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Native Plant Sources

AMANDA'S GARDEN
Contact: Ellen Folts
8410 Harpers Ferry Rd., Springwater, NY 14560
Phone: 585-669-2275
E-mail: efolts4826@frontiernet.net
Web: www.amandagarden.com
Wildflower perennials bring unmatched beauty to your gardens. Using native plants is an ecologically sound practice; they are adapted to the area and provide food for butterflies and hummingbirds. We offer high-quality, nursery-propagated plants for woodland, meadow and wetland gardens.

APPALACHIAN WILDFLOWER NURSERY
Contact: Don Hackenberry
723 Honey Creek Reedsville, PA
Phone: 717-667-6998
I established A.W.N. as a scheme to induce other people to grow most of my plants for me. It worked! Many plants that originated here are now grown far and wide in gardens private and public and in other nurseries. I want all my plants to outlive me and am confident that at least some will.

AQUASCAPES UNLIMITED, INC.
Contact: Randy Reffner
PO Box 364, Pipersville, PA 18947
Phone: 215-766-8151
E-mail: wetland@comcat.com
Professional aquatic pond service, pond management, wetland, nursery, design, installation and consultation.

ARROWWOOD NURSERY, INC.
Contact: Catherine Arsenault
870 W. Malagard, Williamstown, NJ G8094
Phone: 856-697-6045
Fax: 856-697-6050
Growers of native trees, shrubs and perennials.

BLANCHETTE GARDENS
Contact: Leo Blanchette
870 W. Malgard, Williamstown, NJ 18947
Phone: 978-369-2962
Web: www.blanchettegardens.com
We grow and sell nursery-propagated wildflowers.

BOBTOWN NURSERY
6212 Country Club Rd., Melfa, VA 23410
Phone: 757-787-8484
Fax: 757-787-8611
A wholesale nursey carrying ornamentals, natives, wetland plants, fruit trees, shrubs, ferns, ornamental grasses, in several sizes, and liners, rooted cutting, seedlings, and transplants. Orders under $250 add 40%

BROKEN ARROW NURSERY, LLC
Contact: Dick Jaynes
13 Broken Arrow Rd.
Hamden, CT 06518
Phone: 203-288-1026
E-mail: brokenarrow@snet.net
Web: www.brokenarrownursery.com
Catalogue $2.00 if mailed
We propagate most of the plants we sell, native and exotic,and do not buy collected natives. We occasionally collect a few common native seedlings off our own farm prior to clearing land.

CLEAR RIDGE NURSERY
Joseph R. Barkley
217 Clear Ridge Road
Union Bridge, MD 21791
Phone 410-848-4789
E-mail crn@qis.net
We have made a solid commitment to having a large and consistent supply of quality plants. Our goal is to provide our customers with healthy, high quality, native plants at a fair price.

COLLINS NATIVE PLANT NURSERY
John F. Collins
773 Roslyn Avenue
Glenside, PA 19038
Phone: 215-884-4161
E-mail: edgehillcastle@camcast.net
The variety of species grown at Collins Nursery are primarily native to the area and include American beech, black gum, American sycamore, chestnut, and shingle oak, the hickories, American chestnut sweet and yellow birch, paw paw, and umbrella magnolia.

DOYLE FARM NURSERY
Contact: Jacquelin Doyle
158 Norris Rd., Delta, PA 17314
Phone: 717-862-3134

Web: www.doylefarm.com
Doyle Farm grows herbaceous native plants, Mid-Atlantic species mostly from seed. Woodland, meadow plants and grasses are available. Mail order, native plant sales, and yearly open houses. Paper catalog available from the wesite.

DROP SEED NATIVE PLANT NURSERY
Contact: Margaret Shea, Jeff Richmer
13930 Brush Run Rd, Louisville, KY 40299
Phone: 502-762-1080

Web: www.dropseednursery.org
Dropseed Native Plant Nursery's mission is to provide high-quality, local-genetic plant material for restoration and landscape projects in Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana. Dropseed  Nursery's staff provide science-based natural area management and restoration services.

