Many nurseries—aside from offering plant material for sale—also have extensive information-filled websites on topics in their areas of interest. Each website is worth a visit for that reason alone. Listed alphabetically within each of four groups:
Maine New England & New York Other U.S. Outside the US
MAINE NURSERIES
After the Fall Farm – 238 Peavey Town Rd., Montville ME 04941, ph. (207)-589-3733, afterthefallfarm@gmail.com
Limited variety of grafted fruit trees and a ever increasing variety of native woody plants. In person only.
Bas Rouge Farm & Forge , Ivonne Vazquez, Orono, Maine 04473, ph. 207.221.6671, basrougefarm@gmail.com , @basrougefarmforge “Our small acreage diversified farm manages several enterprises, the primary of which is a Native Plants Nursery. Plants are sold at the Orono, Brewer and Bangor Farmers’ Markets. Other venues include the Native Gardens of Blue Hill in the spring and fall. Plants are also sold to private clients via our Permaculture Design services. Our stock includes limited quantities of a variety of native herbaceous, native shrubs and native trees (three-to-four-year growth). Plants are hand tended and grown from seed, plugs, division or as planted bare root stock. We also sell seeds including Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca).“
Burnt Meadow Nursery, Ryan & Lindsay Bushnell, PO Box 25, Brownfield, Maine 04010, ph. 207-890-7403,
In addition to our inventory of plants native to New England, we also offer contract growing, consulting and installations.campo di fiori , 212 Fisher Rd, Bowdoinham, ME 04008, ph. (207) 666-8419, andrewfiorigardener@gmail.com
Hybrid hazels demystified and sold by a Maine nurseryman who has been selecting them for several years.
Crystal Lake Farm & Nursery, 246 Young’s Hill Road, Washington ME , ph. 207-845-2140
Owner Sharon Turner offers berries, flowers, fruits, herbs, vegetables, woodlot, wood products. Responsibly field grown trees & shrubs.
Edgewood Nursery – 4 Cruston Way, Falmouth, ME 04105
Edgewood Nursery is focused on unusual edible plants, including many tree crops. They have a wide array of edible herbaceous plants and tree crop companion crops, as well as a smaller selection of nut trees and minor fruits.
FEDCO Trees , 213 Hinckley Rd., Clinton, ME 04927. Fedco Trees Sale. www.facebook.com/fedcotrees/
Fedco is the go to source for many people, they offer online, catalog and tree sale (2 weekends per year) sales of a wide variety of bare root trees, shrubs and vines. All the standard fruit trees are well represented, with more limited selection of nuts and minor fruit. Quality is good, prices are fair, Fedco, a hybrid worker consumer co-op, does well by their workers, their community, and their suppliers (many of whom are in Maine).
Foxgreen Farm / Jiovi – – 527 N Howland Rd, Howland, ME 04448, help@jiovi.com
They grow some interesting plants and seeds such as goji, kiwi, thornless blackberries, pea shrubs and highbush blueberries.
Hobbs Horticulture , Everett Smith Jr., 992 Barnestown Rd. Hope, ME 04847. hobbshorticulture.com , hobbs.horticulture@gmail.com
We are a bare root nursery specializing in hardy fruit and nut trees, as well as native woody perennials. Mail order, but we do offer local pickup by appointment only. Spring and Fall. Custom grafting available. Always fruit exploring and growing improved seedlings of various fruit crops looking for the next best thing for the low spray backyard grower.
Marpa Farm & Nursery , Clark Heijbroek & Steph Rendall, 334 River Rd, Richmond, 04357, marpanursery@gmail.com , www.marpanursery.com
We use thoughtful organic practices to grow native perennials, grasses, and shrubs, as well as fruit and nut trees. We specialize in plants that both enhance biodiversity and create beautiful gardens. We redistribute 10% of gross sales to: Bomazeen Land Trust & Wabanaki REACH.
Native Haunts , Shawn Jalbert, 297 Mountain Rd., Alfred, Maine 04002, ph. 1-207-604-8655, nativehaunts@gmail.com
First and foremost we are a native plant advocate. Why do plants need an advocate? Even though native plants grow all around us, general knowledge about their function and importance in our world is woefully lacking. Plants are primarily grown from seeds in the interest of maximizing diversity; root divisions and cuttings are used secondarily.
