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Native Plant Trust in the News
Our Media Contacts
Media Relations (Consultant) Kathryn Acerbo-Bachmann: kacerbobachmann@gmail.com
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Media Releases from Native Plant Trust
May 14, 2025 - Native Plant Trust welcomes Dr. Lea Johnson as Director of Conservation
October 10, 2024 - Native Plant Trust to honor champion of the brown ash tree with Regional Impact Award
September 25, 2024 - Native Plant Trust Announces $1M Raised in Successful Challenge Match to Save Native Plants in New England in Seed Bank
September 19, 2024 - Native Plant Trust Announces Art Opening and Talk with 2024 Visiting Artist Julie C. Baer; Registration for Fall and Winter Programs Open
August 28, 2024 - Uli Lorimer, Director of Horticulture at Native Plant Trust, named as next “Ask the Gardener” columnist for The Boston Globe
April 26, 2024 - Native Plant Trust announces ninth annual Trillium Week, May 12-19, 2024
December 13, 2023 - Native Plant Trust Appoints Tim Johnson as CEO
December 8, 2023 - Native Plant Trust Announces Retirement of Executive Director, Debbi Edelstein
September 20, 2023 - Native Plant Trust Announces Event October 28 with Diane Wilson, award-winning author of The Seed Keeper
June 13, 2023 - Native Plant Trust Announces June 21 Virtual Symposium: Seeing the Forest and the Trees: Exploring the Social History of the Outdoors
May 25, 2023 - Native Plant Trust Announces Mushroom Modulations by Christine Southworth, First in New Visiting Artist Program
May 9, 2023 - Native Plant Trust Executive Director Debbi Edelstein to receive Gold Medal on May 11 in recognition for contribution to native plants, conservation
April 27, 2023 - Native Plant Trust Announces eighth annual Trillium Week, May 8-14, 2023; Registration for Twilight Trilliums after-hours event open now
April 25, 2023 - Native Plant Trust Announces 2023 Opening of Garden in the Woods, New Visiting Artist Program; Registration for Spring/Summer Programs Open Now
Recent Media Coverage
June 18, 2025 - Boston Globe, "Ask the Gardener" (what to do when critters munch your plants)
June 15, 2025 - The Native Plant Podcast, Tim Johnson and Uli Lorimer discuss plants and fatherhood
June 11, 2025 - Provincetown (MA) Independent, "A Trust Tends a Sanctuary of Native Plants"
June 11, 2025 - Boston Globe, "Fighting Climate Change, One Yard at a Time"
June 6, 2025 - WCVB5-ABC, "Framingham garden promotes native plants, pollinators, sustainability."
June 4, 2025 - Boston Globe, "Ask the Gardener" (irises are simply divine) by Uli Lorimer
June 4, 2025 - Gardenista, Harvey Butler Rhododendron Sanctuary: The Native Plant Trust's Beautiful Preserve in Maine"
June 1, 2025 - WGBH The Culture Show Podcast, featuring Uli Lorimer on how to plant a garden that is both beautiful and ecologically sound
May 23, 2025 - Boston Globe, "Ask the Gardener" (time to put those gardening plans to work) by Uli Lorimer
May 16, 2025 - MetroWest Daily News, "Plants Make Music at Framingham's Garden in the Woods. Really."
