Native Plant Trust, the nation’s first plant conservation organization and the only one solely focused on New England’s native plants, announced that Uli Lorimer, Director of Horticulture, will become the next “Ask the Gardener” columnist for The Boston Globe. Following his predecessors, long-time columnist Carol Stocker and more recently, R. Wayne Mezitt, Lorimer will explore garden-related topics and answer questions submitted by Globe readers in a bi-weekly column, while remaining full time at Native Plant Trust.

“Anyone who knows Uli knows that he was made for this role,” notes Tim Johnson, CEO of Native Plant Trust. “He has been teaching and inspiring gardeners for decades as a speaker, sage, and author of The Northeast Native Plant Primer and other works. His garden scholarship, personal insights, and poetic language constantly straddle science, art, and philosophy, encouraging us all to live a little more in tune with the natural world and to lighten our footprint on this earth through ecological horticulture.”