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How to Start a Native Plant Sale

Many landowners looking for native plants to use in their landscape have a hard time finding the species they want. Monroe County-Identify and Reduce Invasive Species (MC-IRIS) saw the need for a greater variety of natives and in 2021 started a local plant sale to meet it. Ann Kamman and Ellen Jacquart share details of how this sale began, how it has grown each year, and how it meets MC-IRIS goals. Ann and Ellen's bios and other info: A longtime gardener, Ann became involved with MC-IRIS after attending a SNAYL (Sustain Nature And Your Land) Day at Bloomington Indiana’s city hall.  One year she received a grant from the city to round up neighbors to help them remove invasive plants from their yards, and has taught many neighbors how to winter sow natives using milk jugs.  After organizing a few plant swaps in the neighborhood just before the pandemic, the native plant sale appeared to be an obvious next move.  Ann has lived in Bloomington since 1977 and has always thought neighborhood involvement and grass roots activities were the most effective. Ellen spent a career managing natural areas in Indiana, working for the Department of Natural Resources, U.S. Forest Service and the Indiana Chapter of The Nature Conservancy before retiring in 2016.  A major focus of her work was to address the threat of invasive plants to forests, prairies, and wetlands.  When the Indiana Invasive Species Council created the Invasive Plant Advisory Committee in 2010, she led it until she retired in 2016. She now chairs Monroe County – Identify and Reduce Invasive Species (MC-IRIS) which works to reduce the impact of invasive plants in Monroe County and was president of the Indiana Native Plant Society from 2018 to 2022. She is the winner of the 2022 Carl N. Becker Stewardship Award from the Natural Areas Association. email: ellenjacquart@gmail.com https://www.mc-iris.org/