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Parks staff highlight Indigenous Plant Project; volunteers helped install 647 plants in 2025
Summary
Outdoor Murfreesboro updated the commission on the Indigenous Plant Project, reporting 647 plants installed in parks in 2025, 532 volunteer hours, a successful fall plant sale and ongoing conservation work for state-listed rare species.
Andra Pruitt, coordinator for the Murfreesboro Indigenous Plant Project, briefed the commission on 2025 accomplishments and upcoming work for 2026.
"My name is Andra Pruitt," she said in opening remarks. Andra told members the project focuses on increasing native plants in city parks through three strategies: prioritizing parks that host rare species, growing plants in a city native nursery from southern seed…
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