Garden in the Woods Is Open
Garden in the Woods is open daily, 10 a.m.–5 p.m., through September 30, when fall hours begin. Click here for admission and other visitor info.
Dig into the Garden's plants, ecology, and history on a drop-in tour—walking tours, cart tours, and children's tours, all free with Garden admission, as well as reserved group tours for a fee. See the Tours box on the Garden in the Woods page.
Our Garden Shop is open during Garden hours, stocked with hundreds of native plants.
Photo: Garden in the Woods visitors © Melissa Blackall/Wildlinks
Family Activities at the Garden
Kids love exploring Garden in the Woods, and we have some fun ways to introduce them to the plants and animals that live there. Check out scheduled weekend activities like Plant Play on our Classes and Field Studies page, drop-in children's tours on our Garden in the Woods and For Children & Families pages, as well as special events for kids like Flower Talk, in our events calendar.
Heads up, parents: Adult caregivers must accompany their kids in all children's activities (and they will have a great time too).
Photo: A child with a map at Garden in the Woods © Melissa Blackall/WildLinks
Ask a Horticulturist at Garden in the Woods
It's a fact: Plants breed questions.
Now you can stop by the Visitor Center at Garden in the Woods this summer to pitch your plant conundrums to an expert horticulturist. Members of our Horticulture team will be available on the first and third Saturdays of each month from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., June through August, to answer your inquiries. Say hello and chat about all things green and growing on June 7, June 21, July 5, July 19, August 2, and August 16.
Photo: A Native Plant Trust Horticulturist examines a leaf of ....?
New! On-demand Classes, Personalized Pathways
Miss a Zoom class? We are now recording selected online classes and making the recordings available to registered attendees for two weeks after the classes have taken place. Just click the link on the class description page and watch it on demand. View our full slate of courses here.
If you are a goal-oriented learner or someone who holds a strong interest in a particular subject, explore Personalized Pathways, groups of courses curated according to particular interests and knowledge level.
Photo: © Melissa Blackall/WildLinks
Expanded Hours at Nasami Farm
This season, Nasami Farm's Garden Shop in Whately, MA, is open Thursdays through Sundays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Located at Nasami Farm nursery, a bucolic location in the Connecticut River Valley, the shop lies only an hour's drive from central Massachusetts, southern Vermont, and northern Connecticut. Our robust plant selection is the same as that offered at Garden in the Woods. Join Native Plant Trust today to get a member discount on plants and other merchandise.
Email your Nasami plant orders and questions to nasaminatives@NativePlantTrust.org; or call 413-241-5614.
Photo: Plants for sale at Nasami Farm, Jane Roy Brown © Native Plant Trust
Buy Native Plants from Us
In our Garden Shops at Garden in the Woods and Nasami Farm, you'll find an extraordinary selection of annual and perennials, grasses, and ferns, as well as shrubs, trees, and vines native to New England ecoregions. All are grown without pesticides or chemical fertilizers. Visit our Buy Native Plants page to download our latest plant list, updated on Thursdays.
We also offer garden-planning tools on our website: Garden Plant Finder (search for New England natives that will thrive in your garden) and Ecological Gardening (download tip sheets on thorny topics). And we now recycle plastic pots from plants purchased at Garden in the Woods and Nasami Farm! Return pots to either location during open hours.
Photo: Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia) © Native Plant Trust