Defining "native plant" / Niall Dunne --
Early botanical exploration and discovery in the Northeast / James L. Reveal --
The metropolitan flora / Susan K. Pell and Steven Glenn --
New York City's vanished natives / Mariellé Anzelone and Wendy Hollender --
Seasons of a seed collector / Heather Liljengren --
Nibbling on natives / Russ Cohen --
Restoring native communities / Myla Aronson --
The future of my forest / Bernd Heinrich --
Conservation in the age of climate change / Janet Marinelli --
Designing a restoration garden / Judith Larner Lowdry --
Welcoming wildlife into the garden / Douglas W. Tallamy --
Adventures in native plant propagation / William Cullina --
Stopping garden plant invasions / Sarah Reichard --
Native alternatives for notorious invaders / C. Colston Burrell --
Creating connections with native plants / Mariellé Anzelone --
The native flora garden / Uli Lorimer.
