Students Request Native Plants for Martha Lafite Sanctuary
The follow request was received via our web site contact form. Does anyone have suggestions or plants they would consider donating?
Dear Missouri Native Plant Society,
Hello. Our school is Alexander Doniphan Elementary School in Liberty, Missouri and we are in the fourth and fifth grade. Our teacher, Mrs. Johnson, has allowed us to use her e-mail address to contact you. The gifted program at my school is doing a service learning project for Martha Lafite, our local nature sanctuary. We are removing non-native plants and planting native plants in a section of Martha Lafite that gets a lot of water. We were wondering if you would support us by donating free, native, water-absorbent plants. We are doing this because non-native plants cost the U.S. billions of dollars a year, and they can cause habitats for native insects, birds, and other wildlife to be lost.
Sincerely,
The gifted students at Alexander Doniphan
Comments
The KC Chapter of MONPS was happy to contribute to this service project by gifted students at Alexander Doniphan Elementary School. Forty five water-loving native plants were contributed to the project on April 18.
Hello! Thank you so, so much for honoring our service project by giving us the plants. It was very considerate of you and your chapter to help us. Your plants will help us very much in our project. We are glad you took the time and money to help a worthy cause. It was very kind of you to consider our request and give us plants. We will plant your plants on April 23rd and hope that someday you can visit Martha Lafite and see the results of your generosity.
Sincerely,
The gifted students of Alexander Doniphan