City: Cropwell

Recreative Natives is a small, woman-owned nursery in Cropwell, AL specializing in plants native to Alabama. Jessica Thompson has been working with plants native to the Southeast and the Peidmont region for over 15 years. Her love of native plants started in my own back yard with a Yellow Passion Vine I could not eradicate. Despite my own efforts, 100 Gulf Fritillary caterpillars devoured it late that summer. And I was fascinated. Hooked, you could say. I read all about them, and in doing so stumbled upon Doug Tallamy’s newly published book. It was life changing and has changed my career twice. As a ...