Last week there was a segment on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered featuring native plants. This 5 minute feature titled Local Plants Give Sense of Place, Character discussed the many benefits of native plants. Moving beyond the usual advantages of no watering and increasing value to wildlife Washington D.C. gardener, Lisa Caprioglio, discussed the great sense of place that native plants can provide to display a sense of regionalism rather than using the same set of plants from state to state.
They also discussed a problem that is not frequently discussed: The accessibility to purchase native plants. Unfortunately the push to use natives is not matched by the ability to purchase them.
A nice little story that hopefully reached a large audience.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90645101&sc=emaf Listen to the story here.
