Native Plant Trust

Celebrate Native Plants

From the Wild to Your Backyard

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Garden in the Woods & Nasami Farm Hours

Garden in the Woods is open daily, 10 a.m.–5 p.m., through Tuesday, October 15. Hours for plant shopping are the same as the Garden's visiting hours. (See this contact info for Garden visitors and plant shoppers.)

Nasami Farm's Garden Shop closes at the end of the day on Sunday, October 6! Be sure to come and shop for the best deals of the season!

Photo: August path, Garden in the Woods, Uli Lorimer © Native Plant Trust

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Plant Sale Countdown

As of Saturday, September 21, all plants are now 40% off for Native Plant Trust members and 30% off for nonmembers during our deepening Garden Shops’ Fall Native Plant Sale! The sale is happening at Garden in the Woods and Nasami Farm—which is closing for the season at the end of Sunday, October 6. Check locations for hours and contact info, and download our current plant list here.

Photo: Plant sales area at Garden in the Woods, © Ngoc Minh Ngo

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Don't Miss These Fall Events!

Saturday, October 5, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Opening Reception, Regarding Nature - See the new mixed-media work that our 2024 visiting artist, Julie C. Baer, has created during her year-long project, Regarding Nature. Her richly colored images of wildflowers, trees, fungi, and lichens capture her sightings throughout Garden in the Woods. It's free, but please register.

Sunday, October 6, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Regarding Nature Artist Talk - Visiting artist Julie C. Baer, discusses new work inspired by the changing seasonal plant life throughout Garden in the Woods. Come in person at Garden in the Woods, or tune in via Zoom.

Thursday, October 24, 6:00-9:00 p.m. - Night of Illumination - Our annual fall event exclusively for members features the nocturnal transformation of Garden in the Woods with 1,000 luminaria and other delightful displays. Personal level members will be able to buy tickets up to the guest limit specified by your membership. Get details here!

Saturday, November 16, 3:30 p.m. - Regional Impact Award presentation to Dr. John Daigle, a tribal member of the Penobscot Indian Nation, professor of Forest Recreation Management, and a program leader for the Parks, Recreation, and Tourism program at the University of Maine. He will give a talk after the presentation. Commonwealth Salon Community Room, Boston Public Library Main Branch. Register here.

Image: Bellingham Biodioversity, 48 x 36, mixed media on wood panel, © Julie C. Baer

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Making Headlines

Gardenista talked with CEO Tim Johnson about ecological horticulture."Cultivating Place" host Jennifer Jewell also profiled Tim, who has been featured in podcasts by WHMP radio, awaytogarden, and Growing Greener, as well as quoted by CNN. MetroWest Daily News covered our annual intern presentations in a photo essay. Director of Conservation Michael Piantedosi took WBUR-FM into the woods to report on our 40-year field research on a rare orchid; the story also ran on NPR's "Here and Now." Michael also spoke with the Rutland (VT) Herald and the Boston Globe about New Hampshire's rare plants and coauthored a Public Garden Magazine story on our Conserving Plant Diversity in New England report. Senior Research Botanist Arthur Haines parsed hawthorn conservation in The Atlantic. Director of Horticulture Uli Lorimer is the Boston Globe's new "Ask the Gardener" columnist and has appeared in stories in American Gardener (July/August), The WildStory podcast, the Washington Post, and Martha Stewart's blog, among other media.

Photo: CEO Tim Johnson (R) with radio host Brian Adams in the WHMP studio, Northampton, MA, Jane Roy Brown © Native Plant Trust

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Uli Lorimer Is the Globe's New "Ask the Gardener" Expert

Director of Horticulture Uli Lorimer is the new “Ask the Gardener” columnist for The Boston Globe! Following long-time columnist Carol Stocker and more recently, R. Wayne Mezitt, Uli will explore garden-related topics and answer questions submitted by Globe readers in a biweekly column, while remaining full time at Native Plant Trust. Read Uli's premier column here.

Photo: Director of Horticulture Uli Lorimer shows off the Pennsylvania sedge (Carex pensylvanica) "lawn" at Garden in the Woods, © WBUR-FM

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Check Out Our Fall/Winter Classes!

Our classes and field studies for fall 2024 and winter 2025 are now posted on our website, which means you can start signing up now. Look for Art & Nature courses to round out your favorites in plant science as well as designing and gardening with native plants. Don't worry, our late summer/early fall classes are still available too--but register soon before they fill up!

Photo: Learning about plants in the field, Erin Hammes © Native Plant Trust