Native Plant Project: 

LOMS has been a good neighbor to Morro Bay State Park by trying to buffer the encroachment of exotic and invasive weeds and give the native species a chance to adapt.  Through experimentation, we have dramatically improved the germination rate of some of our local rare species. Students have been growing plants native to the coastal dunes for 20 years and restoring habitat all over the LOMS campus, at Sweet Springs Nature Preserve, in the Elfin Forest, and now our neighbors' yards! Our plants are used by the landscape designers at Sage Eco Nursery in Los Osos.  This project has been successful because of our amazing volunteer efforts, especially John Chesnut from CNPS and Lori Olson.  Their children have graduated from LOMS years ago.  LOMS is very grateful for their continued support and years of dedication to making our school a living laboratory and excellent example of dune habitat.