The people behind Plantright

PlantRight is a voluntary, proactive program for the horticultural community to prevent invasive plant introductions through horticulture. PlantRight was designed by the steering committee of California Horticultural Invasives Prevention (Cal-HIP) partnership to communicate the need to transition away from invasive plants in the gardening and landscaping trade.

Since 2004, Cal-HIP has brought together leaders from all sectors of the horticulture industry with environmental groups, public gardens and arboreta, scientists, and government agencies to collaborate and find practical, lasting solutions. Cal-HIP brings you the best information based on credible scientific research, and we invite the entire California horticulture industry to join us in the effort to PlantRight!

Cal-HIP Steering Committee

• Bethallyn Black, Contra Costa Resource Conservation District
• Mike Colvin, California Department of Food and Agriculture
• Maureen Decombe, Association of Professional Landscape Designers - California Chapter
• Joe DiTomaso, University of California, Davis
• Jim Folsom, Huntington Botanical Gardens
• Andrea Fox, California Farm Bureau Federation
• Pam Geisel, University of California Cooperative Extension, Master Gardener Program
• Angel Guerzon, California Native Plant Society, Santa Cruz County Chapter; Landscape Designer; University of California at Santa Cruz Arboretum
• Doug Johnson, California Invasive Plant Council
• Betsy Peterson, California Association of Nurseries and Garden Centers, California Seed Association
  
• Mary Pfeiffer, California Agricultural Commissioners and Sealers Association
• Ron Ramsey, Village Nurseries
  
• John Randall, The Nature Conservancy
• Jon Reelhorn, Belmont Nursery
  
• Craig Regelbrugge, American Nursery and Landscape Association
• Sarah Reichard, University of Washington
• Nicholas Staddon, Monrovia Growers
• Carolyn Villa-Scott, Yamagami's Nursery, Horticultural Consultant

Christiana Conser, from the San Francisco-based environmental nonprofit Sustainable Conservation, manages the Cal-HIP steering committee. Sustainable Conservation has a diverse array of projects that partner with business, agriculture and government leaders to find practical ways that the private sector can protect clean air, clean water and healthy ecosystems. This award-winning nonprofit organization leads powerful collaborations that produce lasting, win-win solutions to critical environmental problems.

PlantRight Supporters

Ahmanson Foundation	Anonymous (2)
The Annenberg Foundation	S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation
County of Marin	Cox Family Foundation
Horticultural Research Institute	Dirk and Charlene Kabcenell Foundation
Lennox Foundation	National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Lisa and Douglas Goldman Fund	Pacific Gas & Electric Company
The Seaver Institute	Southern California Edison
Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation	Taproot Foundation

Contact Us

Questions? Suggestions? Want to share the story of your success? Send us an email with our online form! You can also reach the PlantRight Project Manager by email, phone, or mail:

Email:       plantright@suscon.org

Phone:     415.977.0380 ext. 373

Address:  Sustainable Conservation
                 Attn: PlantRight Campaign
                 98 Battery Street, Suite 302
                 San Francisco, CA 94111