Despite being an idea breathed into life by a handful of people in the late 1960s, CBHL has offered more than 50 yearly opportunities to meet and connect during its annual meetings and study tours.
~ 1968 ~
Organizers: Elisabeth Woodburn, organizer, bookseller, volunteer (PA H.S.); Muriel Crossman – Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Katherine Polgar – Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Mary Moulton – Morton Arboretum, Florence Roberts – Longwood Gardens
Meeting site: Late summer meeting in Elisabeth Woodburn’s home
~ 1969 ~
Organizers: Muriel Crossman, organizer; John Reed – New York Botanical Garden, George H.M. Lawrence – Hunt Botanical Library, Gordon W. Dillon – American Orchid Society, Marjorie Dickinson, Elisabeth Woodburn
Meeting site: November meeting in Boston at the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, attended by 40 people from 30 institutions
~ 1970 ~
Organizers: Marjorie Dickinson, Charles R. Long, Cornelia Tyler, John Reed, Ruth Schallert, Henry Norweb
Annual meeting host: Dr. George Lawrence
Meeting site: Committee meeting in February 1970, New York Botanical Garden, followed by a general meeting at Hunt Institute, Pittsburgh
~ 1971 ~
President: Charles R. Long
Annual meeting hosts: John Reed, Edith Crockett
Meeting site: New York Botanical Garden, New York
~ 1972 ~
President: John Reed, New York Botanical Garden Library
Annual meeting host: Ruth Schallert
Meeting site: Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
~ 1973 ~
President: Ruth Schallert, Smithsonian Institution LibrariesSecretary: Marjorie Dickinson
Newsletter editor: Bernadette Callery
Annual meeting hosts: Mrs. Douglas, Bryce, Wendy Hillier
Meeting site: Civic Garden Centre, Toronto, Ontario
~ 1974 ~
President: Edith Crockett, Smithsonian Institution LibrariesAnnual meeting hosts: Richard Isaacson, Henry Norweb
Meeting site: Garden Center of Greater Cleveland / Holden Arboretum, Cleveland, Ohio
~ 1975 ~
President: R. Henry Norweb, Holden Arboretum, Cleveland, OhioHighlight: Cornelia Tyler agreed to chair the nursery/seed catalog committee
Annual meeting host: James Reed
Meeting site: Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Missouri
~ 1976 ~
President: Katherine Daniels, Smithsonian Institution LibrariesAnnual meeting hosts: Enola Jane Teeter, Julie Morris
Meeting site: Longwood Gardens / Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Philadelphia
~ 1976 Study Tour in England ~
President: R. Henry Norweb, Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Participants: Dr. and Mrs. Gilbert (Katherine) Daniels, Mr. and Mrs. R. Henry Norweb, Jr., Bernadette Callery, Elisabeth Woodburn, Marjorie Dickinson, Ruth Schallert, Elizabeth Jackson, Lenore Dickinson, Richard Isaacson
Host: Phyllis Edwards
Meeting site: British Museum (Natural History), Botany Library, London
~ 1977 ~
President: Ian MacPhail, The Morton ArboretumAnnual meeting hosts: Ian MacPhail, Wilma Wierwell
Meeting site: Morton Arboretum, Lisle and Chicago Botanic Garden, Skokie, Illinois
~ 1978 ~
President: Richard Isaacson, Garden Center of Greater ClevelandAnnual meeting host: Solange Gignac
Meeting site: Denver Botanic Garden, Denver, Colorado
~ 1979 ~
President: Barbara Emerson, ClevelandAnnual meeting host: June Rogier
Meeting site: Andersen Horticultural Library, Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
~ 1980 ~
President: Ina, Vrugtman, Royal Botanic Garden, Hamilton OctoberAnnual meeting hosts: Charles R. (Bob) Long and John Reed
Meeting site: New York Botanical Garden, New York
~ 1981 ~
President: James Reed, Missouri Botanical GardenAnnual meeting host: Jane Gates
Meeting site: Strybing Arboretum, San Francisco, California
~ 1982 ~
President: Bernadette Callery, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
Annual meeting hosts: Ruth Schallert, Elaine Inouye, Laura Byers, Jayne MacLean
Meeting site: Smithsonian Institution / Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
~ 1983 ~
President: Solange Gignac, Denver Botanic Gardens
Annual meeting hosts: Sally McClatchey, Anne Carr
Meeting site: Cherokee Garden Library, Atlanta Historical Society, Atlanta, Georgia
~ 1984 ~
President: Joan DeFato, Los Angeles State and Country Arboretum
Annual meeting hosts: Ian MacPhail, Douglas Ritchie, Ginger Henrichs
Meeting site: Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois ; Chicago Botanic Garden, Skokie, Illinois
~ 1985 ~
President: Jane Gates, Strybing Arboretum
Annual meeting hosts: Eva Gavora, Ina Vrugtman, Céline Arseneault
Meeting site: Agriculture Canada, Plant Research Library, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
~ 1986 ~
President: [Douglas Ritchie, president, The Morton Arboretum]; Geraldine Kaye, acting president, Harvard University, Botany Library
Annual meeting hosts: Beatrice Beck, Joan DeFato, Nancy Hawver
Meeting site: Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Los Angeles State and County Arboretum, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
~ 1987 ~
President: Geraldine Kaye, Harvard University, Botany Library
Annual meeting hosts: William Burk, Jeffery Beam
