The N.C. General Assembly is considering an important native plants bill that would ensure native trees, shrubs, and flowers are used for landscaping on state property. Senate Bill 318 (introduced again this year, known last year as SB 628) will help create more pollinator habitat and grow the market for native plants so that small business owners can plant and sell more of North Carolina's amazing flora.
If you run a local nursery, garden store, or landscaping company, add your company name to our business sign-on letter today.
If you want to recruit local businesses in your community to sign the letter, here's a how-to guide.
We will deliver signatures and business names to lawmakers during the upcoming legislative session.
Here's the list of supporting local businesses thus far:
- Above the Briery LLC, Kinston
- AEDAN Workshop, Durham
- Alan Johnson Landscaping, Chapel Hill
- Andropogon Associates, Raleigh
- Ann Gayek Landscapes, Chapel Hill
- Appalachian Creek Nursery and Lands, Swannanoa
- Bashavia Gardens, Pfafftown
- Bigelow's Botanical Excursions, Cullowhee
- Birch Meadow Garden Care, Hillsborough
- Black River Organic Farm, Ivanhoe
- Calvary Baptist Church, King
- Carolina Heritage Nursery, Waxhaw
- Carolina Native Nursery, Burnsville
- Chattooga Gardens, Cashiers
- Chicahauk Brokers, Kitty Hawk
- Cure Nursery, Pittsboro
- Deep Roots Natives, Durham
- Dirtbag Gardens, Chapel Hill
- Duke Gardens, Durham
- Durham Garden Center, Durham
- Earthscapes Collaborative, Asheville
- Elderberry Creek Farm and Nursery, Pfafftown
- Feather Village Farms & Services, Snow Camp
- Field to Cottage Nursery, Raleigh
- Fifth Season Gardening Co., Carrboro
- Flowering Earth Natives. Rougemont
- Frank's Perennial Border Inc, Winston-Salem
- Gardener by Nature, Raleigh
- GGD Inc, Apex
- Going Native Gardens, Wilmington
- Green Drop Farms, Hampstead
- Guilford Garden Center, Greensboro
- Heartwood Tree Service, Charlotte
- Higgins & Owens, Charlotte
- Hoffman Nursery, Rougemont
- Hope Springs Mountain Farm, West Jefferson
- Humble Roots Farm, Wilmington
- Jerilyn's Native Plants of the Piedmont, Chapel Hill
- Katydid Greenhouses of NC, McLeansville
- Laurel's Garden Design, Raleigh
- Lands and Waters South, Carrboro
- Leaf and Limb, Raleigh
- Little Bluestem Consulting, Moncure
- Little Indian Creek Farm, Vale
- Marlowe Insurance, Greensboro
- Mary Weber Landscape Architecture, Asheville
- Mellie Mac's Garden Shack, Black Mountain
- Mellow Marsh Farm, Siler City
- Mindful Farm & Garden, LLC, Hayne
- Mountain Native Landscape Design, Arden
- Native Plants Matter, Raleigh
- North Carolina Botanical Garden Foundation, Chapel Hill
- Opto Alignment Technology, Charlotte
- P&T's Native Plants, Cary
- Painters Greenhouse, Old Fort
- Parmele Properties, Canton
- Patchwork Meadows, Black Mountain
- Piedmont Environmental Planning and Design, Carrboro
- Piedmont Plants Nursery, Rural Hall
- Preston Montague Studio, Durham
- Raleigh Pawpaw, Raleigh
- Red Beard Farms, Willard
- Red Root Native Nursery, Weaverville
- Restoration Hemp, Wilmington
- Root & Branch Gardens, Greensboro
- Rooted in Nature Designs, Raleigh
- Saturnia Farm, Weaverville
- Seay Partners, Greensboro
- Shelton Herb Farm, Leland
- Six Runs Plantation, Rose Hill/Duplin County
- Southern States Cooperative Inc., Carrboro
- Soviero's Tri-County Garden Center, High Point
- Stem to Root Micro-Nursery, Raleigh
- Sundial Landscaping, Durham
- Sunrise Gardens, LLC, Wilmington
- Super Sod and Soil, Charlotte
- Talus Slope Farm, Swannanoa
- The F.A. Bartlett Tree Expert Company, Charlotte
- Terra Vita Farm, Wilmington
- Tidal Creek Co-op, Wilmington
- Transformative Gardens, Durham
- Understory Natives LLC, Hurdle Mills
- Uwharrie Mountain Native Plant Farm, Troy
- Wetland Plants, Inc, Edenton
- Winding Stair Farm, Franklin
- Wild Bird & Garden, Wilmington
