Salvaging Native Plants

In a unique effort, a native-plant nursery, landscape architect, and Habitat for Humanity affiliate have teamed up to salvage native plants and use them for landscaping low-income houses. For a year-and-a-half, Roy Beaty and his Willowell Nursery in Tigard, Oregon, have specialized in native plants, and beginning last year the company began a “plant rescue” operation in which native plants are salvaged from sites destined for development or land clearing. Now Kathleen Holman of Gretchen Vadnais, Landscape Architect in Portland, has arranged for Habitat for Humanity volunteers to participate in the Willowell’s salvage operations and use plants in area Habitat projects.