美国新英格兰本土植物信托 (Native Plant Trust) 是全美历史最悠久的本土植物保护组织，1900 年由植物学爱好者在马萨诸塞州剑桥发起，原名”新英格兰本土植物保护学会”。该组织先后于 1922 年、1925 年两次更名，长期以”新英格兰野花协会” (New England Wild Flower Society) 闻名，2019 年正式更名为现名，是全美唯一专注新英格兰六州本土植物保护、研究和园艺推广的 501(c)(3) 非营利机构。
协会概况与主要基地
协会总部现设于马萨诸塞州韦兰 (Wayland)，主要基地包括弗雷明汉的”林间花园” (Garden in the Woods) 植物园和西马萨诸塞州惠特利 (Whately) 的纳萨米农场本土植物苗圃 (Nasami Farm)，在缅因、新罕布什尔、佛蒙特三州另设有 6 处稀有植物保护区，向公众全年开放。协会 30 名全职员工协同约 1500 名经过培训的志愿者，在植物保育、园艺繁育和公众教育三大方向持续领导区域生态建设。
保护项目与种子库
2025 年 11 月，协会的稀有植物种子库累计入库超过 1000 万粒种子，是全美最大规模的本土植物种子库之一，并为卡特里娜飓风与桑迪飓风后美国东海岸的滨海栖息地修复提供本土种源支持。纳萨米农场苗圃每年繁育数千株本土植物，所售苗木均来自野外采集的种子，确保遗传多样性。”林间花园” 45 英亩自然主义植物园内可观察到 1000 余种新英格兰本土植物，被国际植物园保护联盟 (BGCI) 授予”高级保育执业机构”认证。
教育推广与资源出版
协会开设从初学者到专业认证的完整本土植物园艺课程，包括”本土植物入门”系列直播与回放工作坊，以及面向园丁与景观设计师的土壤学、植物分类等专业培训。Go Botany 在线植物识别工具累计吸引数百万用户，出版物《Wildflowers of New England》四色野花图鉴覆盖 1200 个物种，《Flora Novae Angliae》是该区域 60 年来最完整的植物学更新。
多元承诺、奖项与社会影响
协会是全美首批 21 个加入 IDEA Center for Public Gardens 试点项目的植物园之一，同时主动承认其名下 9 处土地历史上为 Agawan、Massachuset、N’dakina (Abenaki)、Nipmuc、Pawtucket、Pocumtuc、Wabanaki 等原住民社区的祖居地。协会设有创始者奖章、区域影响力奖和志愿者服务奖三大年度奖项，自 1964 年起持续表彰在新英格兰乃至全球本土植物保育、园艺和教育领域作出杰出贡献的个人与机构，是新英格兰地区生态园艺、本土植物景观设计、稀有物种回归等领域的核心权威机构。
Native Plant Trust is the nation’s oldest plant conservation organization, founded in 1900 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, originally as the Society for the Protection of Native Plants. After name changes in 1922 and 1925, the organization was long known as the New England Wild Flower Society before adopting its present name in 2019. It is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and the only organization in the United States whose mission is solely focused on conserving, studying, and promoting the native plants of the six New England states.
About the Organization
The Trust is headquartered in Wayland, Massachusetts, and operates three principal sites: Garden in the Woods, a 45-acre native plant botanic garden in Framingham; Nasami Farm, a native plant nursery in Whately in western Massachusetts; and six rare plant sanctuaries in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont that are open to the public year-round. Thirty staff members and approximately 1,500 trained volunteers lead regional ecological work across plant conservation, horticulture, and public education.
Conservation and Horticulture Programs
In November 2025, the Trust’s rare plant seed bank passed the milestone of more than ten million seeds banked, one of the largest native seed banks in the United States, and has supplied seed used to restore storm-damaged coastal habitats along the Eastern Seaboard following Hurricane Sandy. Nasami Farm nursery propagates thousands of native plants each year from wild-collected seed, ensuring genetic diversity in material offered to gardeners and restoration projects.
Education and Published Resources
The Trust offers a complete curriculum of native plant horticulture courses, from beginner to professional certification, including the Introduction to Native Plants webinar series and pollinator garden workshops. Go Botany, the Trust’s online plant identification tool, has attracted millions of users. Major publications include Wildflowers of New England (Timber Press) covering 1,200 species, and Flora Novae Angliae (Yale University Press), the first comprehensive update of the region’s flora in 60 years.
IDEA Commitment and Awards
Native Plant Trust is committed to Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) and is among the first 21 organizations selected nationwide for a year-long pilot with the IDEA Center for Public Gardens. The Trust formally acknowledges that the nine properties it holds in trust are part of the homelands of Indigenous communities including the Agawan, Massachuset, N’dakina (Abenaki), Nipmuc, Pawtucket, Pocumtuc, and Wabanaki peoples. The Trust bestows three annual awards: the Founders’ Medal, the Regional Impact Award, and the Volunteer Service Award, and remains the principal authority on native plant conservation throughout New England. Official Site: https://www.nativeplanttrust.org/
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