Where to Buy Native Plants

PLEASE NOTE: Not all of these vendors/landscapers work exclusively with native plants. Refer to our Understanding and Choosing Native Plants page for information on selecting native plants and the importance of local genotype.

Lucas and Wood Counties

Plant Sales:

Fall Native Plant Sale

Blue Week Native Plant Sale – this sale is held every May to coincide with the Oak Openings Blue Week celebration. The dates for the 2025 sale are May 10 and 11.

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Lucas Soil and Water Conservation District Tree, Shrub & Garden Sale: pre-order deadline March 28, 2025; pickups on April 15 or 16 – details at Lswcd-tree.square.site – Tel. (419-893-1966)

Lucas Soil and Water Conservation District Native Plant Sale: May 16, 2025, 3:00-6:00 pm at Lucas SWCD Office 3350 Hill Ave., Suite K, Toledo. Details at www.LucasSWCD.org/nativeplantsale – Tel. (419-893-1966)

TPS Natural Resource Technology Center: – 5561 Elmer Dr. Toledo. Stay tuned for details. 5561 Elmer Dr., Toledo. Spring plant sale of student-grown natives from local sources. Contact: Laura Kubiak – lschette@tps.org

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Friends of the Wood County Parks Native Plant Sale – May 2 and 3, 2025, 10:00 am -1:00pm, Wood County Fairgrounds (May 2 is member pre-sale only)

Friends of the Wood County Parks Fall Plant Sale: – Date TBD. Contact phone: 419-353-1897 or office@wcparks.org.

Vendors:

Bensell Greenhouse: 5720 Dorr Street in Toledo (419-536-3992). The greenhouse carries a nice variety of both indoor and outdoor plants, and they are just starting to sell beautiful native plants from local genotypes. www.bensellgreenhouse.com

North Branch Nursery: Pemberville, OH. Tel. 419-287-4679. Email: landscape@northbranchnursery.com. (If you contact them, be sure to specify that you’re interested in NATIVE plants, because they don’t work exclusively with natives.)

The Toledo Zoo’s Wild Toledo native plant nursery — order online and get more info at www.wildtoledo.org.

Landscape Design:

SJ Natural Design, Sanja Jennings – sjnaturaldesign@gmail.com

The Toledo Zoo’s Wild Toledo native plant nursery — order online and get more info at www.wildtoledo.org.

Outside Lucas and Wood Counties: OH and MI

Vendors:

Adapt: Community Supported Ecology, serving southeast Michigan, Email William Kirst at annarboradapt@gmail.com.

Bradford Blooms and Bees , Becky Bradford, 13989 W. Dunbar Rd., Petersburg, MI, Tel. (734) 323-0673. Email: bucko0789@gmail.com

Feral Flora, Ann Arbor, MI, Tel 734-224-2080, Email: Info@feral-flora.com.

Liv’s Native Nursery, Milan, MI. Tel. 734-244-3012. Owner: Olivia Onago. Also offers some design and installation services.

Riverside Native Trees and Nursery, LLC 2295 River Rd. in Delaware, OH; Tel 740-815-3230; reported to have a good selection of both trees and shrubs.

Scioto Gardens Nursery, 3351 State Route 37 West, Delaware OH; Tel 740-363-8264

Star Farms Native Plants, 14789 State Rt 292, Kenton, OH; Tel 937-935-3970; StarFarmsNatives@gmail.com.

The Native Plant Link (fka The Wild Lupine), 6616 Wells Rd., Petersburg, MI. Owner Chris Link. Tel. 419-509-0229. Also does woody brush hogging for restorations.

Wildtype Native Plant Nursery 900 North Every Rd. Mason, MI ; Tel 517-244-1140.

Catalogs/Online Ordering:

Prairie Nursery P. O Box 306 Westfield, WI 53964 (800-476-9453). Excellent print catalog (even if you never order a plant) as the information is organized by soil type, amount of sun or shade required, and required moisture for all plants.

Prairie Moon Nursery 32115 Prairie Lane, Winona, MN 55987 (866-417-8156). Excellent catalog with great information.