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Northwest Michigan Invasive Species Network

Japanese Barberry Buyback, 2017

ISN offered businesses in Benzie, Grand Traverse, Leelanau, and Manistee Counties the opportunity to have Japanese barberry in their landscape removed and replaced at no cost. 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 through today. Unfortunately, those qualities also allow it to spread voraciously beyond garden boundaries and into nearby natural areas. 

​Qualified Go Beyond Beauty Landscapers and ISN staff worked with businesses directly to coordinate the barberry removal and help choose non-invasive plants to be installed in its place. With funding provided by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, it was exciting to be able to offer this program for free. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer this program in 2018 due to funding.

Thirteen businesses participated in the Japanese Barberry Buyback. One-hundred-forty-four Japanese barberry plants were removed and replaced with natives. 
Chemical Bank, Interlochen
Piche Peter W DDS, Traverse City
Native plants to replace Japanese barberry at Rotary Park, Frankfort
Rotary Park, Frankfort
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Before and after, Rotary Park Frankfort
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  • Habitat Matters
    • People
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    • 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