EDGE OF THE WOODS NATIVE PLANT NURSERY
Contacts: Louise Schaefer and Susan Tantsits
8718 Clausville RD, Fogelsville, PA 18051
Phone: 610-442-2495 or 610-442-2496

Email:info@edgeofthewoodsnursery.com
Web:www.edgeofthewoodsnursery.com
Opened in 2003 as a retail outlet after ten years experience operating a nursery for Wildlands Conservancy. We grow a diverse selection of plants for the home landscaper as well as for natural area restoration in the Lehigh valley.

ELK RIDGE NATUREWORKS

Contacts: Ron Boyer and Liz McDowell

283 Elk Ridge Lane

Grantsville, MD 21536

Phone: 301-895-3686

Email:info@elkridgenatureworks.com

Web: www.elkridgenatureworks.com

Elk Ridge NatureWorks propagates native wildflowers and grasses from seed collected on the Allegheny Plateau. At their wildlife garden they demonstrate ways to preserve and enhance regional biodiversity. Their retail nursery provides plug through gallon size plants with a discount on large orders. With the exception of scheduled open houses (see the forum for the latest times and dates), their nursery and wildlife garden are open by appointment.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN, INC.
PO Box P, St. Michaels, MD 21663
Phone: 410-745-9620
Web: http://www.wetlands.org
Founded in 1972 as a non-profit organization to develop and apply the technology for restoring and constructing wetlands. A wholesale grower of wetland plant material. Over 100 species of herbaceous and woody plants are available.

ERNST CONSERVATION SEEDS, LLP
9006 Mercer Pike, Meadville, PA 16335
Phone: 800-873-3321
Fax: 814-336-5191
E-mail: mailto:ernstsales@ernstseed.com
Web: www.ernstseed.com
We were founded in the early 1960s to meet the need for soil conservation along our interstate highways. Since that time, we have changed with the need of the soil and water conservation industry. We are determined to provide our customers with the best native and naturalized seeds available.

FAIRWEATHER GARDENS
P.O. Box 330
Greenwich, NJ 08323
Phone 856-451-6261
Fax 856-451-0303
A mail order nursery with several open house days each year. Beautiful color catalog features many native plants among treasures from all over the world. Ferns, shrubs, trees, etc.

GARRETT WILDFLOWER SEED FARM
Contact: Don Lee
1117 New Castle Ct., Raleigh, NC 27603
Phone: 919-662-9751
Fax: 919-662-9761
This farm raises wildflower seeds and sells individual species as well as an Eastern United States mixture. Catalogue has helpful planting information.

GO NATIVE TREE FARM

Contact: John Rosenfeld

2310 Chestnut View Drive
Lancaster, PA 17603

Phone: 717.399.0195

Email: gonative@voicenet.com

Web: www.gonativetrees.com

We grow all of our trees in containers for sale.  Some are started in in-ground beds until they are a year or two old before moving them into containers. Almost all are grown from seed, and most seeds come from local seed sources. The product list contains some comments about sources. 

HAMILTON SEEDS AND WILDFLOWERS
Contact: Amy/Rex Hamilton
16786 Brown Road, Elk Creek, MO 65464
Phone: 417-967-2190
Fax: 417-967-5934
Midwestern native grasses and wildflower seeds and potted plants for prairie restoration and landscaping.

HOLLAND WILDFLOWER FARM
PO Box 328, Elkins, AR 72727
Phone: 800-648-3737
Web: www.hwildflower.com
Wildflower seeds by the packet, ounce or pound, and five different seed mixtures: Ozark Naturals, Continuous Color, Little Bit Shady, Lo-Grow Knee-High, and Butterfly Wildflowers.

