KCD’s Native Plant Cooperative provides native plants to individuals, organizations and agencies in trade for volunteer service at the nursery or in-kind contributions such as soil, lumber or pots. Community groups often have a stronger volunteer base than funding source. The Cooperative allows these groups to utilize their volunteers to receive plant material for restoration projects that otherwise could not be implemented due to lack of funding. It also allows larger organizations to expand their project size, knowing that KCD can partner on their projects by supplementing commercial nursery orders with additional local stock for their projects.