Plant Label Solutions for Botanical Gardens and Arboretums

Botanical gardens and arboretums are dedicated to the collection, cultivation, preservation and display of a wide range of plants, which are typically labeled with their botanical names. Many types of botanic gardens are run by the state, municipality, research institutes of universities and private owners, where you can find all kinds of plants: bushes, shrubs, bedding plants, flowers, vegetables, herbs, and trees.

While the concept of botanical gardening is focused on the scientific study of plants by many, modern botanical gardens are usually park-based and open to the public. They are focused on beauty, education, research and the opportunity to observe and admire nature.

Quality Attention-Grabbing Displays for Plants

Plant identification labels are typically used to give the viewer quick, precise information on the species, common name, and family name of the plant. Many botanical gardens and arboretums like to use anodized aluminum tags because they are clean, durable and resistant to the extremes of weather. For mild or indoor use, plastic tags provide a cost-effective solution with more flexibility for design and graphics.

Solutions for Plant Labels

Metal Plates - A wide selection of metal tag stamping and marking machines are available to produce durable plant labels with the information typically seen on plant labels.

• Metal tag embossing machines create embossed and debossed number and letter characters on various metal plate sizes and shapes. 
• Metal tag laser marking machines use a laser beam to ​etch and ​engrave high quality characters, barcodes for tracking and graphics.

Plastic Cards - ID card systems produce highly customizable plant labels with a lot of flexibility to print various font types, high resolution graphics and even barcoding for tracking.

• Direct-to-card ID card printers create the most economical plant labels because they produce faster print speeds and have a lower cost-per-card than retransfer printers.
• Retransfer ID card printers create higher quality, true edge-to-edge plant labels. Retransfer printers use more consumables, but produce unmatched photo-quality images

Sometimes "Look" is Not as Important

When it comes to some arboretums, displaying tree information for visitors is not the end goal. Tree tags are used to serialize and track more so than present and identify. In these cases, a metal tag embossing system is ideal for cost and durability.

IdentiSys is an authorized local sales and service provider for all of the major metal tag and ID card system vendors. Contact IdentiSys today to learn more and to receive a quote on a new plant label solution for your botanical garden or arboretum.