LOWER MARLBORO NURSERY
PO Box 1013, Dunkirk, MD 20754
Phone and Fax: 301-812-0808
E-mail: mssds@erols.com
Approximately 80% of our stock consists of perennials, plus selected trees and shrubs native to the eastern U.S. All plants are propagated at the nursery and most are open-pollinated species grown from local seed sources. They are container grown outdoors with occasional, very minimal pesticide use.

MARY'S PLANT FARM
2410 Lanes Mill Rd., Hamilton, OH 45013
Phone: 513-894-0022
We've always grown (on our own acreage) Native plants (we do save seeds and replant); also offer native seeds and plants in our catalog. Our native grasses, shrubs, trees and wildflowers have been grown here since the late 1940s.

MEADOWBROOK FARM
Contact: Karl Rider
1633 Washington Lane, Box 3007, Meadowbrook, PA 19046
Phone: 215-887-5900
Fax: 215-886-1971
E-mail: meadow1633@aol.com
Starting with the 2001 growing season we will try to produce the native plants we grow using locally collected seed. The list is short, but growing.

MEADOWOOD NURSERY
Contact: Jan Getgood
24 Meadowood Drive, Hummelstown, PA 17036
Phone: 717-566-9875
Web: www.meadowoodnursery.com
E-mail: meadowoodnursery@comcast.net
Meadowood is primarily a wholesale nursery serving the area's non profit conservation community, but welcomes home gardeners and other retail customers by appointment. We offer native perennials, grasses, vines, ferns, aquatics, shrubs and trees. All of our plants are container-grown and nursery-propagated from seed, cuttings or divisions; none are collected from the wild.

MEADOWVIEW BIO RESEARCH STATION
Contact: Phil Sheridan
8390 Fredericksburg Turnpike, Woodford, VA 22580
Phone: 804-633-4336
Web: www.pitcherplant.org
Dedicated to the preservation and restoration of pitcher plant wetlands and associated ecosystems in Maryland and Virginia. We propagate a variety of plant species for both research and conservation. Some of our surplus stock from divisions is then available for sale via our catalog.

THE NEW ENGLAND WILDFLOWER SOCIETY
Contact: Bill Cullina
180 Hemenway Rd., Framingham, MA 01701
Phone: 508-877-9348
Web: www.newfs.org
Seed Catalog $2.75
This society has a large display garden well worth visiting and many educational programs for their members.

NEW MOON NURSERY, LLC

13 Ways Lane
Kennett Square, PA 19348
Phone: 888-998-1951
Fax: 888-998-1952
E-mail: info@newmoonnursery.com

Web: http://www.NewMoonNursery.com/
Exciting changes are happening in the ever-expanding market for native plants! James D. Brown and Octoraro Native Plant Nursery are proud to introduce the formation of New Moon Nursery. We've heard the call for more diversity; more regionally appropriate species, and simply more plants! We are ready to provide you with more plant choices..."from the water to the woods." ™

NICHE GARDENS
1111 Dawson Rd., Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Phone: 919-967-0078
Fax: 919-967-4026
Web: www.nichegardens.com
Retail and mail order nursery specializing in propagated wild flowers and natives, perennials, ornamental grasses and unusual trees and shrubs.

NOLIN RIVER NUT TREE NURSERY
Contacts: John and Lisa Brittain
797 Port Wooden Rd. , Upton, KY 42784
Phone: 270-369-8551
E-mail: nolinriver@hotmail.com
Web: www.nolinnursery.com
We are a small family owned and operated nursery trying our best to meet a growing demand for high-quality grafted nut trees sold at reasonable prices. Besides nut trees they also offer persimmon trees and Pawpaws.

NORTH CREEK NURSERIES
Contact: C. Dale Hendricks
388 North Creek Road, Landenburg, PA 19350
Phone: 610-255-0100
Wholesale orders only.
Our mission is to propagate and market plants that develop the relationship between people and sustainable outdoor environments. We are committed to using recycled content packing materials and biodegradable "peanuts", using an aggressive Integrated Pest Management program, re- reducing water needs and chemical use.

