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Cal-HIP Member Spotlight: Ron Vanderhoff
July 7, 2021By Alex Stubblefield Photo: Ron Vanderhoff at San Juan Trail (Credit: CNPS) On June 29th, I had the pleasure of speaking with Ron Vanderhoff. One of the longest-standing members of the PlantRight steering committee, Ron offers a unique perspective and immense plant knowledge. Ron is uniquely qualified for this position because of how he straddles…Read more
Adapting and Resiliency
November 4, 2020Adapting It is not news to say that 2020 has been a year unlike any other. We have all needed to adapt and re-strategize to keep up with the changing tides this year has brought us. The annual California Invasive Plant Council (Cal-IPC) Symposium was not exempt, adapting by taking the symposium online for the…Read more
In Memoriam: Travis Bean
June 9, 2020With sadness, we announce the passing of Dr. Travis Bean. Dr. Bean worked for UC Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR) as an Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist focusing on weed science. According to a statement from UC ANR, Dr. Bean passed away during the last week of May 2020. Dr. Bean joined the PlantRight Steering, Plant List, and…Read more
California’s Nurseries Stay Open Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic
March 20, 2020In a press release published on Friday, March 20, 2020, Plant California Alliance, PlantRight’s parent organization, reassures the horticultural industry and its patrons that California’s nurseries are to remain operational during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Retail nurseries and garden centers are a critical part of PlantRight’s work, and they are partners in creating awareness around invasive…Read more
Plant List Committee Welcomes New Member: Taylor Lewis
January 6, 2020PlantRight is pleased to welcome the newest member of our Plant List Committee, Taylor Lewis, Nursery Manager at the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden. Taylor will be taking the place of Ellen Zagory, former Director of Public Horticulture at the UC Davis Arboretum, who served on the Plant List Committee for many years. PlantRight…Read more
Cal-IPC leads the way in Planting Right in California
October 23, 2019The 2019 California Invasive Plant Council (Cal-IPC) symposium in Riverside, CA was four days of showcasing the latest research, land management strategies, and technologies being used to track, deter, and remove invasive plants throughout California. The first day included a statewide meeting of the Weed Management Areas (WMAs) which have recently secured new state funding…Read more
A New Home for PlantRight
July 29, 2019We’re pleased to announce that Plant California Alliance will be PlantRight’s new home and lead its future growth. With major support from the state’s horticultural industry, including plant growers and retailers, Sustainable Conservation launched PlantRight over a decade ago to stop the sale of invasive plants in California and prevent new introductions. Before we launched PlantRight,…Read more
Interview with Kathy Kramer, creator of the Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour
March 30, 2018A lot has changed since Kathy Kramer started the Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour in 2005. In those days, native plants were much more difficult to find in nurseries, and there wasn’t as much information readily available for people who want to plant them in their gardens. Resources like Calscape didn’t exist to provide people with information about which California native…Read more
Project Puts Collaboration First in Answering, “What’s Invasive?”
February 20, 201811 minute read | by J. Merryweather & C. Kohler Introduction The “invasive” status of some widely produced plants has become a serious marketing barrier to nurseries nationwide. At the same time, the horticultural industry has a key role to play in preventing new invasive plants from…Read more
Interview with Emily Russell, Chicago Botanic Garden’s Assistant Curator of Woody Ornamental Plants
February 20, 2018We sat down with Emily Russell, PRE screener and Chicago Botanic Garden’s Assistant Curator of Woody Ornamental Plants, to talk about her work with PRE and the 2017 Farm Bill. PlantRight: What would you like the regional horticulture community to know about your PRE work, and why is this important? Emily Russell: After using PRE in beta for…Read more
Interview with Kim Taylor, Botanical Research Institute of Texas’ Research Botanist
February 20, 2018The Botanical Research Institute of Texas paired up with the Fort Worth Botanic Garden to evaluate 50 contentious landscape plants as part of a Farm Bill project. We sat down with Kim Taylor, PRE screener and Botanical Research Institute of Texas’ Research Botanist , to talk about her work with PRE and the 2017 Farm Bill….Read more
Interview with Kylie Bucalo, Atlanta Botanical Garden’s Research Assistant
February 20, 2018We sat down with Kylie Bucalo, PRE screener and Atlanta Botanical Garden’s Research Assistant, to talk about her work with PRE and the 2017 Farm Bill. PlantRight: What would you like the regional horticulture community to know about your PRE work, and why is this important? Kylie Bucalo: That PRE can be a tool to…Read more