North Branch Farm – 126 Stream Rd Monroe, ME 04951, ph. 207.525.3323, northbranchfarm.monroe@gmail.com
MOFGA certified organically produced fruit trees. Many apples, along with a handful of other fruits, including some unusual ones like honeyberries and cornelion cherries. Good size potted stock available.
Radical Roots Farm & Nursery , 31 Cove Road, Winterport ME 04496. radicalrootsnursery@gmail.com “Hardy plants and organic fruits.” Fruit trees, perennials, nut trees and pruning service.
Sy’s Trees, Jesse Stevens, Sweden, Oxford County, Maine, ph. 207-595-9723, systrees@gmail.com
A permaculture nursery specializing in edible woody and perennial plants that is also a trial farm for many species and varieties sold. Fruit, nuts, wildlife, native, forage, medicinal species. Grafted, seedling and clonal stock, grown in ground and in containers. Wholesale supplier to Fedco Trees. Hosts and gives educational workshops on a variety of related subjects. Visits by appointment only. Sy’s Trees is the home of an intensive collection of plant species, including figs. More at MOF&G article about Mixed Orchard Crops.
Wild Seed Project , P.O. Box 4301, Portland, Maine 04101, info@wildseedproject.net , wildseedproject.net/
Mostly a source for native wildflowers, grasses, ferns, but they do sell some native tree and shrub seeds as well. Has nice comparison table of native plant characteristics.
New England & New York Nurseries and Growers
Black Creek Farm and Nursery , 149 Martin Avenue, Highland NY, 12528, ph. 914-610-0788, jkochosc@gmail.com . “Located in the Hudson Valley, we grow a variety of vegetables, tree fruit and nursery stock. Our produce is sold locally at farmer’s markets, and our nursery stock is sold from the farm and shipped during the dormant seasons to anywhere in the continental US. Our plant nursery is focused on food and medicinal crops that are adapted to the northeast, although many of the species grow well in many of climate types found in the Country.”
Cricket Hill Gardens , 670 Walnut Hill Rd. Thomaston, CT 06787, Dan@crickethillgarden.com , ph. 860-283-1042.
A specialty plant nursery which grows rare and unusual peonies as well as perennial landscape edibles. We are a small family business dedicated to producing the highest quality plants in an environmentally sustainable manner. We ship our plants in spring and fall. We welcome your emails and phone calls!
Earth Tones Native Plants a native plant nursery that offers grasses, ferns, perennials, shrubs and trees that are native to New England. 212 Grassy Hill Road, Woodbury, CT 06798, PHONE: (203) 263-6626.
East Hill Tree Farm , Niko Rubin, 3496 East Hill Road, Plainfield, VT 05667, narubin@gmail.com , ph. 802-454-7874 or 802-272-5880 (Niko’s cell) Nursery for woody plant species for edible forest gardens, home orchards, and Edens in the northeast. Ecological landscape design services. Landscape planting. Management consulting and education. We make long term sustainability, ecological integrity, and functional beauty the highest priorities in all of our work.
Edible Acres , 9408 Congress Street Extension, Trumansburg, NY 14886, ph. 607-342-4953, sean@edibleacres.org . Offers plants for fruit, herbaceous herbs, culinary, medicinals, nuts, perennial vegetables, shrubs, trees, and vines. “At Edible Acres, our main focus is our perennial plant nursery. From low, creeping edible ground covers to massive canopy trees, you can find hardy, useful, edible perennial plants for all the layers of your forest garden.” Lots of specific growing advice and videos. These folks also have a list of Permaculture Nurseries .
Elmore Roots Nursery , Box 4411, Wolcott, VT 05680. Small, fruit and nut-oriented nursery.
The Farm Between , John and Nancy Hayden, 727 Vermont Route 15 Jeffersonville, Vermont 05464, ph. 802-644-8332, thefarmbetween@gmail.com . SARE work on improving pollinator habitat. Read his blogs on ARONIA. Other people in VT jumping on Aronia/elderberry kick. An organic fruit nursery specializing in fruit trees, berry bushes, and pollinator plants. We sell a wide variety of cold hardy and disease resistant nursery plants like apple trees, elderberry bushes, currants, gooseberries, aronia, blueberries, raspberries, and more.
Garden in the Woods 180 Hemenway Rd, Framingham, Massachusetts 01701, ph. 508-877-7630.
