Native Plant Trust

Native Plant Trust leads the movement to conserve native plants in the wild and use them in designed spaces. We do this to increase the beauty and resilience of New England and the planet. From our base in Massachusetts, staff and trained volunteers work throughout New England to monitor and protect rare and endangered plants, collect and preserve seeds to ensure biological diversity, detect and control invasive species, conduct research, and offer a range of educational programs.

We welcome visitors from all over the world to Garden in the Woods, our renowned native plant botanic garden in Framingham. We also operate a nursery at Nasami Farm in western Massachusetts and manage six plant sanctuaries in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont that are open to the public. Native Plant Trust is the nation’s first plant conservation organization, the only one solely focused on New England’s native plants. Please visit www.NativePlantTrust.org for more information.

Native Plant Trust is entering an exciting time of transition and expansion. 2025 is our 125th anniversary, and the board and staff seek to elevate the visibility and impact of the organization with an anticipated doubling of staff and organizational impact in the next five years. Doing so requires strategically investing in staff, systems, programs, and partnerships that facilitate organizational growth, and growth in the movement to protect native plants in the wild and use them in the built environment.