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Native Seed Virtual Conference


The 2024 National Native Seed Conference is dedicated to the science, practice, and policy of producing and effectively using native seed. The conference supports the America the Beautiful Executive Order, National Seed Strategy for Rehabilitation and Restoration, and the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. 

The Native Seed Network, a program of Institute for Applied Ecology, in partnership with the Bureau of Land Management, will once again host a National Native Seed Conference. This virtual event will focus on Native Seed Production and Seed Based Restoration. 

Keynote speaker: Jennifer Jewell: What We Sow: On the Personal, Ecological, and Cultural Significance of Seeds

Regular registration: $90

Equity registration: $45

Honorary registration: $0

Earlier Event: February 1
Clear Day Thunder: Rescuing the American Chestnut
Later Event: February 8
Invasive Species Management with Rod Walker of Blue Ridge PRISM

Plant Virginia Natives is a collaborative initiative engaging organizations, across Virginia’s coastal zone, piedmont and mountain regions, in state-wide and regional marketing strategies to increase the use and availability of native plants.

Questions, suggestions or comments about the initiative and this website?  
Please contact Virginia Witmer, Plant Virginia Natives Initiative Coordinator, at virginia.witmer@deq.virginia.gov .