Virginia Invasive Plant Coalition

In December 2023,

Blue Ridge PRISM hosted 76 passionate stakeholders from across the Commonwealth. We gathered in Charlottesville and together formed the Virginia Invasive Plant Coalition (VIPC). VIPC members agreed to a Common Agenda and formed 10 Action Groups to support a shared vision:

Imagining a Virginia without Invasive Plants.

Participating Organizations and Founding Coalition Members

  • Appalachian Conservation Corps

  • Appalachian Trail Conservancy

  • Arlington Regional Master Naturalists

  • Beloved Brook Natives

  • Blandy Experimental Farm/University of Virginia

  • Blue Ridge PRISM

  • Central Shenandoah Valley Master Gardener Association

  • Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professionals

  • Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council

  • Cleremont LLC

  • Clifton Institute

  • Earth Sangha

  • Elizabeth River Project

  • GardenVitals

  • Fairfax County Urban Forest Pest Branch

  • Garden Club of America

  • Garden Club of Virginia

  • Grass farmer/cattleman

  • Flora of Virginia

  • Hill House Nursery Native Plants

  • Invasive Plant Control Inc.

  • James City County Parks & Recreation

  • James River Association

  • James River Garden Club

  • James River Park System: Invasive Plant Task Force

  • Karen for Nature

  • Local Ecotype Richmond Natives

  • Loudoun Invasive Removal Alliance

  • Lynchburg Garden Club

  • Mattaponi Indian Tribe & Reservation

  • National Park Service

  • New River Conservancy

  • Norfolk Botanical Garden

  • Northern Neck of Virginia Native Plant Society

  • Plant NOVA Natives

  • Plant Virginia Natives

  • Plant Southern Piedmont Natives

  • Plant SWVA Natives

  • Potomac Appalachian Trail Club

  • Reedy Creek Environmental

  • Resource Environmental Solutions

  • Reynolds Community College

  • Roanoke Parks & Recreation

  • RVA Gardener LLC

  • Saunders Brothers Inc

  • Shenandoah National Park Trust

  • Smithsonian's Virginia Working Landscapes

  • The Nature Conservancy

  • The Piedmont Environmental Council

  • The Student Conservation Association

  • Timmons Group

  • Valley Conservation Council

  • Virginia American Society of Landscape Architects

  • Virginia Association of Soil & Water Conservation Districts

  • Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program, VA

  • Virginia Department of Environmental Quality

  • Virginia Conservation Network

  • Virginia Cooperative Extension

  • Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation

  • Virginia Department of Forestry

  • Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources

  • Virginia Forestry and Wildlife Group

  • Virginia Home Grown, VPM/PBS

  • Virginia House of Delegates

  • Virginia League of Conservation Voters

  • Virginia Master Gardeners

  • Virginia Master Naturalists

  • Virginia Native Plant Society

  • Virginia Natural Heritage Program

  • Virginia Outdoors Foundation

  • Virginia Recreation & Parks Society

  • Virginia State Parks

  • Virginia Sustainable Forestry Initiative

  • Virginia Tech Faculty

  • Virginia Tech Invasive Species Working Group

  • Wetlands Watch

  • Weyerhaeuser

  • White House Natives

  • Wildlife Center of Virginia