Uli Lorimer is the director of horticulture at Native Plant Trust. He has been awarded the National Distinguished Service Medal from the Garden Clubs of America, and is the author of The Northeast Native Plant Primer. Uli's impressive career includes positions at the National Arboretum, Wave Hill, and as the Curator of Native Plants at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. A lifelong enthusiast of plants and biodiversity, Uli continues to study the region's ecosystems, collect seeds from the wild, and introduce new plants to gardens. He is well-known to audiences across the horticultural community. Uli currently writes the Ask the Gardener column for the Boston Globe, sharing ecological horticulture guidance with the region.

Founded in 1900 as the Society for the Protection of Native Plants, the Native Plant Trust is the nation's oldest plant conservation organization and a recognized leader in native plant conservation, horticulture, and education. The Society's headquarters, Garden in the Woods, is a renowned native plant botanic garden in Framingham, Massachusetts, that attracts visitors from all over the world. From this base, 25 staff and more than 700 volunteers work throughout New England to monitor and protect rare and endangered plants, collect and preserve seeds to ensure biological diversity, detect and control invasive species, conduct research, and offer a range of educational programs.