2027 Annual Meeting

Get ready for an exciting tour of Southeast England with the Magnolia Society International! Our hosts for this tour, Jim Gardiner, John Wotton and Alan Robertson, have partnered with Brightwater Holidays/Specialist Journeys to bring us a special curated tour of magnolias in the spring of 2027. 

The tour will begin in the evening of March 30, and will last for nine nights, until April 8, 2027. We will have eight wonderful days of tours that will take us to famous gardens of England, including RHS Wisley, Borde Hill, and White House Farm Garden and Arboretum. All gardens have been carefully selected for their wonderful plant collections including magnolias in abundance. Additionally, we will have tours of historical sites like Hever Castle and Gardens and Chartwell, the former home of Sir Winston Churchill. See below for details of each day. During the tour, the Magnolia Society’s Annual Meeting will be held on Saturday evening, April 3 at the Ashdown Park Hotel and Country Club. 

Registration for this tour will be arranged through Brightwater Holidays/Specialist Journeys by following this link, www.specialistjourneys.co.uk/itineraries/11168-  If you live in the UK, registration will be straight forward. If you live outside the UK, their website has difficulty with postcodes, so please fill out your personal information but use the postcode GL50 1DW (then click on Search) and the mailing address 111 High Street, Cheltenham (from the dropdown box) to complete the registration. Email your correct mailing address to: jenni@brightwaterholidays.com. Alternatively, you can call Jenni Duncan, Brightwater Holidays, at +44 1334 657 155 or toll free 1-800-759-7715 to complete the registration process by phone. Reach out to Andra Nus, Annual Meeting Coordinator, at andrawnus@gmail.com or (828) 545-9519 with any other questions. Registration will close on December 11, 2026. 

Recorded Magnolia Talks Available

If you missed our virtual annual meeting in November 2022, or would like to view the talks again, please click this link.  Hear talks from Richard Baines of the Royal Botanical Garden Edinburgh at Logan (Magnolias in Vietnam)  and Vance Hooper of New Zealand (Magnolia breeding in New Zealand).  

Gap Analysis Published by GCCM

The Global Conservation Gap Analysis of Magnolia has been released.  This publication presents a summary review of the ex situ and in situ conservation status of 336 Magnolia species. Using information from global databases such as BGCI's PlantSearch and a survey of the global botanic garden and conservation community this analysis aims to provide information to organizations working on Magnolia conservation and encourage next steps for collaborative conservation of the world’s Magnolia species. This work was completed in collaboration with Botanic Gardens Conservation International and with support from the USDA Forest Service, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, Fondation Franklinia and Magnolia Society International. 

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The Cultivar Checklist has been published! Access the article in the journal HortScience here.

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MAGNOLIA SPOTLIGHT

Vallarta Botanical Garden's official tree flowers for the first time in Public Display - Magnolia vallartensis.