[APWG] request: native landscaping policies at colleges and otherorganizations

[maryann whitman]

Ken 

I, too, would like to know about any such places.

Are you looking only for sites that have gone specifically ALL-native, or will significantly-native do? I can think of a number of corporations that, by choice and by planning and paying for it, have significant native plant areas on their campuses. One of these that pops out of memory is the Herman Miller Offices in Holland Michigan. Springfield Township in Oakland County MI is working with developers coming into the area to get 95% native landscaping on new home sites in sensitive areas of the Township. This little township is the source of the headwaters of 5 separate rivers and they take their stewardship role seriously. You might contact the Township Clerk there. Her name is Nancy Stroll.

Maryann Whitman 
Editor in Chief, Wild Ones Journal 
www.for-wild.org

Wild Ones: Native Plants, Natural Landscapes: promotes environmentally sound landscaping practices to preserve biodiversity through the preservation, restoration and establishment of native plant communities. Wild Ones is a not-for-profit environmental education and advocacy organization.


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Subject: [APWG] request: native landscaping policies at colleges and otherorganizations

To all:

Stetson University in DeLand, Florida recently implimented an all-native landscaping policy (for woody species) for its campus. The policy follows the successful establishment of a one-acre native landscape project that I initiated in 1995 and years of discussion and pressure from a small group of concerned individuals. [Project report available at: http://www.stetson.edu/~rsitler/ERC/native.doc]  To my knowledge, Stetson is the only university in the country with such a policy.

As part of a research project I am working on, I am trying to identify organizations (universities, schools, corpoarations, minicipalities, counties, etc.) with similar policies. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks,

Brian Kermath
Research Associate
Global Environmental Management Education Center
University of Wisconsin
Stevens Point, WI 54481 USA
715-346-4799