ABOUT IMAGINE NATIVE PLANT FARM

The goal of IMAGINE Native Plant Farm is to meet the growing demand for native plant materials for public and private lands and community spaces. Partnering with the Mid-Atlantic Regional Seed Bank (MARSB.org) and located at The Bioreserve, a nonprofit organization with farmland located in Glenmont, NY, Home Earth Alliance is working to realize the dream for a large scale farm focused exclusively on propagating native plants to serve the four ecoregions that comprise the greater Capital Region.

Where Your Native Plants Come from Matters!

Not all native plants are equal. There are many questions to consider when buying native plants. Where did the plants come from? Is that plant actually native to the ecoregion where they will be planted? Did the seeds themselves come from the ecoregion where they will be planted? Are they even natives…. or are they cultivars? Are they taken from clippings which is essentially just cloning? What you plant in your yard can impact the genetic resilience and diversity of the native plant populations that already exist. As we like to say, there are good, better, and best options. We hope to provide you with the very best options whenever possible so you can be sure your efforts at ecological restoration are ….. well…. the best for the ecology of your area!

OUR PLEDGE

We will always try to tell you where our plants comes from and, whenever possible, provide you with native plants that are grown from wild collected seed in the four ecoregions that make up the greater Capital Region.

WILD SEED ETHICALLY COLLECTED FROM THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION

NATIVE PLANTS FROM AND FOR THIS ECOREGION

Cofounders, Pam Skripak and Kate Brittenham Photo courtesy of Sheila Pacilli