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Welcome to Native Plant Trust's online education portal! Here, you'll find some of the first online courses dedicated to the study of New England's plant life. We are the nation’s first plant conservation organization and the only one solely focused on New England’s native plants.


    Available courses

    Plant Conservation Volunteer Training

    This online training course was developed to provide an individually paced learning platform, and also a way to review all of the protocols and information while you are completing your rare plant survey assignments. If you are a new volunteer you will NEED to complete the course before you attend your first training session. We will know if you did not! It is vital that you have an understanding of why we do what we do, and the protocols of how to successfully complete a rare plant monitoring assignment. If you are a returning volunteer, welcome, and hopefully this will be a good review for you.

    PCV: Lucas Acaba, Pamela Aderhold, Janis Albright, Deborah Allen, Joan Allen, Kristine Allen, Steph Almasi, nancy andrews, Bobbi Angell, Bregieta Arvidson, carol auer, Julie Baca, Krystal Bagnaschi, Amanda Bailey, Aylie Baker, Kathy Baksa, Jim Ballentine, george barbash, Kelly Barber, karen bates, Traci Battle, John Baur, Gretchen Begley, Destynnie Berard, John Berkholtz, John Berryhill, Hanna Bertoldi, Sarah Berube, Katharine Bittenbender, Lanae Blethen Kawa, Julia Blyth, Joan Bonnette, Audrey Boraski, Katharine Bourgeois, Erika Bourne, Cooper Breeden, Samantha Brewster, James Brice, Karen Bridgeo, Christopher Brooks, Robert Brooks, Woody Brooks, Charles Brown, Robert “Otter” Brown, Ana Browne, Daniel Brubaker, William Bruno, James Buck, Dawn Burau, Ann Cairns, Erin Calender, Caroline Campbell, Kaitlynn Campbell, Katrina Catalano, Catherine Cetta, Alex Chambers, Agnes Cheng, Elaine Chittenden, George Christie, Barbara Clark, Kendall Clark, Tom Clark, Aaron Coburn, Cathy Coe, Gail Coffey, Abby Coffin, Daniel Cole, Carol Collier, Jonathan Colwell, Margaret Conable, Jane Conger, Julia Corbett, Susan Cormier, Deborah Cowles, Natasha Crespi, Lee Cromarty, Charlie Crosby, Jessica Cuneo, Jessica Curtis, Sukie Curtis, Emily Dangremond, Olena Danylevska, Christine Darnell, Lindsay Davies, Rochelle Davis, Kate Deeley, Cindy Delano, Catherine Delasco, Holly Delisle, Betsy Deloof, Melanie Desch, Megan Devonshire, GEORGE DEWOLF, Guthrie Diamond, Steven DiFalco, Liana DiNunzio, sylvia dodge, Jamie Doherty, Marc Doherty, Heidi Dollard, Melissa Dowd, Hilary Downes Fortune, John Doyle, CAROLINE DRISCOLL, Michael Drouin, Jenny Dunklee, Paul Durr, Peter Dutilloy, Deborah Edinger, peggy edwards, Charley Eiseman, Zoe Eisenpress, Katherine Elwood, Deiatra Eudy, Bruce Evje, Stacey Fair, Elizabeth Falk, Susan Falkoff, Gentian Falstrom, Nancy Felix, Allie Fennelly, Joseph Ferris, Abel Fillion, Jessamine Finch, Robert Finnegan, Lynn Fisher, Sue Flathers, Thomas Flynn, MaryKay Fox, Cathy Fulkerson, Rikki Furman, Emily Fusco, Khalil Garcia-Llorens, Carlos Garcia-Quijano, Laurene Gerrior, Hailee Gibadlo, Emma Gibbons, Samuel Gilvarg, Cathlyn Goggins, Andrea Golden, Sarah Goldsmith, Dave Gott, Benjamin Goulet-Scott, John Graff, Elisabeth Green, mike green, martha greenwood, Ellie Greiner, Geoff Griffiths, Tom Groves, Abigail Guinan, Nicole Hagan, Sheri Hagwood, Heather Halas, D Andrew Hall III, D Andrew Hall III, Erin Hammes, Kathleen Hammond, Rebecca Hart, Kate Hartford, Jessica Harwood, Krista Heilmann, Kareen Helmer, Mark Hemenway, Karen Hennigan, amy hibel, David Hilgeman, Ellen Hornig, Olivia Houde, Beth Howard, Melissa Hughes, Lizzie Hunt, Patricia Hurley, Sally