Membership Drive
Springtime is growth time at Far Reaches, with new blooms and foliage responding to the call of the season. Alongside the new plant life, we are cultivating growth for our mission at this critical time. If you're not a current FRBC donor, we hope you will respond by joining with an annual membership. Our 2025 Spring Drive goal is to grow by 50 new members — as of May 1 we have added 33. Also, our budgeted goal is to raise $15,000 in membership dues and additional contributions and so far we are halfway there. If our cause inspires you, please consider making a donation today.
July 2025 Trip to Northeast India
Our Spring Drive budget goal includes $5000 to fund travel costs for our Collections Manager Silas Zoeller to join Sue and Kelly's trip this summer to a remote portion of the Himalaya in Arunachal Pradesh near Tibet and Bhutan. We will be spending days at 14000' looking at a myriad of plants such as Primula, Sausserea, Gentiana, and hopefully, 8 species of Meconopsis (Blue Poppy) in flower. The purpose of the trip is two-fold: to assess the environmental changes since we last were there in 2003; and to provide crucial field training for Silas. As part of our networking, relationship building, and educational commitment, we have invited two younger botanists involved with botanic gardens in Scotland, and the inimitable Argentine alpine plant botanist, Marcela Ferreyra, will also join us. It really clarifies the importance of a succession plan and in supporting FRBC’s Spring Membership Drive, your help in funding Silas's trip will not only be of great help now but will have even greater rewards in the future.
Become a FRBC Member
2025 Hosted Display Garden Tours
We hope you'll join us at an upcoming FRBC tour! Sue Milliken and Kelly Dodson will talk on the organization's obsession with plants and conservation, and Silas Zoeller, FRBC Collections Manager, will share about collection management and some favorite genera or groups of plants. Each tour is an intimate look at what FRBC membership and contributions are doing to conserve the extraordinarily rare plants in our collection.
FRBC Garden Tour Reservations
All Fridays, 10am-Noon & 2-4pm:
April 11
May 16
June 20
August 8
September 12
Our upcoming newsletters will have more specifics. Newsletter sign up button is below.
Webinar Archive
Click HERE to view some of the webinars that FRBC has presented over the years.
