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Press
Media contacts, news releases, published stories
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
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
October 27, 2022 - Native Plant Trust Announces Need for Seed: A Strategy for the Northeast, a Free, Live-virtual Symposium
October 27, 2022 - Native Plant Trust Announces Fall/Winter Programs Registration Open Now
October 26, 2022 - Native Plant Trust Hires Director of Public Programs, Bess Paupeck
October 4, 2022 - Native Plant Trust to screen documentary Mardi & the Whites
May 10, 2022 - Native Plant Trust and Timber Press announce new book on native plants: The Northeast Native Plant Primer-235 Plants for an Earth-Friendly Garden
April 27, 2022 - Native Plant Trust Announces seventh annual Trillium Week, May 9-15, 2022; Registration for Twilight Trilliums After-hours Even Open Now
April 12, 2022 - Native Plant Trust Announces Garden in the Woods Opening Date, Registration Open for Spring-Summer Public Programs
February 3, 2022 - Botanists from across the Globe Share Life-changing Experiences in the World of Plants in Botany Story Slam
Recent Media Coverage
April 4, 2024 - Director of Horticulture Uli Lorimer recommends combinations of native plants for home gardens in Gardenista.
March 27, 2024 - Director of Horticulture Uli Lorimer suggests native plant sources in the Gardenista blog.
March 19, 2024 - Director of Conservation Michael Piantedosi discusses saving New Hampshire's rare plants with the Boston Globe.
March 18, 2024 - CEO Tim Johnson talks about bioproductive gardening with Margaret Roach on her awaytogardenpodcast.
March 14, 2024 - "The WildStory: A Podcast of Poetry & Plants," featuring Director of Horticulture Uli Lorimer and poet Lauren Camp
February 28, 2024 - "A New CEO for Native Plant Trust," Growing Greener podcast featuring CEO Tim Johnson
February 28, 2024 - '"There are species that have gone and will go extinct because of this,'" Boston Globe (boston.com)
February 7, 2024 - "Have We Saved Enough Land in the Right Places?" Public Garden Magazine, Vol. 39, Issue 1, 2024
February 6, 2024 - "Winter Embraces Garden in the Woods in Framingham," MetroWest Daily News
January 18, 2024 - "A Presentation by Native Plant Expert Uli Lorimer," Martha [Stewart] Up Close & Personal blog
January 4, 2024 - "How to Get a More Eco-friendly Yard, One Season at a Time," The Washington Post
January 2, 2024 - Book Review, The Northeast Native Plant Primer by Uli Lorimer, Garden and Yard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Service
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 - "A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Uli Lorimer on Ecological Resolutions"
November 22, 2023 - "New Map of U.S. Plant Zones Shows a Warmer Massachusetts," WBUR-FM, Boston
September 14, 2023; updated on September 17 - "Asters After Hours, fall's colorful masterpiece on display at Garden in the Woods," MetroWest Daily News
July 23, 2023 - "Uli Lorimer and His Northeast Native Plant Primer," Native Plant Podcast
June 2, 2023 - "Meet Native Plant Trust"; Native Plants, Healthy Planet podcast featuring Uli Lorimer, Pinelands Nursery, Columbus, NJ
May 12, 2023 - "Restoring a Rare Habitat to Protect an Unlikely Ecological Hero: Moths," WBUR-FM, Boston
April 20, 2023 - "Ask the Expert: How to Grow Native Plants in Containers," Uli Lorimer in Gardenista
October 29, 2022 - "An eco-based fall cleanup, with Native Plant Trust's Uli Lorimer," podcast with Margaret Roach, awaytogarden.com
October 26, 2022 - "Across New England, a Group Is Working to Find—and Save—Native Plants," WBUR-FM, Boston
October 17, 2022 - "Across New England, a Group Is Working to Find—and Save—Native Plants," Connecticut Public Radio
October 6, 2022 - "Proportionality: The Northeast Native Plant Primer, with Uli Lorimer," Cultivating Place, NSPR
September 12, 2022 - "Consider This: Want to Help the Planet? It Might Be Time to Rethink Your Lawn," WBUR-FM
August 22, 2022 - "Want to Help the Planet? Rethink Your Lawn," WBUR-FM
July 6, 2022 - "Planting 1,000 Wildflowers to Restore a Biodiversity Hotspot on Martha's Vineyard," WBUR-FM
June 14, 2022 - Review: The Northeast Native Plant Primer, Ecological Landscape Alliance/Resources
May 25, 2022 - "Perennial Favorites: Native Wildflowers that Will Attract Pollinators and Praise," Boston Globe
May 16, 2022 - "Eastern Native Annuals with Uli Lorimer," podcast with Margaret Roach, awaytogarden.com
May 1, 2022 - "A New Book Helps Gardeners Choose Plants that Benefit Wildlife, and by Extension, Us," Portland (ME) Press Herald
February 17, 2022 - "Biodiversity Matters II: Conserving Plant Diversity," Cultivating Place, North Country Public Radio
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)