May 15, 2025 - marthastewart.com, "10 Show-stopping Fruit Trees Guarantee Curb Appeal," with Uli Lorimer contributing
May 15, 2025 - WBUR, "Regional Climate Research Center Facing Closure under Proposed Trump Budget," featuring CEO Tim Johnson
May 8, 2025 - Boston Globe, "Ask the Gardener" (a Mothers' Day present) by Uli Lorimer
May 4, 2025 - masslive.com, "UMass researchers mull preservation of native plants, in face of accelerating climate shifts," with comments from Uli Lorimer
May 3, 2025 - Gardenista interview, "Quick Takes with: Uli Lorimer"
May 1, 2025 - WGBH, "The Culture Show Podcast," Uli Lorimer on why native plants are important
April 28, 2025 - awaytogarden.com, "Fragrant trilliums, mossy patches, and more, with Uli Lorimer"
April 26, 2025 - Boston Globe "Ask the Gardener" (the buzz about making space for pollinators like bees) by Uli Lorimer
April 23, 2025 - marthastewart.com, Uli Lorimer suggests some fast-growing native garden plants
April 18, 2025 - whereverfamily.com,"Head to Garden in the Woods ... for a Springtime Wonderland"
April 15, 2025 - Birdhugger podcast, Nasami Farm Nursery Manager Alexis Doshas discusses native plants for birds
April 12, 2025 - Remodelista, Join the Movement: 125th Anniversary Symposium
April 12, 2025 - Boston Globe, "Ask the Gardener" (how to turn your first yard into a green oasis) by Uli Lorimer
March 29, 2025 - Berkshire Edge, "Nature's turn: Contributing to the vitality of the natural world"
Spring 2025 - Fine Gardening, "Easy Ways to Make Any Lawn More Eco-friendly" by Uli Lorimer; "Is No Mow May a Good Idea?" by Uli Lorimer
March 13, 2025 - Boston Globe, "Ask the Gardener" (planting thoughts of spring) by Uli Lorimer
March 11, 2025 - Flower Magazine , "All about Anemone Flowers," featuring comments by Uli Lorimer
March 6, 2025 - WBUR, "Study finds butterfly population declined 22% between 2000 and 2020," featuring comments by Uli Lorimer
February 27, 2025 - WBUR, "For Mass. environmental groups, federal funding is now 'a gamble'," featuring comments by CEO Tim Johnson
February 26, 2025 - Boston Globe, "Ask the Gardener" (barking up the right tree) by Uli Lorimer
February 12, 2025 - Boston Globe, "Ask the Gardener" (beyond plastic) by Uli Lorimer
February 7, 2025 - WBUR, "‘Never in our wildest dreams’: Mass. environmental projects stall amid federal funding confusion," including comments by CEO Tim Johnson
January 29, 2025 - Boston Globe, "Ask the Gardener" (starting your plants indoors) by Uli Lorimer
January 24, 2025 - "'Think globally, act locally,' message at Danforth Art Museum climate program," MetroWest Daily News
January 8, 2025 - Boston Globe, "Ask the Gardener" (fight the winter blues by forcing these bulbs) by Uli Lorimer
December 18, 2024 - Boston Globe, "Ask the Gardener" (deck your yard with boughs of holly) by Uli Lorimer
November 2024 - Fine Gardening, "Native and Keystone Plant Resources for Your Region and Zone," featuring The Northeast Native Plant Primer by Uli Lorimer
November 29, 2024 - Native Plants, Healthy Planet podcast, Director of Conservation Michael Piantedosi and Director of Horticulture Uli Lorimer discuss "what is native?" on the
November 25, 2024 - Plant a Trillion Trees podcast, featuring CEO Tim Johnson
November 20, 2024 - Boston Globe, "Ask the Gardener" (cut or leave it) by Uli Lorimer
November 13, 2024 - Fine Gardening, Let's Argue about Plants podcast, High-Impact Native Plants with Uli Lorimer
November 7, 2024 - Boston Globe, "Ask the Gardener" (hardy mums for late-season gardens) by Uli Lorimer
November 6, 2024 - Bird Hugger podcast, "Northeast Native Plant Primer with Uli Lorimer"
October 23, 2024 - Boston Globe, "Ask the Gardener" (saving seeds) by Uli Lorimer
October 15, 2024 - Fine Gardening, "The Best Keystone Plants for Your Region and Zone," featuring Uli Lorimer
October 9, 2024 - Boston Globe, "Ask the Gardener" (grub control, hydrangeas) by Uli Lorimer
October 7, 2024 - awaytogarden.com, CEO Tim Johnson talks native seeds with Margaret Roach
October 2024 - Wave Hill Public Garden, Nally News, an interview with former intern Uli Lorimer.
