The Alpine and Arctic Botanic Gardens community is an informal network that connects approx 50 alpine and arctic botanic gardens mainly located in Europe. The aim of this community is to share knowledge and practice on how to grow and display alpine plants. The community also focus on plant conservation, aiming to provide tools and knowledge to effectively conserve thretened alpine plants. Other interesrt are research on plant ecology, seed physiology, phenology and the relations between climate change and alpine plants. A final interest is on education, promoting the respect for and fascination of alpine plants