By Ken Bridle, NC Native Plant Society president, reporting for Native Plant News Spring 2025
We’re gearing up for the best native plant sale and auction on May 3rd. Greet old friends and make new ones, learn about the award winners, chow down on a picnic lunch, and celebrate all our achievements. We’re all about native plants!
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The best plant sale and auction
In advance of May 3rd, we hope you get some of your prize specimen plants ready to donate to the highly-anticipated special plant auction.
Save the date. Details to follow.
For members only, this event will be at Morrow Mountain State Park in the Community Room near the office. Registration is required. Further information about the meeting, plant auction, plant sale, payment options, directions, and parking will be released soon. Watch your email and our website at www.ncwildflower.org. See you there May 3rd!
Ken Bridle, Ph.D. is a past and current president of the North Carolina Native Plant Society and a conservation advisor to Piedmont Land Conservancy, where he has been active for nearly 30 years. In his professional career and on behalf of other organizations including the Nongame Wildlife Advisory Committee, his conservation research and restoration projects encompass watershed assessments, wetland delineations, and rare plant and animal surveys in North Carolina and the greater Southeast. He is a frequent leader of hikes and nature walks and a speaker on local conservation issues.