A 45 acre woodland botanical garden that is the headquarters of the New England Wild Flower Society, and open to visitors between April 15 and October 31.
Humble Abode Nursery . Davis and Rachel Wang, Ranney Corner Rd., Ashfield, MA 01330. davis@humbleabodenursery.com A zone 5a Massachusetts-based Permaculture Nursery with a small but diverse selection of plants. Their Propagating Our Plants page is a basic tutorial on small farm scale propagation.
“This site includes basic instructions for propagating those typical candidates you might expect to find in Permaculture specked plantings, Follow the simple methods for how to set up a small nursery, grab some seeds and cuttings and GROW.”
Mehrabyan Nursery , 259 Seven Mile Drive, Ithaca, NY 14850, contact@mehrabyannursery.com , ph. 607-229-4943. Small scale nursery. Nice selection of newer, lesser known disease resistant apples as well as some heirlooms. Pretty interesting peach collection. Offers other fruit and rootstocks, as well as nut tree seedlings, shade trees and shrubs. Includes lots of useful info in the guides section to help out newbie growers.
Modern Homestead Design , 41 Forest Avenue, Essex, MA, 01929, ph. 978-979-6413, modernhomesteaddesign@gmail.com . We help people create low-maintenance, regenerative and food productive properties. We believe that every property can be a “homestead”, no matter the size.
NH State Nursery , 405 Daniel Webster Hwy, Boscawen, NH 03303, ph. 603-796-2323
Pretty limited selection, but rock bottom prices and decent quality. Beach plums, American plums and American chestnuts along with other seedlings.
Perfect Circle Farm , Buzz & Sandra Ferver, 1170 Airport Rd., Berlin, VT 05641, buzzplants@gmail.com
Impressive selection of grafted and seedling nut trees, rare fruit trees, seaberries and other crops of interest. Would buy from before any national nursery. Focus on preserving and restoring the best regional genetics. Online or in person sales.
Sacred Circle Homestead , Michael Perry and Schikoy Rayn, Bristol VT 05443, ph. (802) 232-3899, sacredcirclehomestead@gmail.com . Nursery and herbal apothecary. Facebook page . (Website is an archived version from the Wayback Machine.)
Schlabach Nursery, 2784 Murdock Road, Medina, NY 14103, ph. (585) 798-6198. Amish run. Pros:Very competitive prices, great customer service including: Good knowledge of their trees and rootstock info; Willing to field questions regarding all backyard orchard questions for the common homeowner; The owner of the nursery has a great book available on Amazon “Backyard Fruit Production”; Great replacement guarantee if your plant/tree dies during the growing year; prompt delivery times and quality packaging; great varieties offered. Cons: no webpage catalog; no online purchasing or purchasing over the phone; will take checks only.
F.W. Schumacher Seed Company , David & Donald Allen, PO Box 1023, Sandwich MA 02563-1023, ph. (508) 888-0659, treeseed@capecod.net . Seeds only. Online sales of a wide variety of tree and shrub seeds. Good germination rates and prices are very reasonable.
Sokoki Falls Farm, 2128 Brockways Mills Rd., Rockingham, VT 05101. “Homestead, nursery, and budding forest garden nestled in southeastern Vermont. We believe perennial food, medicine, and resource crops are key to a verdant future. We don’t use any chemical pesticides or fertilizers and are almost entirely human powered.”
St. Lawrence Nursery , Potsdam, N.Y.
Begun in the 1920’s, this Zone 3 nursery is now operated by Connor Hardiman.
Twisted Tree Farm , 279 Washburn Road, Spencer, NY, 14883, ph. 607-229-2482, ttfarm279@gmail.com
Specializes in low maintenance fruit and nut trees , berry bushes , and useful perennials . We primarily sell bare root stock, but also have potted plants that are available locally. We sell seed, cuttings, roots, as well as trees and plants. Check out their propagation videos including: AFTER CARE of grafted fruit trees.
Vermont Willow Nursery, Sonia & Michael Dodge, 1943 Ridge Road North, Fairfield VT 05455-5631, willowmanvt@me.com
Exclusively willows and ways to use willows, including fedges. Close to 500 different willows, probably the largest collection in North America.
Walden Heights Nursery and Orchard , Route 215, Walden Heights, Vermont 05873, waldenheightsnursery@fairpoint.net , ph. 802 563 3012.
