PlantWise is a partnership between the National Park Service, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, The Garden Club of America, The National Invasive Species Council, the Student Conservation Association and many others to reduce the spread of invasive plants across the urban wildland interface.
The National Park Service (NPS) is the United States federal agency that manages all National Parks, National Monuments, and other conservation and historical properties.
The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center is dedicated to protecting and preserving North America's native plants and natural landscapes by educating people about the environmental necessity, economic value, and natural beauty of native plants. As an experienced educational organization, the Wildflower Center specializes in building partnerships between likeminded organizations and in the dissemination of information to the public.
The Garden Club of America stimulates the knowledge and love of gardening, to share the advantages of association by means of educational meetings, conferences, correspondence and publications, and to restore, improve, and protect the quality of the environment through educational programs and action in the fields of conservation and civic improvement.
The National Invasive Species Council (Council) is an inter-Departmental council that helps to coordinate and ensure complementary, cost-efficient and effective Federal activities regarding invasive species. The Council was established February 3, 1999 by Executive Order 13112.
The Student Conservation Association (SCA) is a nonprofit organization that offers conservation internships and summer trail crew opportunities to more than 3,000 people each year. SCA members complete projects in every conservation discipline - from archeology to zoology - and everything in between.