Meeting site: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, John N. Couch Library, Department of Botany, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Meeting dates and theme: April 22-24, “Special Collections in Botany/Horticulture”
~ 1988 ~
President: Meryl Miasek, University of Oregon
Annual meeting hosts: Charlotte Tancin, Anita Karg, James White
Meeting site: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh
Meeting dates and theme: May 18-20, “Data Based Botanical Information Resources”
~ 1989 ~
President: Virginia Henrichs, Chicago Botanic Garden
Annual meeting hosts: Connie Wolf, Dale Johnson, Professor Joseph Ewan
Meeting site: Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Missouri
Meeting dates and theme: May 4-6, “Improving Library Services”
~ 1989 Study Tour in England ~
Organizers: Ina Vrugtman, Royal Botanic Garden, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Geraldine Kaye, Harvard University, Botany Libraries, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Tour dates and theme: October (two weeks), “Botanical Books and Libraries, Great Britain ”
Hosts: John Flanagan, Silvia Fitzgerald, Chris Elwood, Colin Will
Meeting site: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond; British Museum of Natural History, Botany Library, London; MacMillan Press; Royal Horticultural Society Library and Wisley Gardens; Linnean Society Library; Oxford University Garden; Cambridge University Garden; Bodlein Library; Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
~ 1990 ~
President: Connie Wolf, Missouri Botanical Garden
Annual meeting hosts: Jane Cole, Dr. Robert Breuning, Dr. Gary Nabhan
Meeting site: Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona
Meeting dates and theme: March 21-23, “Collecting/Saving Information in Unusual Places”
~ 1991 ~
President: Jayne MacLean, National Agricultural Library
Annual meeting hosts: John Reed, Katherine Powis, Brenda Weisman, Judy Reed
Meeting site: New York Botanical Garden, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Horticultural Society of New York, New York
Meeting dates and theme: May 1-3, “Preparing Preservation/Conservation Plans in Libraries”
~ 1992 ~
President: Anita Karg, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
Annual meeting hosts: Bruce A. Leach, Professor Emanuel D. Rudolf
Meeting site: Ohio State University, Botany Library, Columbus, Ohio
Meeting dates and theme: May 20-22, “Ohio Botany Information Sources”
~ 1993 ~
President: Pamela MacKenzie, Civic Garden Centre, Toronto
Annual meeting hosts: Valerie Easton, Laura Lipton
Meeting site: University of Washington, Elisabeth C. Miller Library, Center for Urban Horticulture, Seattle, Washington
Meeting dates and theme: May 13-15, “Urban Horticulture”
~ 1994 ~
President: Gerry McKiernan, University of Iowa
Annual meeting hosts: Rebecca Eldridge and Virginia Gardner
Meeting site: Santa Barbara Botanic Garden and VLT Gardner Horticultural & Botanical Books, Santa Barbara, California
Meeting dates and theme: April, “Preserving and Accessing Garden History and Landscape Architecture, Particularly California, from the Mission Gardens to the Mid-Twentieth Century”
~ 1995 ~
President: Jane Cole, Desert Botanical GardenAnnual meeting hosts: Virginia Henrichs and Rita Hassert
Meeting site: Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois and Chicago Botanic Garden, Chicago, Illinois
Meeting dates and theme: May, “Getting Back to our Roots: Botanical and Horticultural History and Collections”
~ 1996 ~
President: Janet Evans, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
Annual meeting host: Barney Lipscomb
Meeting site: Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Fort Worth, Texas
Meeting dates and theme: April, “Library Emergency Preparedness and Recovery”
~ 1997 ~
President: Charlotte Tancin, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
Annual meeting host: Céline Arseneault
Meeting site: Montréal Botanical Garden, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Meeting dates and theme: June 4-6, “Marketing New Resources: Managing and Developing Multimedia Information”
3-day post-conference tour to Quebec City and La Malbaie, including a day at Frank Cabot’s Les Quatre Vents
~ 1998 ~
President: Nadia Aufderheide, Holden Arboretum
Annual meeting hosts: Judy Warnement and Sheila Connor
Meeting sites: The Botany Libraries of Harvard University and The Arnold Arboretum Library, Boston, Massachusetts
Meeting dates and theme: June 9-12, “Recall the Past, Capture the Present, Anticipate the Future”
~ 1999 ~
President: Rita Hassert, Morton Arboretum
Annual meeting hosts: Carolyn Dodson
Meeting sites: University of New Mexico and the Rio Grande Botanic Garden, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Meeting dates and theme: May, “Information Resources for Living with a Drier World”
~ 2000 ~
President: David Lane, University of New Hampshire
Annual meeting hosts: National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD, in cooperation with the U. S. National Arboretum and Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Washington, D.C.
