Lisa Lofland Gould Lecture: Native Plant Supply Chain

Meeting the Increased Demand for Native Plants

Steve Castorani, co-founder and president of North Creek Nurseries, explains how a wholesale nursery such as North Creek supplies this growing market. He also touches on localized efforts to harvest, propagate, and disseminate ecotypic plants and seeds, and how each approach has a role in expanding the supply of native plants available for gardeners, growers, and landscape restoration projects.

The talk occurred on November 18, 2023 at the University of Rhode Island. It was sponsored by the Rhode Island Wild Plant Society, the Rhode Island Natural History Survey and the University of Rhode Island Master Gardener Program