September 27, 2024 - Gardenista, "Ecological Horticulture: Native Plant Trust's Tim Johnson Explains Why You Should Embrace Your Inner Ethical Radical"
September 11, 2024 - Boston Globe, "Ask the Gardener" (plant division, seed saving) by Uli Lorimer
August 28, 2024 - Boston Globe, premier "Ask the Gardener" (beech leaf disease) by Uli Lorimer
August 22, 2024 - WHMP-FM, "Talk the Talk" podcast with CEO Tim Johnson
August 15, 2024 - MetroWest Daily News, "For Garden in the Woods Interns, Their Own Growing Seasons Are about to Begin"
August 1, 2024 - North Country Public Radio, Cultivating Place, "The Botanical Journey & Lexicon of a Caring Plantsperson, with Tim Johnson, Native Plant Trust"
July 31, 2024 - NPR, Here and Now, "Protecting a Tiny Wild Orchid" (originally aired July 26 on WBUR)
July 26, 2024 - WBUR, "Inside a 40-year-old Effort to Protect a Tiny Wild Orchid" with Director of Conservation Michael Piantedosi and CEO tim Johnson
July 18, 2024 - Vineyard Gazette, "A Team Effort Helps to Save Endemic Cleft-leaved Hawthorn Tree"
June 30, 2024 - American Gardener, "Hue and Cry over Heucheras," featuring Uli Lorimer
June 30, 2024 - CNN, "They thought this rare, tiny flower was extinct since WWI. Now it’s a symbol of hope," featuring CEO Tim Johnson's comments
June 14, 2024 - New York Times, "In Vermont, a Glimpse of a Plant Last Seen a Century Ago," mentioning New England Plant Conservation Program's seed bank
May 29, 2024 -New York Times, "Treat Your Palate and Feast Your Eyes on These Perennials"
May 25, 2024 - Rutland Herald, " The Outside Story: Jesup’s milk-vetch, a Rare Beauty," featuring Director of Conservation Michael Piantedosi
May 19, 2024 - Boston Globe, "'Ideal' Cool Weather Proves a Blooming Bonanza,"with comments by Director of Horticulture Uli Lorimer
May 13, 2024 - The Atlantic, "Should the Hawthorn Be Saved?" featuring comments by Senior Research Botanist Arthur Haines
May 9, 2024 - Boston.com, "Here are the Best Green Spaces in Greater Boston and Beyond," including Garden in the Woods
April 4, 2024 - Gardenista, Director of Horticulture Uli Lorimer recommends combinations of native plants for home gardens
March 27, 2024 - Gardenista, Director of Horticulture Uli Lorimer suggests native plant sources
March 19, 2024 - Boston Globe, Director of Conservation Michael Piantedosi on saving New Hampshire's rare plants
March 18, 2024 - awaytogarden, CEO Tim Johnson discusses bioproductive gardening with Margaret Roach
March 14, 2024 - The WildStory: A Podcast of Poetry & Plants, featuring Director of Horticulture Uli Lorimer
February 28, 2024 - Growing Greener podcast, "A New CEO for Native Plant Trust," featuring CEO Tim Johnson
February 28, 2024 - Boston Globe, '"There are species that have gone and will go extinct because of this,"
February 7, 2024 - Public Garden Magazine, "Have We Saved Enough Land in the Right Places?" by Director of Conservation Michael Piantedosi
February 6, 2024 - MetroWest Daily News, "Winter Embraces Garden in the Woods in Framingham"
January 18, 2024 - Martha [Stewart] Up Close & Personal, "A Presentation by Native Plant Expert Uli Lorimer"
January 4, 2024 - Washington Post, "How to Get a More Eco-friendly Yard, One Season at a Time"
January 2, 2024 - Garden and Yard (University of Maine Cooperative Extension Service) Book Review, The Northeast Native Plant Primer by Uli Lorimer,
December 29, 2023 - Uli Lorimer's guest appearance on the Native Plants, Healthy Planet podcast on June 2 (see below) scored number 6 in the podcast's top 10 episodes of all time (beating Doug Tallamy). Listen to the hosts' discussion here.
December 25, 2023 - awaytogarden.com, "Uli Lorimer on Ecological Resolutions"
November 22, 2023 - WBUR, "New Map of U.S. Plant Zones Shows a Warmer Massachusetts"
September 14, 2023 (updated on September 17) - MetroWest Daily News, "Asters After Hours, fall's colorful masterpiece on display at Garden in the Woods"
July 23, 2023 - Native Plant Podcast, "Uli Lorimer and His Northeast Native Plant Primer"
June 2, 2023 - Native Plants, Healthy Planet, "Meet Native Plant Trust," featuring Uli Lorimer
May 12, 2023 - WBUR, "Restoring a Rare Habitat to Protect an Unlikely Ecological Hero: Moths"
April 20, 2023 - Gardenista, "Ask the Expert: How to Grow Native Plants in Containers," with Uli Lorimer
Rare Plant Research and Recovery
Our status reports, recovery plans, and other resources
- This page contains three documents related to Flora Conservanda, plus recovery plans for 117 of New England's rarest plants. Open the corresponding green dropdown box to view and download files.
- State of the Plants technical report
- State of the Plants brief report
- Guidelines on reintroducing rare species
International and National Frameworks
Policies and strategies for plant conservation
Climate Change
Assessments, reports, and guidance for conservation strategies
- State of the World's Trees report, Botanic Gardens Conservation International (2021)
- Conserving Plant Diversity in New England (2021), a comprehensive strategy and mapping tool, by Native Plant Trust and The Nature Conservancy
- "Saving Plants as the Climate Changes," summary of Conserving Plant Diversity, excerpted from Native Plant News (Fall/Winter 2021).
- United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Sixth Assessment Report (2022)
- Fourth National Climate Assessment, Vol. II (2018), Chapter 18: Northeast
- United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report (2018)
- Open Space Institute Climate Guide (for land trusts)