About Go Native! Perennials

In the past, we have asked one thing of our gardens, that they be pretty. Now they have to support life, sequester carbon, feed pollinators and manage water.
— Professor Doug Tallamy

Photo: Lew Troast

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GNP NY grows native perennial plants

Lakes and streams need more vegetation around them to purify water. Ditches need vegetation in them to filter polluted runoff.

Native insects, the major protein source for the food chain, need native plants to survive.. As native habitats dwindle so do numbers of insects. Birds need insects, their numbers are also declining.

To address these challenges GNP is growing more plants for the CNY region. The GNP ReWilding Team can design, plant and manage the plantings for you.

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Meet the Team

Janice Wiles

Co-Founder & Owner

Janice has turned her attention to growing native perennials after retiring from a long career in natural resource conservation and organizational development in Brazil and the USA. She is a Master Gardener with farm business training.

Luke Wiles

GNP Business Development Manager, Director GNP Kansas.

Luke is an engineer with an MBA. His expertise in project development, combined with a deep dedication to our mission, are instrumental to GNP’s growth in CNY and expansion to KS.

Valerie DeDell

Manager, Native Plant/ Plug Production, GNP NY

Valerie is a trained Master Gardener , an educator and an enthusiastic native plant grower. Her skills and motivation to scale up and diversify plant production are infectious!

Kara Tyler-Julian

Manager (Apprentice), ReWilding: Meadows and Ecological Gardens GNP NY.

Kara is a biologist with an advanced degree in entomology and is growing a body of knowledge in CNY plants and co-evolved animals. She has been working her rewilding skills on her own property. We look forward to her leadership getting more roots in the ground, and to learning more from her on plant/animal relationships!

Deb Williams

Associate, Plant Production GNP NY

Deb is a neighbor to Limeledge and has been roaming these parts for decades . She is well-educated on large domesticated animals. GNP embraces Deb's interest and dedication to good work and learning about smaller undomesticated animals and the plants they so desperately need.

Ted Potter

Associate, Rewilding: Meadows and Ecological Gardens GNP NY

Ted is a young conservationist excited to contribute to CNY’s ecological restoration. He experiments with native plants in urban landscapes and home gardens. Ted is eager to get his hands in the dirt and help educate his community on the importance of native plants in our everyday lives!

Macaela Burns

Associate, GNP NY

Macaela is studying Plant Biology at the University of Vermont. GNP supports her educational growth with exposure to local ecotype native plants and how to use them to restore land and bring life back to CNY.

Grace Hamby "Hamby"

Associate GNP-NY

Hamby (they/them) is a graduate student in SUNY-ESF’s Landscape Architecture program. They are passionate about creating verdant and inspiring landscapes. They have previously worked on organic farms and enjoy spending time outdoors working with plants.

Emma Fernhout

Manager, Greenhouse Development, GNP Kansas

Simon Arendt

Manager, Greenhouse Development, GNP Maryland

Re Wilders!

A group of dedicated - fun loving gardeners (or those who want to be and are curious about it) who come to GNP - NY’s greenhouse once a week during the Summer to help pot up, plant and share stories. Please join in! (info in newsletter)