Native Plants
National Organizations Directory
As a service to the public, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center collects information on native plant societies, conservation groups, governmental agencies, botanical gardens, arboreta, and other plant-related organizations throughout North America. Click here to add your organization to the directory. Affiliates are organizations that partner with the Wildflower Center to encourage the preservation and use of native plants in different regions of the country.
Teatown Lake Reservation
Address: 1600 Spring Valley Road
Ossining, NY 10562
Region: Select A Region
Phone: (914) 762-2912
Fax: (914)762-2890
Web: www.teatown.org
Organization Scope: State/Regional
Organization Type: Nature Center
Services this organization provides
- Inventory and/or monitor endangered/rare species
- Natural habitat management
- Wildflower or native habitat display on property
- Support research with grants, awards, etc.
- Provide educational programming
- Open to the public
- Membership program
- Offer public programs, trips, seminars, etc.
- Propagate native plants
- Native plant sales
Native Plant Focus: Yes, we offer tours for adults from April through September on our Wildflower Island, home to over 200 species of native and rare plnats. WE publish a wildflower guide to the island and each year we produce a wildflower of the year notecard, featuring a native plant that can easily be planted in the backyard. The notecard contains a packet of seeds and encourages conservation of native plants. We also offer education programs throughout the year on various topics related to native plants and we train a core of volunteers who lead the wildflower island tours.
Publications: Teatown Trails newsletter (quarterly), wildflower island guide book, wildflower of the year notecards
Description: Teatown is a 834-acre nature preserve and education center located in northern Westchester County, New York. Teatown's mission is to conserve open space and to educate and involve the regional comunity in order to sustain the diversity of wildlife, plants and habitats for future generations. We provide year-round education programs and work with local and regional partners to protect open space. The preserve includes a 2-acre wildflower island that is home to over 200 species of rare and native plants. Tours are given from April through September.
Last Update: 2004-08-03
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