From home gardeners to land mangers to nurseries, growers, and landscape professionals, everyone has a role to play to prevent invasive plant introductions. Together, we can protect California's wildlands!
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:
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 their website to learn more and to sign up as an active supporter of preventing invasive plant introductions!
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