Meeting sites: Beltsville, Maryland ; Washington, D.C.
Meeting dates and theme: May, “Preservation for the Past, Research for the Future”
~ 2001 ~
President: Céline Arseneault, Montréal Botanical Garden
Annual meeting hosts: Susan Eubank
Meeting sites: Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, Colorado
Meeting dates and theme: July, “Plants for People”
Note: This meeting was held concurrently with those of the American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta (AABGA) and the Horticultural Therapy Association (AHTA).
~ 2002 ~
President: Susan Fugate, National Agricultural Library [Céline Arseneault, acting president for the Annual Meeting]
Annual meeting hosts: Barbara Pitschel; Anne Marie Malley
Meeting sites: Strybing Arboretum and Botanical Gardens and The California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California
Meeting dates and theme: April 8-13, “Plants & People: A Regional Perspective”
~ 2003 ~
President: Barbara Pitschel, Strybing Arboretum and Botanical Gardens
Annual meeting hosts: John Reed, Patricia Jonas, Katherine Powis
Meeting sites: The New York Botanical Garden, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, The Horticultural Society of New York, and Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park, New York, New York
Meeting dates and theme: June 10-14, “Redefining Botanical & Horticultural Libraries: Shaping a Collaborative Environment”
~ 2004 ~
President: Judy Warnement, Harvard Botany Libraries
Annual meeting hosts: Charlotte Tancin
Meeting sites: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Meeting dates and theme: June 15-18, 2004, “Opening Doors – Access to Collections Onsite and Online”
~ 2005 ~
President: Laurie Hannah, Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens
Annual meeting hosts: Janet Evans, Jane Ailing
Meeting sites: The McLean Library, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Pennsylvania
Meeting dates and theme: June 7-11, 2005, “The Philadelphia Story”
~ 2006 ~
President: Doug Holland, Missouri Botanical Garden
Annual meeting hosts: Susan Eubank
Meeting sites: Los Angeles County Arboretum and Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, California
Meeting dates and theme: May 16–20, 2006, “Why you do the things you do!”
~ 2007 ~
President: Susan Fraser, LuEsther T. Mertz Library, New York Botanical Garden
Annual meeting hosts: Maggie Heran and Betsy Kruthoffer
Meeting site: Lloyd Library and Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio
Meeting dates and theme: June 5-9, 2007, “Eclectic Cincinnati: Legacies, Legends, and the Lloyds”
~ 2008 ~
President: Katherine Allen, Magrath Library, University of Minnesota
Annual meeting host: Shelly Kilroy
Meeting site: Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Meeting dates and theme: June 4-6, 2008, “Growing Awareness: The Whys and Hows of Marketing your Library”.
~ 2009 ~
President: Leora Siegel, Lenhardt Library, Chicago Botanic Garden
Annual meeting host: Doug Holland
Meeting site: Missouri Botanical Garden Library, St. Louis, Missouri
Meeting dates and theme: May 12-16, 2009, “Growing Green: The role of gardens as models of conservation and sustainability”.