NORTHEAST NATIVES & PERENNIALS
Contact: Carol J. Schroding
1716 E. Sawmill Rd., Quakertown, PA 18951
Phone: 215-536-1511
E-mail: NENatives_Perennials@yahoo.com
We are a small, family-owned nursery catering to the home gardener. We offer many perennials native to the Northeastern U.S., along with a selection of other popular perennials. (Opening May 3, 2007)

0CTORARO NATIVE PLANT NURSERY
Contact: Jim MacKenzie
6162 Street Rd., Kirkwood, PA 17536
Phone: 717-529-3160
Fax: 717-529-4099
Web: www.octoraro.com
We are a local wholesale nursery dedicated to environmental restoration activities in the mid-Atlantic region, supply plants and products for: wetland restoration, mitigation, reforestation, stream bank stabilization, dune and tidal restoration, stream side forests, natural landscapes and educational classrooms.

PINELANDS NURSERY AND SUPPLY
323 Island Road, Columbus, NJ 08022
Phone: 609-291-9486
Fax: 609-298-8939
Wholesale orders only. Herbaceous and woody plants. Bio-engineering materials

PRIMROSE PATH
921 Dawson Rd., Scottdale, PA 15683
Phone: 724-887-6756
Web: www.theprimrosepath.com
We do not offer for sale plants collected in the wild. We have micro propagation (tissue culture) lab and grow our own hybrids of natives. We love the plants of eastern North America

REDBUD NATIVE PLANT NURSERY
Contact: Catherine Smith
1214 N. Middletown Road, Glen Mills, PA 19342
Phone: 610-358-4300
Web: www.redbudnativeplantnursery.com
We specialize in indigenous perennials, bushes, and trees for the home gardener, land manager, and restorationist. Visit us Tuesday through Sunday to see our plant stock and much more.

ROSE FRANKLIN'S PERENNIALS & HERBS
107 Butterfly Lane, Spring Mills, PA 16875
Phone: 814-422-8968
We specialize in growing plants that attract butterflies and hummingbirds. May-Oct. We never sell plants removed from the wild, and do offer a few Pennsylvania natives.

F.W. SCHUMACHER CO, INC
Contact: David and Donald Allen
PO Box 1023, Sandwich, MA 02563
Phone: 508-888-0659
Fax: 508-833-0322
Web: www.treeshrubseed.com
Seeds of trees and shrubs sold by the ounce or quarter pound or more for nurserymen and foresters. Seed of horticultural varieties are sold for research and breeding work only. Seed of many natives are listed.

SIGNATURE HORTICULTURAL SERVICES
Contact: Kevin Fabula
19960 Gore Mill Rd., Freeland, MD 215053
Phone: 410-329-6466
Fax: 410-329-2156
Specializing in northern native herbaceous plants for wetland mitigation, restoration, landscape design and wildlife habitat enhancement. A small, family owned business; contract growing is encouraged.

SPANGLE CREEK LABS
21950 County Rd. 445, Bovey, MN 55709
By providing artificially propagated seedlings, we offer an alternative to ripping the beautiful lady's slippers from their natural environment where they should remain unless threatened by imminent destruction.

SUGARBUSH NURSERY
Contact: Anne-Marie McMahon
4272 Morgantown Rd., Mohnton, PA 19540
Phone: 610-856-0998
Email: info@sugarbushnursery.com
Web: www.sugarbushnursery.com
Sugarbush Nursery is a small, family-owned nursery in southeastern PA specializing in native, underused, and hard-to-find herbaceous perennials. We grow and/or care for all of our plants using only organic methods, and offer organic gardening products for sale, as well. We cater primarily to home gardeners who wish to incorporate native plants into their landscapes. Our Plant Pioneer program lets home gardeners trial underused natives in their home gardens for free, in exchange for their feedback!

