Wild Woods Restoration Project

We organize community volunteers to find, grow and plant local native plants in forests that need them while fostering a culture of ongoing stewardship. We run volunteer workdays to sow seeds and plant the native plants we’ve grown in restoration sites in the Hudson Valley. We help restore the biodiversity of the forests in our local parks and preserves. Your support will help us get the project kicked off in our first year.

• We have already begun holding volunteer workdays to plant seedlings. So far we have over a dozen volunteers growing more than 1,500 native plants. We need your help to carry us forward and do even more.
• This fall we will have planting days to start restoring sites at two of our partner preserves and we will begin collecting seed across the Hudson Valley region to sow and grow for next year.
• We will also be assessing new partner preserves for our next restoration sites.
• This winter we will be applying for 501(c)3 status with the IRS to become our own organization.

Forests in our region are suffering. They are subjected to multiple harsh stressors such as invasive species, deer browse, and development that have caused their degradation. But we urgently need to help preserve and care for our forests because forests help us combat climate change and hold some of the richest biodiversity of life in the Hudson Valley.

That's where the Wild Woods Restoration Project comes in to lead community volunteers in growing local native plants for forest restoration. We help volunteers take an active part in restoring their local forest and its wildlife.