Sign the Home Depot petition.

Share this website on social media https://www.justsaynohomedepot.org.

Take a photo or screenshot of the QR code below and save it on your phone. Have your friends scan the code and sign the petition.

Copy and paste this link https://www.change.org/StopSellingInvasivePlants on Facebook and hashtag #JustSayNo @HomeDepot.

Copy and paste this link https://www.change.org/StopSellingInvasivePlants on Twitter and hashtag #JustSayNo @HomeDepot.

Visit Homegrown National Park. Learn what it takes to get on the map.

Visit We Are The ARK (Acts of Restorative Kindness). Find out what it takes to get on the map.

Turn off your lights at night to help birds migrate and fly safely.

Donate to Blue Ridge PRISM. We are powered by You!

Brush any trespassing seeds off your shoes and pet after a walk outside.

Use the form on this page to send an email to Home Depot CEO Ted Decker.

Find your state legislator. Call their office and tell them you think there needs to be a law against the sale of invasive plants in your state.
Here’s the script:
”Hi, my name is ______________ and I’m a constituent. I’m calling because I’m deeply concerned about garden centers selling invasive plants that are causing harm to our state’s economy and natural resources. We need a law banning the sale of invasive species in our state. Thank you for registering my request.”

Read a Weed Alert.

Tie a ribbon around the branch of an invasive tree or shrub so you can find and remove or treat it later using the proper techniques.

Join the Facebook group Invasive Plant ID & Removal in the United States and Canada. Begin learning how to identify and remove invasive plants.

Visit the Virginia Native Plant Society website and follow them on Facebook. Join their Facebook Discussion Group and become part of the conversation.

Learn what plants are officially listed as invasive in our state: Virginia Invasive Plant Species List.

Pull up some Garlic Mustard in the spring when the soil is moist.

Pull up some Japanese stiltgrass in the summer before it sets seed.

Find native plant nurseries near you. Next time you’re thinking about buying plants, give them your business.

Plant a native plant (milkweed, spicebush, Virginia bluebells, etc.). Learn how to maximize the benefit for endangered Monarch butterflies.

Take a walk in the woods in early spring and look for the tiny spring ephemerals blossoming close to the ground. They are important! Our native bees and other insects rely on these wildflowers for nectar when nothing else is blooming yet.

Attend one of our online Brown Bag Webinars during lunchtime — or watch the recording any time!

Survey your own yard for invasive plants. PictureThis and iNaturalist are useful phone apps! Make a plan for removing the invasives and replacing them with plants that are native to your area.

Write a letter to Home Depot CEO Ted Decker. For extra impact, send it via FedEx. Mail it to:

Mr. Edward Decker
CEO
The Home Depot, Inc.
2455 Paces Ferry Rd.
Atlanta, GA 30339

Write a short op/ed piece about big box retailers selling invasive plants and send it to your local newspaper.

Find your specific Level IV ecoregion for where you live. Then learn about the native “plant communities” that make up the natural ecosystem.

Plant Communities of the Eastern United States

Watch one of our online invasive plant workshops.

Attend one of our in-person invasive plant field day workshops.

Take a hike in a park near you and observe the native plant communities. Learn which plants belong there!

Go to your local Home Depot garden center and take photos of the invasive plants that they are selling. Don’t know which garden center plants are invasive? Find them here. Post the photos on social media with a link to the petition and hashtag #JustSayNo @HomeDepot.

Even better, make a TikTok or Facebook Reel or Instagram Story about the invasive plants you find for sale at your local Home Depot. Then share it widely on social media with a link to the petition and hashtag #JustSayNo @HomeDepot.

Volunteer to help remove invasive plants. Take a photo or screenshot of the QR code below and save it on your phone. Have your fellow volunteers scan the QR code and ask them to sign the petition.

Volunteer to help plant a pollinator garden.

Volunteer to help restore a site with native plants.

Read Nature’s Best Hope. Then recommend this book to everyone you know. Give copies as birthday, holiday, and welcome-to-the-neighborhood gifts. Seriously.

Read Prairie Up: an Introduction to Natural Garden Design. Learn about the movement to Unlawn America.

Plan and plant a pollinator garden with native plants local to your area.