Welcome to NANPS: committed to preserving native plant habitat in wild areas and restoring indigenous flora to developed areas.

News

Make a Difference! Join the NANPS Board! Are you passionate about protecting and promoting native plants? NANPS is looking for new Board Members to join our vibrant, volunteer-led team! Learn more here.

Webinar: Crime Pays but Botany Doesn’t: In Conversation with Joey Santore. The recording of our February 25, 2025 webinar with Joey Santore is now available to watch here.

Webinar Team Interview with Kimberly Bell. NANPS is working hard to bring you interesting, informative and entertaining content in 2025. We interviewed Board member Kimberly Bell from our Webinar Team to find out more.

2024 AGM: The 2024 AGM took place on Saturday, October 26. You can view a recording of the proceedings here.

Webinar: The Risks of Climate Change for the Home Garden. The video of our March 19, 2024 webinar with Kimberly Bell is now available to watch here.

NANPS Video – Danforth Pollinator Pathway. Learn how one Toronto neighbourhood came together to create a network of pollinator friendly gardens at homes and in public spaces and and the important features they included to help pollinators thrive. Watch now.

Webinar: The Role of Non-Native Plants in Butterfly Communities. The video of our September 19, 2023 webinar with Dr. Heather Kharouba is now available to watch here.

Pollinator Gardening: 9 Quick Tips. Thank you to TD – Friends of the Environment Foundation for a grant supporting the creation of this tip sheet.

Webinar: Native Shrubs for your Garden. The video of our March 21, 2023 webinar with Colleen Cirillo is now available to watch here.

NANPS How to Create a Pollinator Garden: A Beginner’s Guide. Thank you to TD – Friends of the Environment Foundation for a grant, making this Guide possible. In partnership with David Suzuki Foundation.

Webinar: Making Gorgeous Pollinator Gardens: How to do it! The video of our January 17, 2023 webinar with Clement Kent is now available to watch here.

NANPS Video Series – How to Create a Native Plant Garden from Start to Finish.To inspire new pollinator gardeners, NANPS has created three videos, explaining why native plants are vital to local ecology and offering tips on how to start your very own native plant garden. Watch now.

Webinar: Collecting and Cultivating Native Plant Seeds. The video of our April 13, 2022 webinar with Paul Heydon is now available to watch here

Webinar: Canada’s Wild Seeds: Growing our Biological Gold. The video of our February 16, 2022 webinar with Melissa Spearing is now available to watch here

Our History

NANPS was founded in 1985 by a small group of dedicated conservationists as the Canadian Wildflower Society. As our American membership grew and acknowledging that plants don’t recognize political boundaries, we changed our name to the North American Native Plant Society in 1999. In 1985 we founded North America’s foremost native plant magazine: Wildflower. The original magazine ceased publication in 2005, but it’s name lives on under the editorship.

Conservation

NANPS currently owns two conservation properties: Shining Tree Woods in the Carolinian zone of southern Ontario and Zinkan Cove on the west shore of the Bruce Peninsula on Lake Huron. Both properties offer unique gifts and distinct challenges. Maintaining conservation lands is a prodigious responsibility but the rewards are equally great. While relatively small, NANPS properties are home to a number of rare flora and fauna and we are justifiably proud of our efforts to protect them.