SUNLIGHT GARDENS

Contact: Marty Zenni and Andrea (Andy) Sessions

174 Golden Lane, Andersonville, TN 37705

Phone: 800-272-7396

Fax: 865-494-7086

E-mail: info@sunlightgardens.com

Web:www.sunlightgardens.com

We are a small, family owned nursery, and we've been propagating eastern
natives for over 20 years and landscaping with them for even more.  We use
nature as a great classroom for teaching us how to appreciate our native
plants and how to grow them effectively both to enhance our own landscapes
and to encourage their spread. Use our plants to help achieve your goals.

SUNSHINE FARM & GARDENS
Contact: Barry Glick
HC 67 Box 539B, Renick, WV 24966
Phone: 304-497-2208
Fax: 304-497-2698
E-mail: barry@sunfarm.com
Web site: http://www.sunfarm.com/
I love to propagate plants and have a state of the art tissue culture lab. Nursery is located in Greenbrier County, WV, in one of the most botanically rich areas in the world.

SYLVA NATIVE NURSERY
Contact: Mike Hollins
1683 Sieling Farm Rd., New Freedom, PA 17349
Phone: 717-227-0486
Wildflowers, wetland plants, shrubs and trees native to eastern U .S. Our mission is to promote and provide native plants for ecosystem restoration, habitat enhancement and ornamental use.

SYLVANIA NATIVES

Contact: Kathryn McGregor
Ira Way, Pittsburgh, PA
Mailing Address: 5502 Kamin Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15217
Office Phone: 412-421-8551
Nursery Phone: 412-596-4989
Fax: 412-421-5462
E-mail: SylvaniaNatives@aol.com
Web: www.SylvaniaNatives.com
We exclusively grow and sell perennials, shrubs and small trees native to Western Pennsylvania. We grow all of our own perennials and many srubs from local seed we collect in the wild. All our plants are grown outside with the seasons.

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY
Native Plant Propagation Center
580 Meetinghouse Rd., Ambler, PA 19002
Phone: 215-283-1330
Fax: 215-283-1497
We are a nonprofit resource to support the restoration of the native landscape on any level we can through being a source for regional native plant material and through education. All plant material is propagated from seed or cuttings.

TOADSHADE WILDFLOWER FARM
Contact: Randi V. Wilfert Eckel
53 Everittstown Rd., Frenchtown, NJ 08825
Phone and Fax: 908-996-7500
Web: www.toadshade.com
We propagate all our own plants from seed, spore or cuttings and try to maintain genetic diversity of wild plant populations.

VIRGINIA NATIVES
Contact: Mary Painter
PO Box D, Hume, VA 22639
Phone and Fax: 540-364-1655
E-mail: vanatvs@erols.com
Our hardy natives, integral members of sustainable landscapes, serve as support links to other life forms which are quietly, some times invisibly, disappearing. They carry the genetic memory to thrive in our region and are part of this place.

WILD EARTH NATIVE PLANT NURSERY
Contact: Rich Pillar
PO Box 7258, Freehold, NJ 07728
Catalogue $2.00
The natural world is all about connectedness and interdependency. Animals depend on other animal or plants to survive as well as plants need other plants and other living creatures to live and thrive. And of course we need animals and plants to be here on this planet. We need to strengthen existing connections in nature and make new ones where they once existed. We can do this very easily by planting native plants in our home gardens – large or small.

YELLOW SPRINGS FARM
Contact: Catherine Renzi
1165 Yellow Springs Rd., Chester Springs, PA 19425
Phone: 610-827-9204
Fax: 888-522-5616
Web: www.yellowspringsfarm.com
Our mission at Yellow Springs Farm is to promote land stewardship through the propagation and sale of native plants of the Mid-Atlantic area.

Please send us information about your nursery, or your favorite nursery, or feedback about the nurseries listed here, so that we can keep this list up to date and complete.