The Native Plant Project provides people in Philly with the raw materials to take action to support biodiversity in our city. In 2025 and 2026, we distributed a collective 25,000 packets of plant seeds all across the city, from the river wards to west Philly, South Philly to Germantown.

This project is possible because each winter we get over 200 volunteers to help us pack up these bulk seeds into packets, complete with educational labels. We're not just delivering plant seeds. we're giving people information on how to make the most of them.

Here's the cost breakdown for this project:

Event poster artist $400
Poster Printing: $120
Event Space: Donated by Sulimay's Diner! Woohoo!
Plant Seeds $900 (Pinelands Nursery over in Jersey got us a huge head start with a massive seed donation, so our budget here is lower than last year!)
Seed Packet bags: $700 (we used to use plastic, but switched to waxed paper which made this project MUCH more expensive, but better environmentally)
Labels: $100
Seed envelopes: 700
Beer and pretzels for our volunteers: ~150 per event (I can sometimes get the beer and snacks donated by Yards Brewing, Sulimays, or elsewhere).

In total, I need a minimum of between 2920 to run this project, but the more we are able to raise, the more good we are able to do (more funding = more events). This projects hosts events that bring people together, educates people about the importance of native plants in the city, and directly supports Philly wildlife by getting native plants into the dirt. For all that good, the price tag is pretty low, but I can't do it alone.

Native Plant Project 2027