THOMAS CHRISTOPHER is a garden designer and writer based in Connecticut. For more information about the Ecotype Project, go to Berkshire Botanical Garden’s Growing Greener podcast, at https:// www.thomaschristophergardens.com/podcasts/sefra-alexandra-and-the-ecotype-project.
that the native red maple () you bought from your local nursery in Minnesota may have originated with a clone collected in Florida? Or that the native meadow seed you planted likely was collected in the Midwest, even if you live