Todd has grown apples in hoop houses, has a “wild” orchard layout, grows stock in a cold location, and has produced some interesting videos. A small family operation whose fields contain a myriad of species in nursery beds abutting the orchards.
Winterport Cove Farm , Brian & Jill Mello, MA, ph. 207-852-9088, contact@wintercovefarm.com
“Our children can roll around the ground on our farm, play nerf guns among the trees and pull a carrot to eat straight from the dirt without one worry on our part. At Winter Cove Farm, we are proud to be part of a growing community that puts our children, our community, our land, and water before profits.”
Z’S NUTTY RIDGE NURSERY – Your Native Nut Tree Store , Dawn and Jeff Zarnowski, 5296 Town Line Rd. McGraw, NY 13101, ph. 607 310 1318, dawnz@znutty.com, Facebook www.facebook.com/zsnutty.ridge . Growing nut trees since 1993. In particular this lists a bunch of sites not on our website https://znutty.com/pages/tree-faq-references
Other U.S. Nurseries and Growers
Badgersett Research Farm , 18606 Deer Road, Canton, MN 55922, info@badgersett.com
Neohybrid Hazels–For a review of where the recent wave of hazelnuts got their start–the direction of breeding efforts.
Beyond Vineyard & Nursery , Miekel And, West Lima, Wisconsin 54639, fermentation@beyondvineyard.com, 608-625-4619. “Theater of Plants”. “Siberian C” selected line of peaches viable in zone 4b.
Blue Hill Wildlife Nursery LLC , Ryan Haines, 1287 County Ln. Rd., Selinsgrove, PA 17870, phone: 570-259-2171, ryan@bluehillwildlifenursery.com While the goal of this nursery is supplying tasty apple varieties for wildlife, I recommend that you check out their selection for finding some that could be suitable for human consumption. Perhaps unique in the business, all their stock is listed for sale in late September, and it is SOLD OUT IMMEDIATELY. Prices are reasonable. Includes a couple of pear and grafted hardy persimmon.
England’s Orchard and Nursery , 2338 Highway 2004, McKee, KY 40447, ph. 606-965-2228, nuttrees@prtcnet.org , Facebook
Online or phone sales of many rare fruit and nut trees. Excellent collection of grafted Paw Paw and Persimmon varieties, also a great source for scions and seeds of those species. Good quality, fair prices. Expert advice.
Hogtree , Eliza Greenman, Loudon County, Virginia.
Pawpaws, mulberries, and such. A nursery and soon-to-be farm, dedicated to the pursuit of raising livestock on fruit and nut trees.
I.M. Tree Crops , Casimir and Katie Holeski, Camp Nine Road, Bonners Ferry, Idaho 83805
Idaho grower with nice walnut collection.
Indigenous Landscapes LLC . Cincinnati, Ohio, Solomon@Indigescapes.com , text us at 513-318-4209. “Excellent Native Plant Quality, EXCEPTIONAL Educational Quality.” Offers woody and non-woody perennials and books such as “A Native Plant Propagation Guide and Nursery Model” and “Native Plant Agriculture”. Looks pretty interesting, covers a range of plants, some applicable to this area.
JL Hudson, Seedsman , Box 337, La Honda, CA 94020-0337, jlh@jlhudsonseeds.net ,
Seeds only. Off-grid, 144 year old company. Not focused on woody plants, but there are some in there. Wide variety of unusual plants. Good prices. Includes interesting folksy and politically-aware essays on topics of interest to nursery folk.
Maple Valley Orchards , Karen and John Kring, 4520 Hilltop Dr., Suamico, WI 54173, ph. 920-412-5741.
Custom benchgraft, rootstock, scionwood, supplies, apple, pear, and plum trees.
Musser Forests, Inc. 1880 Route 119 HWY N Indiana, PA 15701, ph. 800/643-8319, sales@musserforests.com . “Each year, we produce over 35 million conifer and hardwood seedlings and transplants. Plus, groundcovers, landscaping shrubs, perennials and ornamental grasses. We offer the broadest selection of plant material available from one nursery. Musser plants are shipped throughout the U.S. and Canada.”
Northwoods Nursery , Molalla, Oregon. Wide variety of fruiting trees and shrubs. Wholesale only; minimum order is $300. “Growers of unique fruiting plants since 1979.”
