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Leslie Pierpont, former owner of Native & Uncommon Plants and a former FANN member who successfully transitioned her business to the next generation, Alfred and Leslie Romeu, has successfully lobbied to have our beautiful native Ashe Magnolia named 2017 Plant […]
Great to see Big Hort media like Ball Publishing drawing attention to this topic that we’d love to get loads more info on– whether cultivars reduce the ecological and wildlife function of native plants, or not. This article highlights research […]
Debbie Hamrick, editor of the NewTerrain newsletter (functional plants, functional landscapes), wrote an interesting article focused on a favorite mostly wholesale native nursery in her backyard, Carolina Native Nursery. The nursery seems very similar to many of ours, perhaps with […]
Horticulture trade press pundit Allan Armitage says “the thrill of new plants is fading” (thank heavens) and that we need to start focusing on more plants with purpose. He calls for “better” pollinator plants. Well we have the best pollinator […]
Legislators are contemplating passage of a bill that would prohibit local governments from regulating businesses unless specifically granted the right to do so. Existing regulations would expire in 2020. This would impact all local (city/county) regulations governing businesses, including local […]
Respond before the end of March 2017 and be entered into chance to win a $25 Amazon gift card. Carter Westerhold, a Master’s student of Horticulture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, is conducting a survey to gauge the knowledge horticulture […]
The Florida Native Plant Society has published six beautiful new native landscaping brochures for the Northeast, North Central, West Coast, Southeast, Central and Panhandle regions of Florida. The brochures organize photos and landscape information for 60 plants according to light […]
FANN welcomes the following new members to the native plant industry: Kathy Mease, Km Mease Landscape Designs, providing residential landscape design and installation services to Jacksonville and Duval County residents. Kathy is certified with the Association of Professional Landscape Designers […]
The Native Plant Horticulture Foundation Board of Directors recently approved an updated mission and vision statement as part of their strategic planning for 2017-2018 programs supporting strengthening and expansion of the native plant industry. The foundation is working on student […]
The Native Plant Horticulture Foundation is taking on TV to reach the masses and stimulate greater demand for native plants for sustainable landscapes. The foundation Board of Directors recently voted to sponsor a special “Where are they now?” episode of […]