The Sustainable Plant Research and Outreach Center acts as a bridge for communication, technology transfer, and project collaboration between growers, researchers, end users, educators, and policy makers in the fields of phytotechnology.

Phytotechnology- or SPROut's mission of 'putting plants to work'- is the strategic use of plants to provide ecosystem services in managed landscapes.

Topics include: wetlands, wastewater treatment, green roofs, raingardens, stormwater management, living machines, phytoremediation, riparian buffers.