Rolling River Nursery , 319 105th Ave., Oakland, CA 94603, ph. 510-224-6806, info@rollingrivernursery.com
Online sales of a large variety of organic edible plants. Huge selection available through the year, although many varieties are often out of stock. Good quality and prices.
Sheffields Seed Company , 269 State Route 34, Locke, New York 13092, (315) 497-1058, seed@sheffields.com
Seeds only. At any given time we have over 2,200 seed lots in stock and ready for shipment. We have another 1,200 that we are always actively sourcing.
STANLEY AND SONS , 11740 SE Orient Dr., Boring, OR 97009.
Has the best selection and some of the lowest prices for hardy kiwi in the country.
Burnt Ridge Nursery , , Onalaska, Washington, 98570, ph. ,
Large selection of fruit and nut trees as well as bushes and vines. Also a good source for known parent nut seeds. Good quality and fair prices.y, often has cheap prices on seedlings.
One Green World , 6469 SE 134th Ave, Portland, OR 97236, ph. 1-877-353-4028 ,
info@onegreenworld.com . Large selection often with a focus on bringing in new cultivars from over seas, OGW has introduced many exceptional plants from Russian botanical gardens and other sources. Good quality and fair prices.
Trees of Antiquity , 20 Wellsona Road, Paso Robles, CA 93446, ph.(805) 467-9909. “Fruit trees for the Home and Small Farm, rooted in heirloom fruit trees”.
Nurseries and Growers Outside the U.S.
Carya. Nursery for uncommon fruit plants . Nowy Białynin 24C, 96-513 Nowa Sucha, Poland, phone: ++48 507 70 25 21. Owner: Sven Maksymiuk. Email: carya@neostrada.pl “We are a Polish nursery and offer rare and alternative crop plants. Most of them are available only in our nursery. We specialize in big fruited cornelian cherry cultivars. We have got also one of the most differential choice of unique medlar cultivars . All our plants are handled in pots. As a small nursery we do not have all listed plants in steady supply. Please ask always for availability.” Website is in English.
Mini Kiwi An English translation (via Google Translate) of a Polish website all about kiwis. Shows many varieties that are available in Europe with photos included. Covers varieties, setting fruit, cultivation, marketing, research, and education about kiwis. Website by dr hab. Eng. Piotr Latocha, researcher at the Department of Environmental Protection at the Faculty of Horticulture, Biotechnology and Landscape Architecture SGGW (Warsaw University of Life Sciences) in Warsaw.
Prairie Hardy Nursery , Box 6, Two Hills, AB T0B 4K0, prairiehardynursery@gmail.com , ph. 1 (587)-410-1223. A small CANADIAN nursery with a delicious flavor in terms of its selection of fruiting cultivars. It strikes me as the very essence of what a regional, reasonable collection would look like and one that we could strive for, in this neck of the woods. If you were searching for obscure pear varieties, this would be one place to look. Most of these look to be imported from Russia. How about hardy apricots developed in Saskatchewan, or plums from Edmonton? Toss in a few juneberries, apples of local origin and nut seedlings, and you have the fixings for an ambrosiatic experience. Where’s Waldorf? “Sorry, but we do not ship to the USA or British Columbia at this time due to regulations.”
Rhora’s Nut Farm and Nursery Charles A. Rhora, R.R. #1, 33083 Wills Road, Wainfleet, Ontario L0S 1V0 Canada, ph/fax 905-899-3508. “Niagara’s finest grower of nut trees and growing seedlings of varieties, namely, heart nut, Carpathian walnut, Hazelnut (filbert trees) Chinese Chestnuts, American Chestnuts, Pecans and the edible Pines. As well, Rhora’s carries a variety of rare and unusual tress and shrubs.”
Salt Spring Apple Company , 529 Fulford-Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada V8K 2K1. ph. 250-538-2197. “Taking ‘An Apple a Day’ to a Whole New Level: 365+ Heritage & Connoisseur Varieties. Organic craft cider, apple treats, fresh apples, apple trees and more. A haven for lovers of heritage & connoisseur apples.” Although they only ship within Canada, their site has detailed info about the hundreds of apple varieties they grow organically.
Also see Permaculture Magazine’s plant nurseries listing .
This list was created with contributors from Jack Kertesz, Steve Bossie, Eileen Michelle, and Aaron Parker.
