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FEATURED MEMBER A Carol Kinsley


        American Native Plants




























































          Created to fill a need for native plants for mitigation projects, American Native Plants
            has grown into a one-stop wholesale shop for plants native to the United States,

                                 primarily in the 26 states east of the Mississippi.

            Natalie Forte, director of marketing, said co-owners Roy List and Mike McConnell

            started the company growing five species of trees and shrubs on a 2-acre plot in

            List’s parents’ backyard in Kingsville, Maryland, in 1998. After outgrowing multiple
           locations, the nursery is now situated in Middle River, where 20 acres are filled with

                 hundreds of varieties of trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants, all natives.

                                   The heated greenhouse spans half an acre.
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