Ishizaka, jill iuliano, Jamien Jacobs, Melissa Jacobs, Kalan Jasny, Micah Jasny, Elizabeth Jenewin, Laura Jinishian, Elissa Johnson, Susannah Johnson, Taylor Johnson, Devani Jolman, JP Josh Philibert, Mary Juber, Mark Kassis, Regina Keifer, Jess Kenney, Levi Keszey, Stephen Kiely, Ian Kinahan, Ryan Kincaid, Alex Klein, Sylvia Klosin, Linda Knaack, Andrea Knowles, Jeff Knox, Elizabeth Kolenski, Andrea Kornbluh, Lynne Kraskouskas, Carla Krause, Alison Kruk, Jonathan Kuziel, Kathy Labadorf, Simran Kaur Ladhad, Rick LaDue, Michael Laine, Nathan Lamb, Geri Lambert, KASANDRA LAMBERT, Christina Lannan, Lynne Larson, Leslie Latt, Linnea Laux, Josie Lawlor, Catherine Lebovitz, Gina LeClair, Daun Lee, Marta LeFevre-Levy, Toni Leland, Erik Lema, Jackie Lemmon, Devorah Levy, Maximilian LionMan, Emma Lipscomb, Bridgit Litchfield, Elizabeth London, Michelle Lord, Susan Lozoraitis, Rose Lucera, Meredith Maglio, Cori Malmquist, Avery Maltz, Nathaniel Marchessault, Caitlin Marshall, Kathy Martin, Michelle Martin, Connie Mashock, Randy Mason, Carl Mautner, Kira McCall, Megan McClellan, Josh McDonald, Cathryn McDonough, Catherine McGinnis, Tysh McGrail, Colin McKevitt, Grant McKown, Amy Mertl, Allen Milby, Susan Minardi, Rob Moir, Jonathan Monderer, Sarai Montilla, Alex Morrison, Sadie Moss, sandra mrs., Mike Murray, Eileen Nakahata, alexis naydenov, Lita Nelsen, Lauren Nichols, Michelle Noonan, Valian Norris, Lucas O'Neil, Larry Oliver, Natalie Olsen, Kelly Omand, Sarah ONeill, Annie Oosterwyk, Benjamin Oxender, Michele Paladino, Lydia Pan, Jen Panosky, Melissa Parade, Kassandra Pearl, James Pelletier, Jacob Penner, Nicolas Pietroniro, David Pineault, Joan Plummer, Amanda Polchlopek, William Poole, Maria Poulos, Brady Powell, Walker Powell, Amanda Proscino, Sarah Prothero, Elias Putzig, Harley Racer, Katherine Rahaim, Josh Randall, Matthew Regan, Julie Reiff, Brie Reynolds, Marlys Rietdyk, Cate Rigoulot, Melissa Riley, sarah riley, Kayla Riordan, Patrick Riordan, Tammy Ritchie, Tommy Roche, Amelia Rogers, Alexa Roldos, Judy Rondeau, mary rooney, Benjamin Roosa, Rebecca Rosenthal, Isabella Rozza, Grant Russell-Walsh, Polina Safran, Karin Sanborn, Amy Santiago, Nathan Saxe, Stacey Scaccia, Tom Scavo, Norah Scheinman, Tobiah Schulman, Aubrey Schulz, Christopher Schwake, Ellen Senghas, Angela Shambaugh, Jacquelyn Shaw, taylor shaw, matthew sheehan, William Shepard, Angel Shi, Anne Sholley, Tim Simmons, Sarah Simon, Amanda Smith, jean smith, Marc Smith, Sierra Smith, JANIS SOLOMON, Michele Sorensen, Nicole Souza, Amanda Sparrow, Kayla Speros, Catherine Spolarich, Catherine Spolarich, Andrea Sroka, Christine St. Georges, Mandy St. Hilaire, ann stadtman, Kate Stanbury, Miles Steele, Lynn Steiner, Liz Stell, Kate Stevens, Ellie Stoermer, Janice Stone, Judy Stone, Jae Storozum, Holly Streeter, Cody Sullivan, Sue Sutherland, McKenzie Swart, Gary Swindler, mary talbot, Jordan Tedeschi, Deana Tempest Thomas, Erin Teodosio, Todd Testerman, CHRIS TETER, jean theurkauf, Elizabeth Thomas, John Thomas, Elisabeth Thorpe, Jenifer Tidwell, Bonnie Tillotson, RACHEL TOEWS, Alejandra Torres, John Townes, Leigh Townes, Breno Trindade, Veeka Trofimova, Michele Trucksis, Michele Turre, Nia Tzellas Davis, Savannah Vallier, Elizabeth van der Els, Alyssa van Doorn, Barbara van Drimmelen, Ivonne Vazquez, Mary-Jane Verdier, Samantha Walker, Joseph Wantuch, Kate Warwick, Loraine Washburn, Doug Waters, Michael Watson, Zack Weber, Carrie Weinstein, Amanda Weise, Kyle Welsh, Tom Whelan, Shawn White, amity wilczek, Richard Wilhelm, David Williams, Suzy Williams, amy wilson, Kady Wilson, Lisa Windhausen, Emily Winner, Janet Witte, Chris Woytik, Logan Young, Ned Young, Elena Zachary, Tomas Zavada