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The Native Plant Project
The Spring Island Trust Native Plant Project is dedicated to the propagation and distribution of native plants, and to providing education about how to use them in the landscape.
Videos
Check out our library of how-to videos (lots of great landscaping tips!), take a virtual tour of the Native Plant Nursery, and learn about the natural history of many of our native plants.
Plant Sales
Currently more than 100 species of native plant are grown and available for sale in their season through the Spring Island Trust Native Plant Project.
Educational Tours
The Spring Island Trust Native Plant Project offers interested groups (such as garden clubs, naturalist groups, environmental educators, etc.) the opportunity to visit Spring Island to learn about landscaping with native plants as part of our outreach program.
Grants
The Spring Island Trust makes grants of native plants available to schools and nature education centers. The purpose of this grant program is to increase habitat available for native wildlife such as birds and insects, restore habitat to native vegetation, and create outdoor learning spaces for K-12/higher ed students and adults.
Plant Database
Detailed information about the native plants being propagated by the Spring Island Trust Native Plant Project has been gathered by staff through research and experience.
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The Native Plant Project
The Native Plant Project
The Spring Island Trust Native Plant Project (SITNPP) was established in the spring of 2009. The project is dedicated to the propagation and distribution of native plants, and to providing education about how to use them in the landscape.
The goals of the Project are:
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Preserve and propagate plants that are indigenous to Spring Island and the Lowcountry.
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Increase the availability of native plants through regular plant sales. (Proceeds benefit the Spring Island Trust, a 501(c)3 nonprofit.)
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Provide education about native plants and how to grow them.
Activities include:
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Harvesting, propagating and nurturing native plants
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Rescuing desirable plants from building sites before the land is cleared for construction
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Work in the greenhouse such as seeding, rooting cuttings, transplanting and monitoring
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Work in the nursery such as potting, pruning, labeling, taking inventory and monitoring
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Providing plants for native plant wildlife habitat creation and restoration through a grant program.
Over 70 Spring Island members serve as SITNPP volunteers. The Spring Island Landscape Ecologist, Karl Ohlandt, serves as a resource for the team and participates in many of the activities.
Additional SITNPP educational initiatives include Spring Island Trust Talks and other outreach presentations, tours, and articles.
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