A Initiative of Murfreesboro Parks & Recreation: Outdoor Murfreesboro
To promote the conservation, preservation, and landscape use of native plants of Rutherford County and the Inner Basin of Middle Tennessee
Goals:
Provide locally-sourced native plant material for natural area/wildlife habitat restoration in Murfreesboro
To responsibly collect desirable plants and seeds from local native plant populations.
To propagate, grow, and maintain a supply of native plant species.
Provide desirable native plants and seeds for:
Murfreesboro Parks & Rec natural area restoration projects and select landscaping projects.
Murfreesboro Water Resources riparian restoration projects.
other Murfreesboro City Departments for select plantings on city-owned land.
Provide information to citizens on the value of:
native plant communities for supporting wildlife.
native riparian plant communities for ensuring good water quality.
using native plants for landscaping.
Long range goals:
Provide planning, restoration, and maintenance advice to citizens, targeting property owners city-wide and especially those who live along rivers and streams
Provide native plants to city citizens and groups for use in riparian plantings
