• Awards and Grants

    2012 MPCA Recipient 


    Jeanine Davis of NC www.ncherbs.org is the UpS MPCA 2012 recipient!



    Past MPCA Recipients:

    Kathleen Maier
    2005

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    Gigi Stafne
    2007

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    Monica Skye
    2006

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    Phyllis Hogan
    2008

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    Kate & Dan Rakosky
    2010

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    Robert Eidus
    2009

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    Celle Rikwerda
    2011

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    Sagewood Herb Farm & Botanical Sanctuary 


    2010 Medicinal Plant Conservation Award has been awarded to Kate and Dan Rakosky of Sagewood Botanical Sanctuary in Kingston, Rhode Island

    When they first bought their historic home in densely populated southern New England, much of their 2 acres was mowed. Slowly Kate and Dan began replanting medicinal species, letting the lovely vernal pool return to a diverse wetland ecology, and ...
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    Medicinal Plant Conservation Award 


    Annual UpS Medicinal Plant Conservation Award

    We invite our members to take the opportunity to nominate a person and/or organization doing outstanding work conserving and preserving North American medicinal plants. Projects can be on a grand scale or small, community oriented or individual. Any project, person or organization that has to do with the conservation, preservation and cultivation ...
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    UpS Community Grants 


    Funds Available for Community Planting Project

    United Plant Savers has a fund designated for community replanting projects. UpS guidelines require that the project have educational merit and that the land proposed for replanting be protected either by individual ownership, or be a part of a school or park system.

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    Sustainable West Milford Educational Garden 


    Medicinal Plant Garden
    By Robin Rose Bennett
    West Milford, NJ

    This project began after I joined a local sustainability group that had been meeting for less than a year, educating themselves on the issues that called them. I quickly realized I had come to the right place to deepen my involvement with the community. We had just been approved for the town’s “Adopt-a-Spot” ...
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  • Latest News

    At-Risk Tool presented in Texas!

    The Powers of the Prairie and the Texan Inmortal aka Asclepias asperula….
    This Texas milkweed, a uniquely beautiful Asclepias, is commonly known as “inmortal” for its seriously strong medicinal value. The milkweed’s name, inspired by the Greek physician who became known as the “father” of medicine, makes sense when thinking of the value of pleurisy root (Asclepias tuberosa), another potent... read more

    The Hawaiian Sandalwood Video Project


    This past fall United Plant Savers co-organized the International Sandalwood Symposium that took place over four days, with over 30 academic presentations on the following topics: local and global markets and threats, chemistry and genetics, cultivation and propagation, ecology and environment, regional use and development, regulation and sustainable management. Speakers were from several... read more

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