HORTICULTURE & BOTANICAL GARDENS

Bromeliad Garden

Sherman debuted a new Bromeliad Garden with unique and rare species from Brazil and Mexico, displayed similar to how they exist in the wild. The installation has approximately 60 unique taxa, with some unique to Sherman Library & Gardens’ living collections.

Plant Records Irisbg Database

Sherman began implementation of IrisBG, a plant record database, led by newly appointed Plant Records Manager Joel Friesen. This initiative began the process of professionalizing and formalizing the Gardens’ collections and has allowed Sherman to connect with the larger organizations. The database has allowed staff to share, exchange, and collaborate with fellow botanical gardens on a greater scale, and to participate in national and global conservation efforts. IrisBG also resulted in the debut of Fantastic Flora, the garden’s publicly accessible what’s-in-bloom portion of the website.

More than 2,500 individual taxa have been logged into IrisBG. This represents a fraction of the collections at-large, and horticulture staff are working to incorporate all garden specimens into the database.

2,500+ individual taxa documented in the IrisBG thus far

Look for these signs in the garden to be connected to newly created Fantastic Flora!