Seed Collection in RI - Protect the plants, one seed at a time!


Item Number: 172

Time Left: CLOSED

Value: $25

Online Close: Oct 12, 2015 11:59 PM EDT

Purchase History: 999 items sold

Description

Your gift of $25 will help protect one seed from one population of one species such as Hypericum adpressum (creeping St. John's-wort) in Rhode Island. By sponsoring seed collection, you enable us to preserve the genetic material of 388 rare and endangered plants in New England that may otherwise be lost. Thank you!


Learn why one Rhode Island foundation has issued the Seed Ark challenge match: http://newenglandwild.org.

Special Instructions

This is a Fund-A-Need item. Your bid is a donation to the Society's campaign for seed collection in RI.


Photo by Arthur Haines