Who Speaks for Native Plants?
You do, when you support Native Plant Trust
All native plants play a special role in the web of life on which all other species depend. With generous support from friends like you, we have conserved native plants for more than a century. Today, the need is extreme, as our region's native plants face a barrage of human-caused threats, with land development, climate change, and invasive plants topping the list.
Your donations help fund our work to study and stabilize the 389 globally and regionally rare plant species in New England, and to sustain the common plants that provide habitat for pollinators and other wildlife. This work—saving imperiled plants, researching climate impacts on plants, and establishing new habitat for declining pollinators—is urgent and fundamental. We are a trusted source of knowledge for scientific peers and the wider public, and we have created networks that everyone can use to conserve and grow native plants.
Your contributions also support our horticulture and public education programs, which bring our conservation message to a wider audience and remain unequaled in the region. Through our respected programs, our growing selection of regional native species, and our extensive propagation research, we raise awareness of the beauty and ecological importance of New England's native plants. In everything we do, we rely on your support at this pivotal time. Thank you!
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You Can Support Special Projects or All Native Plants
Native plants are the root of life, and we must act today to protect them for the future. Your philanthropic support enables us to take action now! Choose how you want to make an impact by supporting our annual fund or a specific project or program. Just click on the heading of your choice to donate online. Thank you!
Donate to our Annual Fund
Your support for our annual fund fuels everything we do!
Donate to Conservation
Demonstrate your passion for the natural world with a gift to protect native plants.
Donate to Horticulture
Help provide resources for gardeners and develop new propagation techniques to make native plants more widely available.
Donate to Public Programs
Bring nature to life for people of all ages, near and far.
Donate an Honorarium Gift
Honor special people and celebrate milestones through honorarium donations.
Donate a Memorial Gift
Remember those who made a difference in your life with memorial gifts.
Donate via iGive.com
Shop at this website to have a percentage of your purchases donated to us.
Donate a Planned Gift
Build a legacy by including us in your estate planning. For an overview of four easy legacy giving tools, see our Ways to Give page.
Donate Gifts-in-kind
Help supply needed goods and services. Before making your donation, please call to discuss your proposed gift: 774-519-5570 or 774-519-5553.
You Can Donate Online or by Mail or Phone
Choose the way that works for you.
Your philanthropic contribution will help shape the future for native plants in New England. Choose the giving options that are right for you:
- Online, 24/7, via our secure Blackbaud payment system
- Credit card (Visa and MasterCard) by phone: 774-519-5570 or 774-519-5553
- Donor-advised funds: use the DAF portal on the right, contact your fund provider, or see this page for general information
- Stock or securities: call 774-519-5570 or 774-519-5553; or download this document for general information
- Download this form and mail it with a check payable to Native Plant Trust, to
Philanthropy Department
Native Plant Trust
321 Commonwealth Road, Suite 204
Wayland, MA 01778
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Honor Your Loved One with a Named Tree or Bench
Has someone inspired you with a love of nature?
Visitors strolling through Garden in the Woods for years to come will appreciate the views from the bench or the lovely shape of the magnificent tree you have provided as a tribute to an important person in your life. Choose from two kinds of benches, below. Before installing the bench, the director of horticulture will discuss location options and the wording on the tribute plaque with you.
Options for tree species to dedicate will depend on the horticulture plan at the time of your tribute gift. They could include American beech, yellow birch, eastern larch, red bud, tulip tree, or umbrella magnolia. Prior to planting, the director of the botanic garden will confirm an appropriate location for the species you've chosen and the wording for the tribute plaque.
Tree donation: $3,000
Wooden bench (expected life span, 10 years) donation: $6,000
Before making any tribute donations, please contact the Philanthropy department to discuss the options for naming trees and benches: 774-519-5571 or gifts@NativePlantTrust.org. Occasionally, trail redesign necessitates moving a bench to a different location from the place where it was initially installed.
