Plant Exchange · Biodiversity · Southern Bahia
Growing Biodiversity, Together.
Exchange plants with ALUME’s nursery to support ecological restoration, biodiversity, food forests, and community agroforestry across Brazil.
Built on the principle of abundance, our Plant Exchange encourages everyone to contribute more than they receive when they can. It also creates space to donate plants to people and projects that do not yet have anything to exchange, so access is not limited by resources.
How it works
A regenerative exchange in four steps.
01
Register your project or collection
Tell us about your land, community, school, farm, or restoration project. Let us know what you can contribute and what you are looking for.
02
Find the right exchange
Our team recommends plants based on your goals, local conditions, biodiversity value, and current nursery availability. Exchanges may include native, food-producing, medicinal, ornamental, or other useful species that contribute to resilient landscapes.
03
Exchange plants or receive a donation
Bring healthy plants, seedlings, seeds, or propagation material to ALUME’s nursery or a community exchange event. Participants are encouraged to contribute more than they receive when they can. When someone has no plants to offer, the same principle allows us to donate plants and help biodiversity grow where it is most needed.
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Help the network grow
Where appropriate, participants are invited to share simple observations about plant survival, growth, and lessons learned. Together, we build an open, community-driven knowledge base that improves restoration across the region.
Who can participate?
Open to anyone committed to stronger biodiversity and regenerative landscapes.
Priority is given to projects with clear ecological, educational, or community value.
- Community members restoring degraded land.
- Schools, universities, and educational initiatives.
- Agroforestry farmers and regenerative producers.
- Community gardens and food forest projects.
- Municipal and regional restoration initiatives.
- Indigenous, traditional, and local communities.
- Community organizations and nonprofit initiatives.
Available Plants
Current nursery availability may include trees, palms, fruit species, medicinal plants, ornamentals, and other species suitable for ecological restoration, agroforestry, and community planting.
Availability changes as plants are propagated and exchanged. Contact our team for the current list and help us find the right species for your land or project.
Join the exchange
Every species exchanged helps biodiversity spread beyond our nursery.
Whether you are restoring a forest, starting an agroforestry system, creating a school garden, or simply growing a more diverse landscape, you are invited to become part of the living plant exchange network.
Tell us about your project, what you can contribute, and the plants you are looking for. Our team will reply with current availability and the next practical step.
Join the Exchange
Every species exchanged helps biodiversity spread beyond our nursery.