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Native Plant Trust in the News
Our Media Contacts
Media Relations (Consultant) Kathryn Acerbo-Bachmann: kacerbobachmann@gmail.com
For images or permission to use images (Visual resources and Go Botany): images@NativePlantTrust.org
Media Releases from Native Plant Trust
January 20, 2026 - Native Plant Trust Welcomes New Board Chair on the Heels of Its 125th Year
November 14, 2025 - Native Plant Trust Confirms 10M Seeds Now Banked; Announces $1.5M Bequest to Save, Preserve, and Share Native Plants in New England
June 15, 2025 - Native Plant Trust Celebrates 125 Years; Renowned Climate Leader Dr. Jonathan Foley To Receive the Founders' Medal Award
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
Recent Media Coverage
January 23, 2026 - Gardenista, "What Are 'Seed Banks'? (And Why Are They Important?)"
January 15, 2026 - Boston Globe, "Ask the Gardener: A guide to winter shrubs and evergreens in New England"
January 14, 2026 - Growing Greener Podcast, "An Antique Tools Brings New Knowledge of Native Plants," featuring Dr. Lea Johnson
December 30, 2025 - MASSLIVE, "In freezers across Mass., 10M 'sleeping' seeds could restore our world"
December 18, 2025 - Boston Globe, "Ask the Gardener: These shrubs and berries can help birds survive the winter"
December 15, 2025 - awaytogarden.com, "What about Those 'Keystone Plants'? with Uli Lorimer"
December 11, 2025 - WGBH The Culture Show Podcast, featuring Uli Lorimer on banking 10 million seeds, holiday decorating with greens
November 26, 2025 - WBUR, "A Massachusetts bank passes a milestone: 10 million rare seeds"
November 20, 2025 - Boston Globe, "Ask the Gardener: How and why to support winter farmers markets in Mass."
November 19, 2025 - Maine Public Radio, "Ten million rare and endangered New England seeds banked"
November 18, 2025 - The Wild Story Podcast features Director of Conservation Dr. Lea Johnson
November 6, 2025 - Boston Globe, "Ask the Gardener: Your questions about 'Leaving the Leaves' answered"
November 4, 2025 - WGBH, Imari Paris Jeffries, Balanchine's Jewels at the Boston Ballet, and Uli Lorimer
November 3, 2025 - WGBH, GBH's Garden Lady - Episode 43, featuring Uli Lorimer
September 29, 2025, WBUR, "Sound designer Skooby Laposky amplifies the hidden lives of plants"
September 26, 2025 - Boston Globe, "Ask the Gardener" (use native grasses to let the sun light up your yard)
September 24, 2025 - WGBH, Uli Lorimer with Dave Epstein: Native plants Q&A: New England experts share their advice
September 9, 2025 - Boston Globe, "Ask the Gardener" (a cool time to assess the trees around a home)
August 27, 2025 - Boston Globe, "Ask the Gardener" (connecting humans with the natural world)
August 21, 2025 - WGBH The Culture Show Podcast, featuring Uli Lorimer on fall planting
August 21, 2025 - Waterbury (VT) Roundabout, "Turtlehead tests bumblebees' pollinator mettle"
July 2025 - New England Living, "Going Native: Choosing native species can beautify your property and benefit the environment, wildlife, and you."
July 30, 2025 - Boston Globe, "Ask the Gardener" (Pawpaw, a tropical-looking tree that offers nutritious fruit)
July 16, 2025 - Boston Globe, "Ask the Gardener" (the bittersweet reality of controlling weeds)
July 10, 2025 - marthastewart.com, "11 Long-Blooming Flowers That Will Bring Hummingbirds to Your Garden All Season"
July 9, 2025 - Provincetown Independent, "A Dead Hedge Brings Life to an Orleans Garden"
July 2, 2025 -Boston Globe, "Ask the Gardener" (cracking the mystery of fallen trees)
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
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)
