Plant Rescues
Mountain Moss Enterprises actively engages in rescuing mosses and other native plants from high impact areas. We encourage property owners and land developers to contact us prior to any grading, tree cutting or road building. With a respect for our public forests and parks, Mountain Moss finds many legitimate locations where mosses are in peril of destruction. We coordinate projects for communities where volunteers retrieve bryophytes and then create moss focal features together. Mountain Moss can assist green communities in collecting mosses, staging them, and then reintroducing them back into the landscape for native restoration projects.
Often overlooked by native plant rescue groups, mosses can be found nurturing the wildflowers being collected. We hope that by educating the public about the value of mosses, they will become a desirable plant worthy of attention. Look for opportunities in your own community to save not just rare plants but the common mosses, too.
Mountain Moss Enterprises possesses a collected plant license through the State of North Carolina (NC License #5291). Annie Martin is a member of the North Carolina Native Plant Society.
I live in Brevard, NC and would like to contact a plant/moss rescue group. Would you please send me contact information on a group in the Brevard NC area.
Thank you
Would you grant me the permission to use your photo of the moss rescue for a book I am writing on planet friendly gardening? Thanks. I am on the faculty at the University of Georgia.
Hey Susan!
Thanks for asking about the photo before publishing. I can provide you with press quality, high-resolution photographs for your book. Please contact me directly to make arrangements: mossinannie@gmail.com. Since you are publishing an educational book, we can waive any royalty fee as a professional courtesy (unless your publisher wants to offer one which would be appreciated). Please credit photo: Photograph by Annie Martin, http://www.mountainmoss.com. I have other planet-friendly mossy ideas… moss lawns, moss instead of mulch, moss green roofs and living vertical moss walls! I look forward to hearing back from you.
Go Green With Moss!
Mossin’ Annie
Hey Carol,
Sorry for such a long delay in responding. I just saw your question about plant rescues. Brevard’s group has been inactive for a couple of years now. You might wish to check into the efforts of the North Carolina Native Plant Society. There is an Asheville Chapter that occasionally has plant rescues. Check out their Web site: ncnps.org. Good luck and keep your eyes open for any mosses while you are hunting for wildflowers.
Take care,
Mossin’ Annie