Native Plant Groups

There are native plant and native landscaping enthusiasts, experts, and communities in every US state. Native plant societies host plant sales, lead walks, and know your region's plants better than anyone. Wild Ones chapters focus more on the landscaping side, helping people redesign lawns and yards into native habitat, with hands-on workshops, garden tours, and community built around doing the planting and landscaping work itself. Find your local native plant communities below.

National Organizations

Native Plant Conservation Campaign (NPCC) plantsocieties.org
Wild Ones wildones.org
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center wildflower.org
Plant Conservation Alliance plantconservationalliance.org

State Directory

Alabama

Alabama Wildflower Society alabamawildflower.org
Wild Ones wildones.org/chapters/alabama

Alaska

Alaska Native Plant Society aknps.org

Arizona

Arizona Native Plant Society aznps.com
Wild Ones wildones.org/chapters/arizona

Arkansas

Arkansas Native Plant Society anps.org
Wild Ones wildones.org/chapters/arkansas

California

California Native Plant Society cnps.org
Wild Ones wildones.org/chapters/california
Calscape calscape.org
  • Many CNPS regional chapters (East Bay, Sacramento Valley, San Diego, Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, SLO)

Colorado

Colorado Native Plant Society conps.org
Wild Ones wildones.org/chapters/colorado

Connecticut

Connecticut Botanical Society ct-botanical-society.org
Wild Ones wildones.org/chapters/connecticut

Delaware

Delaware Native Plant Society delawarenativeplants.org

District of Columbia

Botanical Society of Washington botsoc.org

Florida

Florida Native Plant Society fnps.org
Wild Ones wildones.org/chapters/florida
  • Multiple FNPS regional chapters statewide

Georgia

Georgia Native Plant Society gnps.org
Wild Ones wildones.org/chapters/georgia

Hawaii

Native Hawaiian Plant Society hear.org/nhps

Idaho

Idaho Native Plant Society idahonativeplants.org
Wild Ones wildones.org/chapters/idaho

Illinois

Illinois Native Plant Society illinoisplants.org
Wild Ones wildones.org/chapters/illinois

Indiana

Indiana Native Plant Society indiananativeplants.org
Wild Ones wildones.org/chapters/indiana

Iowa

Iowa Native Plant Society iowanativeplants.org
Wild Ones wildones.org/chapters/iowa

Kansas

Kansas Native Plant Society kansasnativeplantsociety.org

Kentucky

Kentucky Native Plant Society knps.org
Wild Ones wildones.org/chapters/kentucky

Louisiana

Louisiana Native Plant Society lnps.org
Wild Ones wildones.org/chapters/louisiana
  • Regional: Native Plant Initiative of Greater New Orleans (npi-gno.org)

Maine

Native Plant Trust nativeplanttrust.org
Wild Ones wildones.org/chapters/maine
  • Maine is served by this Massachusetts-based regional org

Maryland

Maryland Native Plant Society mdflora.org
Wild Ones wildones.org/chapters/maryland

Massachusetts

Grow Native Massachusetts grownativemass.org
Wild Ones wildones.org/chapters/massachusetts
  • Also see Native Plant Trust (nativeplanttrust.org)

Michigan

Wildflower Association of Michigan wildflowersmich.org
Wild Ones wildones.org/chapters/michigan

Minnesota

Minnesota Native Plant Society mnnps.org
Wild Ones wildones.org/chapters/minnesota

Mississippi

Mississippi Native Plant Society mississippinativeplantsociety.org
Wild Ones wildones.org/chapters/mississippi

Missouri

Missouri Native Plant Society monativeplants.org
Wild Ones wildones.org/chapters/missouri

Montana

Montana Native Plant Society mtnativeplants.org

Nebraska

Nebraska Native Plant Society nebraskanativeplantsociety.weebly.com
Wild Ones wildones.org/chapters/nebraska

Nevada

Nevada Native Plant Society nvnps.org

New Hampshire

Native Plant Trust nativeplanttrust.org
  • New Hampshire is served by this Massachusetts-based regional org

New Jersey

The Native Plant Society of New Jersey npsnj.org
Wild Ones wildones.org/chapters/new-jersey
  • Also see Jersey Friendly Yards (jerseyyards.org)

New Mexico

Native Plant Society of New Mexico npsnm.unm.edu

New York

New York Flora Association nyflora.org
Wild Ones wildones.org/chapters/new-york
  • Local societies also exist (Finger Lakes, Staten Island, Canandaigua)

North Carolina

North Carolina Native Plant Society ncwildflower.org
Wild Ones wildones.org/chapters/north-carolina
  • Has its own regional chapters statewide

North Dakota

Wild Ones — Lake Agassiz Region lakeagassizregion.wildones.org
  • No dedicated statewide North Dakota native plant society was identified; this is the active Wild Ones chapter serving the state

Ohio

The Native Plant Society of Northeastern Ohio nativeplantsocietyneo.org
Wild Ones wildones.org/chapters/ohio

Oklahoma

Oklahoma Native Plant Society oknativeplants.org

Oregon

Native Plant Society of Oregon npsoregon.org
  • Regional chapters incl. Portland (portlandnativeplants.org)

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Native Plant Society panativeplantsociety.org
Wild Ones wildones.org/chapters/pennsylvania
  • Regional: Botanical Society of Western Pennsylvania (botsocwpa.org), Delaware Valley Fern & Wildflower Society (dvfws.org)

Rhode Island

Rhode Island Wild Plant Society riwps.org
Wild Ones wildones.org/chapters/rhode-island

South Carolina

South Carolina Native Plant Society scnps.org
Wild Ones wildones.org/chapters/south-carolina

South Dakota

Great Plains Native Plant Society gpnps.org
Wild Ones wildones.org/chapters/south-dakota

Tennessee

Tennessee Native Plant Society tnps.org
Wild Ones wildones.org/chapters/tennessee

Texas

Native Plant Society of Texas npsot.org
Wild Ones wildones.org/chapters/texas
  • Regional NPSOT chapters statewide

Utah

Utah Native Plant Society unps.org

Vermont

Native Plant Trust nativeplanttrust.org
Wild Ones wildones.org/chapters/vermont
  • Vermont is served by this Massachusetts-based regional org

Virginia

Virginia Native Plant Society vnps.org
Wild Ones wildones.org/chapters/virginia

Washington

Washington Native Plant Society wnps.org
Wild Ones wildones.org/chapters/washington

West Virginia

West Virginia Native Plant Society wvnps.org
Wild Ones wildones.org/chapters/west-virginia

Wisconsin

Botanical Club of Wisconsin sites.google.com/site/botanicalclubofwisconsin
Wild Ones wildones.org/chapters/wisconsin

Wyoming

Wyoming Native Plant Society wynps.org