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Native Plants

Our native plants will include trees, shrubs, bramble. Currently we have potted plants but hope to have cuttings and bare root plants in the near future.

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**American Hackberry**

American Hackberry is a native tree that produces fruit in the Fall.

*$21.00
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**Black Raspberry**

Black Raspberry is a native, deciduous perennial shrub that grows from 7 to 10 feet tall.

*$19.60
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**Black Willow**

Black Willow is a native tree that grows from 30 to 60 feet tall.

*$30.00
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**Common Persimmon**

Common Persimmon is a native fruit‐bearing tree that grows from 35 to 60 feet tall.

*$23.80
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**Eastern Redcedar**

Eastern Redcedar is a native evergreen tree that grows from 30 to 65 feet tall.

*$23.80
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**Ebony Spleenwort**

Ebony Spleenwort is a native fern that grows from 0.5 to 1 feet tall.

*$18.20
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**Flowering Dogwood**

Flowering Dogwood is a native tree that grows from 15 to 30 feet tall.

*$26.00
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**Loblolly Pine**

Loblolly Pine is a native evergreen tree that grows from 40 to 90 feet tall.

*$21.00
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**Pawpaw**

Paw Paws (or Pawpaws) are native fruit that have a tropical taste that is often described as being between a banana and a mango.

*$28.00
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**Red Mulberry**

Red Mulberries are a native fruit that have a similar shape to ripe blackberries. It is a tree that will produce lots of edible fruit.

*$25.20
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**Smooth Sumac**

Smooth Sumac is a native fruit‐bearing shrub that grows from 9 to 15 feet tall.

*$21.00
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**Sweetgum**

Sweetgum is a native tree that grows from 60 to 62 feet tall.

*$22.40
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**White Oak**

White Oak is a native tree that grows from 50 to 80 feet tall.

*$50.00
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**Winged Sumac**

Winged Sumac is a native fruit‐bearing shrub that grows from 7 to 15 feet tall.

*$21.00
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* Prices are subject to change without notice.

Getting Back to Nature™ @ Martin Acres

In March 2013, when twin brothers, Obiora and Irucka Ajani Embry, visited, for the first time, the two acres (now called Getting Back to Nature™ @ Martin Acres) they had requested for growing food on their eighth‐generation, black‐owned family farm, Martin Acres, they knew it would be an up‐hill battle because the soil was not fertile. Through Obiora’s reading of The Holistic Orchard: Tree Fruits and Berries the Biological Way by Michael Phillips, he knew that trees thrive in an alkaline (fungal dominant) soil; however, there were tell‐tale signs that the soil was acidic (bacterial dominant). This led Obiora and Irucka to utilize their previous experiences with growing food & information they gleaned from elders, books, conferences, and other resources to start improving the soil. Due to their family’s rich legacy and because of their non‐standard way of regenerating soil and growing food, they were interviewed in May 2020 for an article in the Middle Tennessee Local Table Magazine’s 2020 Annual Guide.

Their initial idea of planting heirloom trees and perennials paid off, even though the soil was too depleted for their survival, as the series of unfortunate events made their commitment to Getting Back to Nature™ stronger. The brothers had to re‐evaluate their approach and began to dig deeper into forgotten "southern foods." This is food that was (and is hopefully still) eaten by the original inhabitants who lived in the area. However, partly due to a planned disconnect of humans from Nature and the growing and/or foraging of food, our collective food intelligence has dwindled. Thus Irucka and Obiora have been re‐learning about these and other forgotten foods. Obiora and Irucka grew diverse native plants in the early years, and with the help of a now deceased cousin, Kevin C. Martin, they started to realize that some of the purchased plants were already growing at Martin Acres!

Along with the native perennials growing on their two acres, the twins sow heirloom annuals and forage wild plants to use in their diverse value‐added products. Through their similar but different agricultural practices they have been transforming the once fallow grazing land into a food ecosystem. Obiora and Irucka do NOT irrigate, but try to put plants where they would be found in Nature. By growing in this manner and by continuing to create healthy soil, even when there is a drought, the plants are often resilient.

In 2018, Obiora stopped talkin’ about it and started making artisanal products to sell. He tired of going to grocery stores and reading the long ingredient list of "simple" products, and wanted to become the change that he sought.

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