Promoting Native Plant Species, Use of Chemical Controls

We believe in both promoting native species and welcoming plants into our gardens from around the world.

We're About ...

Diversity
We have a passion for North American native plants. We believe that when wildflowers aren't dismissed as weeds, gardeners help sustain Canada's wild places and wild things. Yet we know map borders don't stop wind, birds, insects, animals or seeds. We welcome all kinds of plants into our display gardens and grow natives and exotics side by side.

Challenge
We like to experiment and to bend and stretch the accepted rules for hardiness zones and for sun or shade and dryness or moisture requirements.

Education About Chemical Controls
We strive to provide top quality, well-grown plants without the use of chemical controls. We're not certified organic, but we're not crazy either. We do not use any chemical pesticides or herbicides. We do use water-soluble fertilizers on our seedlings but we're hopeful that will soon change and we can make the switch to economically viable organic fertilizers.

We Grow Good Roots

Our plants are grown in a
compost, rich in organic
material, which encourages
strong root development
and sturdy vegetative
growth above the soil.
Plants that come out
of our pots are ready to
thrive in your garden.
We know this because
we grow gardens ourselves
in soil conditions as diverse
as heavy clay to rocky sand.
We also over-winter our inventory
of plants in their pots,
outside under the snow,
with no other protection.
When the spring comes
and the snow melts,
our plants are strong,
happy and rarin' to grow.