Events
Upcoming Events
The next WTSG meeting will be on the 12th of May 2026, 9am UK time/3pm Bishkek time.
The first ever global Tulip Symposium will take place in April 2027. More information will be available on this in the coming months.
Events Attended
March-April 2026 – A small Green Status of Species display about wild tulips was up in the alpine house of the Cambridge University Botanic Garden (https://www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/wild-recovery-revealing-the-green-status-of-our-species-tulips/).
March 2026 – The IUCN SSC Wild Tulip Specialist Group had Tulipa anadroma in the uproar challenge run by Indianapolis zoo (www.uproarchallenge.com). The species came third out of 64 entries earning $3000 for its conservation.
09/04/26 – The 5th Tulip Festival at Gareev Botanical Garden in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan was co-organised by the specialist group with Ormon Sultangaziev, Irina Popova, Dr Aibek Dolotbakov in-person and Dr Anna Ivaschenko presenting virtually.
03/05/2025-17/05/2025 – Thomas Freeth, Mariyo Boboev, and Johan Nilsson undertook an expedition in Tajikistan to collect valuable tulip material for Kulob Botanical Garden, Gothenburg Botanical Garden, and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
24/04/2025-05/05/2025 – Brett Wilson, Ormon Sultangaziev, Maarten Christenhusz, Albert Dros, and Akylai Kabaeva coordianted and took part in a tulip expedition in Kyrgyzstan, which was filmed for a TV documentary for the channel ARTE.
18/04/2025 – Brett Wilson, Ormon Sultangaziev, Maarten Christenhusz, Irina Popev, Sajad Alipour, and Akylai Kabaeva attended the 4th Tulip Festival at Gareev Botanical Garden in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
24/10/2024-29/10/2024 – Brett Wilson attended the 5th IUCN SSC Chairs meeting in Abu Dhabi
07/10/2024 – Ormon Sultangaziev presented at the Mountains and Climate forum in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
11/10/2023-13/10/2023 – Brett Wilson attended the State of the World’s Plants and Fungi Symposium 2023, at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in the U.K.
IUCN SSC Wild Tulip Specialist Group 