Stopping the sale of invasive plants in California
Horticultural Professionals
What you can do
From home gardeners to land managers to nurseries, growers, and landscape professionals, everyone has a role to play to prevent invasive plant introductions. Together, we can protect California's wildlands!
To see the garden plants that are invasive in your region, and alternatives you can use in their place, click here to use our interactive map.
A few simple steps can prevent invasions before they start. We can be an environmentally responsible "green" industry while fully serving our customers, remaining financially strong and continuing as a vital part of the state's economy.
You can join the PlantRight effort! Here's how:
- 1Phase out invasive plant species in your business (for sale in California)
- 2Plant and promote beautiful non-invasive alternatives
- 3Share and use PlantRight's free educational materials
- 4Read and follow the national voluntary codes of conduct to prevent horticultural invasions
If everyone in the California horticulture industry gets behind the Cal-HIP initiative, we can make a tremendous contribution to the health of the natural environment.
The Voluntary Codes of Conduct
The PlantRight campaign effort is not alone - our simple steps to prevent the spread of invasive plants are based on a national set of voluntary actions.
In December 2001, experts from across the globe met at the Missouri Botanical Gardens in St. Louis, Missouri to explore and develop workable voluntary approaches for reducing the introduction and spread of non-native invasive plants, which are serious threats to protecting biodiversity and ecosystems in the United States and other countries.
This landmark three-day gathering yielded the Saint Louis Declaration, including Voluntary Codes of Conduct that help govern decisions made by commercial, professional and government groups whose actions affect the spread of invasive plant species. There are voluntary actions for government agencies, nursery professionals, the gardening public, landscape architects and botanic gardens and arboreta.
You can join businesses, trade organizations, and individuals from around the country in confronting invasive plants by endorsing these Voluntary Codes of Conduct. Please visit the Center for Plant Conservation website to learn more and to sign up as an active supporter of preventing invasive plant introductions!