North American Native Plant Society Meeting

     

Greetings to all native plant enthusiasts:

The North American Native Plant Society (NANPS) invites you to our first-ever ZOOM AGM on October 24, 2020! Digital cross-pollination in this time of COVID grants us the wonderful opportunity to meet you and hear about what is happening with native plants in your local region across the continent. In this time of safely staying apart, we believe this is exactly the time to come together and share best practices and experiences and develop those connections that will hopefully grow and endure past the pandemic.

  Date: Saturday, October 24, 2020

Time: 1-3 p.m. EDT (2:30-4:30 p.m. NDT, 2-4 p.m. ADT, 12-2 p.m. CDT, 11a.m.-1 p.m. MDT, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. PDT, 9-11 a.m. AKDT)

 Registration: free for members and non-members on Eventbrite.ca (NANPS AGM 2020)

 Event Schedule:

 1:00-1:45 pm: Business part of meeting. All welcome to participate but only members can vote. 

 1:45-2:00 pm: Land acknowledgment and presentation about the organization and its activities. 2:00-2:45 pm: Moderated group chats from various regions across North America

2:45-3:00 pm: Native Plant Garden Video Contest and closing remarks.

 

Group Chat Topic: What are the major issues (positive and negative) you are facing regarding native plants in your local area?

 There are many possible areas of discussion: the rising surge in popularity of native plants due to pollinator awareness, the lack of available plant materials, the battle with invasives, bylaws prohibiting “weedy” front lawns, species at risk legislation (or lack thereof), conservation and restoration projects, habitat loss, education efforts... Without any doubt with whatever issue is raised, there will be resonance from someone else in your group in a different region of the continent. All the notes compiled from each chat room will be presented on our website (www.nanps.org) as a snapshot of what the general trends are across North America.

 Throughout our 35 years, the North American Native Plant Society has come to know of many of you, groups and individuals, who are passionate about native flora and engaged in such amazing and important work.

However, as you know your regions best, we encourage you to forward this invitation to anyone in your local area that you feel would be a valuable voice in our discussion. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at jkeil@nanps.org.

 We invite you to join us with your own “Zoom virtual background” of your favourite native plant (herbaceous, tree, shrub, grass, sedge) and look forward to meeting you in full colour from wherever you call home in Canada or the US on October 24!

 Cheers

 Janice Keil and AGM Committee North American Native Plant Society

P.S. If you haven’t already, we invite you to take part in the NANPS online Native Plant Garden Video

Contest! Visit our website or any of our social media sites for details.