What is MARSB? The Mid-Atlantic Regional Seed Bank (MARSB) is a non profit organization founded to develop a supply chain for native plants in the Eastern USA (New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, Delaware and Virginia). The organization’s mission:
1) To conserve and wisely manage the region’s wild seed resources, through scientific sampling, ethical collection, and banking and curation to national standards. MARSB’s efforts will increase the availability of genetically appropriate native seed across the Mid-Atlantic for use in conservation, land management, ecological restoration, and horticulture.
2) To encourage and actively contribute to the development of the Native Plant Material supply chain throughout the mid-Atlantic region. The supply chain in the mid-Atlantic, though it has existed for over forty years, is significantly underdeveloped and largely informal. MARSB seeks to stimulate the development of a more mature, sustainable supply chain.
Read their “Field Notes” newsletter, featuring Go Native! Perennials