Unity and difference of botanical gardens and arboretums as a factor of sustainable development of collections

Diversified activities of botanical gardens and arboretums provide them with sustainability. It includes basic and applied sciences, learning and education. Introduction of plants on a scientific basis is a distinctive feature of gardens that cannot exist without trees and shrubs. Sustainable development of collections is connected with correct allocation of resources. It should be based on a comprehensive analysis of internal and external factors. Vulnerability assessment, sustainability, naturalness, uniqueness and originality will help identify the advantages and disadvantages of collections. A full analysis is possible only with an information base on the aggregate collection Fund of the country. For that to happen, collection should be fixed and processed in a single place. Every garden is part of a whole system of botanic gardens. The more peculiar collection of gardensare, the more harmonious and sustainable the whole system is. In order to keep up the balance, a strategy of Garden-Net-Garden is required. As a result, local collections will become national and world collections. Development of gardens is not possible without joint efforts of all the four driving forces of society – government, business, society and science.