~ 2010 ~
President: Sheila Connor, Arnold Arboretum Horticultural Library
Annual meeting hosts: Brian Thompson and Tracy Mehlin
Meeting sites: Elisabeth C. Miller Library at the University of Washington Botanic Gardens. Co-hosts: University of Washington Libraries and The Seattle Public Library
Meeting dates and theme: May 18-22, 2010, “Are You Being Served? The Art and Science of Providing Service in a Plant Library”
~ 2011 ~
President: Stanley Johnston
Annual meeting hosts: Leora Siegel, Stacy Stoldt and Rita Hassert
Meeting site: The Lenhardt Library of the Chicago Botanic Garden, Chicago, Illinois ; The Sterling Morton Library of the Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois
Meeting dates and theme: May 17 – 21, 2011, “Urbs in Horto: City in a Garden”
Member Presentation Theme: “Library in a Garden: Flourishing Despite Uncertainty”
~ 2012 ~
President: Robin Everly, Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Annual meeting host: Céline Arseneault
Meeting site: Montreal Botanical Garden, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Meeting dates and theme: June 26 to 30, 2012, “Connecting Locally & Globally”
Member Presentation Theme: “Innovation in the Botanical and Horticultural Library”
~ 2013 ~
President: Susan Eubank, Arboretum of Los Angeles County Plant Science Library, Arcadia, California
Annual meeting host: Suzi Teghtmeyer, Michigan State University
Meeting site: Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
Meeting dates and theme: May 7 to May 10, 2013, “A Study in Green: Horticultural and Botanical Educations for All Ages”
~ 2014 ~
President: Tracy Mehlin
Annual meeting host: Janet Woody
Meeting site: Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond, Virginia, USA
Meeting dates and theme: April 29 to May 2, 2014, “Moonlight and Magnolias: A Celebration of Southern Gardens”
~ 2015 ~
President: Suzi Teghtmeyer, Michigan State University Libraries
Annual meeting host: Bill Musser
Meeting site: Robert Becker Memorial Library, Seed Savers Exchange in Decorah, Iowa
Meeting dates and theme: June 16-20, 2015, “Taste, Tradition, and Beauty in the Edible Landscape”
~ 2016 ~
President: Kathy A. Crosby, Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Annual meeting host: Gary Osmonde
Meeting site: Cleveland Botanical Garden and Holden Arboretum in Cleveland, Ohio
Meeting dates and theme: May 23-28, 2016, “Growing Together: Connecting Pages, Plants, and People”
~ 2017 ~
President: Amy Kasameyer, University and Jepson Herbaria, University of California, Berkeley
Annual meeting host: Kathy Allen
Meeting site: Andersen Horticultural Library, University of Minnesota Landscape
Arboretum, Chaska, Minnesota.Meeting dates and theme: June 6-10, 2017, “The ABCs of CBHL”
~ 2018 ~
President: Donna Herendeen, Chicago Botanic Garden
Annual meeting host: Susan Fraser and Kathy Crosby
Meeting site: New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York, and Brooklyn Botanic, Brooklyn, New York.
Meeting dates and theme: June 19 – 23, 2018, “Botanical and Horticultural Libraries in the Modern Era: Training and Vision for the Future”
- CBHL/EBHL/Linnaeus Link Partners Consortium Joint Meeting
- CBHL 50th Anniversary
- EBHL 20th Anniversary
~ 2019 ~
President: David Sleasman, Library & Archives, Longwood Gardens
Annual meeting host: Beth Brand
Meeting site: The Schilling Library, Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, ArizonaMeeting dates and theme: May 14-17, 2019, “Adapt & Flourish in a Changing Climate”
~ 2020 ~
President: Anita Kay, Iowa State University
Annual meeting host: Robin Everly, Smithsonian Libraries, Washington, D.C.
Meeting site: Virtual meeting via Zoom
Meeting dates and theme: May 19-20, 2020, (Annual Business Meeting only)
~ 2021 ~
President: Brandy Kuhl, San Francisco Botanical Garden at Strybing Arboretum, Helen Crocker Russell Library of Horticulture
Annual meeting host: Robin Everly, Smithsonian Libraries, Washington, D.C.
Meeting site: Virtual meeting via Zoom
Meeting dates and theme: May 5-7, 2021, “What’s Next? The 21st Century Botanical and Horticultural Library”
~ 2022 ~
President: Brandy Kuhl, San Francisco Botanical Garden at Strybing Arboretum, Helen Crocker Russell Library of Horticulture
Annual meeting host: Allaina Wallace
Meeting site: Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, Colorado, (including remote participants via Zoom)
Meeting dates and theme: May 24-28, 2022, “Elevate Change”
~ 2023 ~
President: Brandy Kuhl, San Francisco Botanical Garden at Strybing Arboretum, Helen Crocker Russell Library of Horticulture
Annual meeting host: Ana Nino
All virtual meeting hosted by: Fort Worth Botanical Garden / Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Meeting dates and theme: May 2-4, 2023, “Hybridity & Harmony”
~ 2024 ~
President: Allaina Wallace, Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, Colorado
Annual meeting host: Suzi Teghtmeyer, Michigan State University
Joint meeting with: USAIN
Meeting site: Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA; , (including remote participants via Zoom for the Business Meeting)
Meeting dates and theme: May 5-8, 2024, “Growing Together – Branching Out”