Re: Native Plant Rescue

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Lois: Down here in the mountains around Asheville, we've been out saving 
plants--to my own knowledge--some fifteen years. My books on native plants 
continue to sell and I lecture (for whatever the specific group can afford) 
on growing and preserving native plants. The local Botanical Gardens at 
Asheville and the bigger North Carolina Arboretum, not to mention all the 
Master Gardeners, answer calls whenever land is up for development--which 
now seems to be all the time. The NPS actually impregnates unspecified 
collections of galax and other rare medicinals with fluorescent dyes. And 
the days of collecting, then selling wild orchids only happens these days in 
Hendersonville. Out biggest battle is the fight between craftspeople who 
dote on Japanese honeysuckle and the preservationists, like the rest of us, 
who want it outlawed forever.
What's happening with the Pine Barrens?
Regards, Peter
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <loisdan@juno.com>
To: <gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 5:57 PM
Subject: [GWL] Native Plant Rescue


> Hi All,
>
> I thought some of you who are Master Gardeners, or otherwise involved
> with your local extension service, might be interested in this article
> <http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/20071230/NEWS/712300306/1018/SERVICE
> S03/NEWS/Rescuing_native_plants>. As a former resident of the Great
> Smokies in North Carolina, I'm glad to see that some people are taking
> action before it is too late.
>
> Regards,
> Lois de Vries
> Visit http://loisdevries.blogspot.com
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