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  • Friday, June 9 – Native Plant Plug Virtual Sale Opening Day

    Want to fill meadow, woodland, or wildflower areas with beautiful native plants? The Polly Hill Arboretum on Martha’s Vineyard is now offering MV native plants sold as plugs. Landscape plugs, grown in narrow sleeves, are an economical way to add more native plants to your home landscape. Small, but strong due to their 5″ root depth, they will establish quickly in your garden. Native plants provide important food and habitat for local fauna and pollinators, and increase the ecological health of your neighborhood. Plugs will be available during limited ordering windows in spring and fall. Check the Plant Sale section of the Arboretum website for more information beginning June 9, and to place your order. They will pack your plugs in mulch and deliver them to a pickup area, ready for planting right away.

  • Saturday, May 14, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm – Grow Native Plant Sale

    Adding native plants to your garden is the best way to support biodiversity in your neighborhood, including bees, butterflies, birds, and much more. Grow Native Massachusetts will be selling a wide variety of native plants, including
    Perennials, Ferns, Grasses, Shrubs and Trees, on Saturday, May 14 from 9 – 4 at the UMass Waltham Field Station, 240 Beaver Street in Waltham.

    They source their plants from more than ten nurseries around New England, to bring together a range of species rarely found in one location. Sale proceeds support Grow Native Massachusetts programs.

    Ask the Experts: Experienced landscape professionals will answer your questions and help you find the plants best suited to your landscape needs and conditions. This is a tremendous resource! For more information phone 781-790-8921 or visit www.grownativemass.org.

  • Sunday, May 5, 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm – Festival Floralia 2013

    Festival Floralia 2013 will take place Sunday, May 5, from 2 – 4:30 pm at the Hooper-Lee-Nichols House, 159 Brattle Street in Cambridge. This is Grow Native – Massachusetts’ Annual Celebration of Spring and Native Plant Sale — With food, wine, music, and a great silent auction!

    This Festival, named in honor of the Goddess Flora of Roman mythology, celebrates the cycle of life, friends, food and flowers.  The native plant sale, staffed with horticultural experts, provides the opportunity to get professional advice on the species most suited to your landscape needs while you shop. All the plants sold are native to New England, and they have assembles a great collection that is typically not available all at one location. These species are guaranteed to add ecological value to your gardens and landscapes.
    New in 2013: Pre-order the native plants you are looking for at http://grownativemass.org/programs/festivalfloralia.

    Offered are a diverse selection of about 50 species native to New England that are sourced from three different nurseries. Grow Native assembles and organizes the orders, getting all these plants delivered and ready for pick up at the event. This option will only be available to those with prepaid tickets. Many additional plants will still be for sale at the event, with no need to pre-order if you prefer shopping “in the moment.”

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