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Northwest Michigan Invasive Species Network

Japanese Barberry
Business Buyback

Become a participating business by contacting ISN Outreach Specialist, Emily Cook:
​ (231)941-0960 x20 or ecook@gtcd.org

Currently, no events are scheduled for 2018
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Like many invasive species, Japanese barberry was introduced to the United States as an ornamental. Its hardy nature and red berries made it an attractive addition to landscapes in the late nineteenth century. Unfortunately, those qualities also allow it to spread voraciously beyond garden boundaries and into nearby natural areas. Unappetizing to deer because of its thorny stems, barberry is left unchecked and quickly takes over -- pushing out native plant species and severely reducing the amount of wildlife that can live in an area. Additionally, research shows that a barberry's dense foliage creates a perfect, humid climate for black-legged ticks that carry Lyme disease -- a fact that also creates a public health risk.  ​

ISN is offering businesses the opportunity to have Japanese barberry in their landscape removed and replaced at no cost! Qualified Go Beyond Beauty Landscapers and ISN staff will work with you directly to coordinate the barberry removal  and help choose non-invasive plants to be installed in its place. This is the perfect chance to make a positive ecological change to northwest Michigan. By removing barberry plants from this region, native plants and wildlife will be allowed to flourish, and ticks will have a harder time becoming established.

Not sure if what you have is barberry? Visit this page to learn more about what barberry looks like and proper management.  Also, check out this video created by Nature Change that breaks down WHY barberry is a problem and WHAT you can do to help!
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    • About ISN & FAQs >
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    • Employment
    • Requests For Bids
    • E-Newsletter/Blog
    • Donate
  • Identify and Report
    • ID and Reporting Tools
    • Top 20
    • Aquatic Invasives
    • Early Detection Species
  • Resources
    • Education
    • Tool Library
    • Planting Guide/Ordinance Templates
    • Treatment Information
    • Other Information
    • Native Plant Seeds
    • Invasive Species in the News >
      • Nature Change
      • ISN in the News
  • Habitat Matters
    • People
    • Wildlife
    • Michigan
  • Go Beyond Beauty
    • GBB Achievement Program
    • Find Participants >
      • Nurseries >
        • Cyman Gardens
        • Designs by Nature North
        • Garden Goods
        • Green Lake Gardens and Goods
        • Greystone Gardens
        • Lakeshore Native Gardens
        • Misty Ridge
        • Northwoods Landscaping & Nursery
        • Pine Hill
      • Landscapers >
        • Cre Woodard
        • Cyman Gardens
        • Designs in Bloom
        • Grand Traverse Organics
        • Heritage Landscape Design
        • Inhabitect, LLC
        • Laurel Voran, LLC
        • The Mossy Tree, LLC
        • Northwoods Landscaping & Nursery
        • Old Mission Associates
        • Perennial Harvest
        • Pine Hill
        • Silverman & Company
        • Sustainable Landscape Design, LLC
        • TruNorth Landscaping
        • Wildlife & Wetland Solutions
      • Landowners/other groups
    • Register >
      • Registration Form
      • Start-up Materials
    • News and Updates
    • Ornamental Invasive Species
    • Native Plant Species
    • Participant Signs
    • Japanese Barberry Trade-Up Day >
      • Japanese Barberry Trade-Up Day Event, 2017
    • Japanese Barberry Business Buyback >
      • Japanese Barberry Buyback, 2017
    • GBB Resources