Washington Native Plant Society

Mission

To promote the appreciation and conservation of Washington's native plants and their habitats through study, education and advocacy.

Description

The Washington Native Plant Society (WNPS) is a dynamic grassroots organization, where members champion a wild and wonderful Washington State.

The WNPS mission is to promote the appreciation and conservation of Washington's native plants and their habitats through study, education, and advocacy. Think about it: what would our wild places be without indigenous plants?

Our Stewardship program works at the local level, providing extensive training and on-the ground habitat restoration projects. Whether supporting a Green Seattle in city parks, or restoring shrub-steppe habitat in Eastern Washington, WNPS stewards lead recovery of Washington's heritage and native flora.

WNPS provides a small grants program statewide in support of native-plant-related education, conservation and research projects. These projects engage students, scientists, agencies and local municipalities, making a difference in their communities.

Throughout the state our chapters offer monthly programs, informative newsletters, plant sales and docent-led field trips to beautiful wild places. WNPS offers affordable botanical study weekends, educational workshops. Whether for professional development or personal fulfillment, these events can be life-changing.

The website, www.wnps.org, leads the way in providing information about where native plants grow, landscaping with natives, where to buy plants, and more. With 2250 members in 12 active chapters statewide, WNPS has been dedicated to habitat conservation, advocacy and native plant education for 46 years.

WNPS has actively shifted in recent years, providing the availability of educational presentations in online virtual offerings, open to all both members and the general public, for attendance. WNPS continues to educate communities on the importance of native flora in the eco-regions around Washington. We continue to work together and respond to the needs of advocacy for native plants.

Your gift will help make it possible for WNPS to keep accomplishing great things in and for Washington, as we work to protect something irreplaceable.

A gift to Washington Native Plant Society is a gift to the wild in Washington!

Recognition

Thank you for your contribution to the Washington Native Plant Society, WNPS. You have joined this group of volunteers and members dedicated to providing a voice for native plants and their habitats in Washington State and who recognize native plant species are an important part of Washington's heritage, providing important aesthetic, economic and ecological contributions, that make Washington a special place. Your contribution continues to support the education of communities around the state on the importance of our native plants, and how to protect them.

Our members, donors, and our Board of Directors provide significant contributions to this education on a regular basis. WNPS programs are open to the general public, with the intent of providing that additional education that can drive conservation around the state.