Garden in the Woods Is Open!
Garden in the Woods is now open daily, 10 a.m.–5 p.m., through September 30, when fall hours begin. Click here for admission and other details about visiting the Garden.
April is an enchanting time in the Garden, when spring woodland wildflowers from blue cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides) to blood-root (Sanguinaria canadensis) are unfurling, with early species in our celebrated Trillium Collection following closely behind.
Attention, gardeners: Our Garden Shop is open during Garden open hours, stocked with hundreds of native plants for sale.
One more thing: Our Garden Shops now recycle plastic pots from plants purchased at Garden in the Woods and Nasami Farm! Please return your pots to the Garden Shops at either location during their open hours.
Photo: Garden in the Woods visitors, © Melissa Blackall/Wildlinks
Join the Movement: 125th Anniversary Symposium
Sign up now for our special Zoom event, Join the Movement: 125th Anniversary Symposium, on Saturday, May 3, 9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Learn why native plants matter and how to work with them in your landscape. For gardeners at any level, lovers of the natural world, environmental advocates, and anyone else who wants to learn about native plants and better understand the role they play in ecosystems.
Speakers include Native Plant Trust Council member Edwina von Gal, landscape designer and founder of the Perfect Earth Project; Trevor Smith, regenerative landscape designer and design and education manager at Weston Nurseries; author and Native Plant Trust Director of Horticulture Uli Lorimer; and Dan Jaffe Wilder, author and director of applied ecology for the Norcross Wildlife Foundation.
Sign up here today!
Photo: Frog with butterfly, Pixabay
Expanded Hours at Nasami Farm
Nasami Farm's Garden Shop in Whately, MA, will open for the season on Friday, April 25, for Native Plant Trust members and on Saturday, April 26, to the public (10 a.m.-5 p.m. both days). After that, we'll be open Thursdays through Sundays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.!
Please email the Garden Shop at Garden in the Woods with Nasami plant orders and questions until Nasami reopens on April 26: gardennatives
@NativePlantTrust.org. From April 26 on, contact Nasami directly: nasaminatives
@NativePlantTrust.org; 413-241-5614.
Photo: Plants for sale at Nasami Farm, Jane Roy Brown © Native Plant Trust
Unload Plants, Earn a Discount on Plant Orders
Volunteer to help our plant sales staff unload plant shipments this spring, and you'll get fit without the gym fees—in fact, you'll even earn a 25 percent discount on plant orders. Opportunities to help are available now at both Garden in the Woods and Nasami Farm.
Interested? Email shopadmin@nativeplanttrust.org with your contact details and availability.
Photo: Blood-root (Sanguinaria canadensis) for sale at Nasami Farm, Jane Roy Brown © Native Plant Trust
Get Ready for Trillium Week: May 11–18
Join us at Garden in the Woods for our 10th-annual Trillium Week, featuring special events centered on our nationally recognized Trillium Collection:
- Take a guided Trillium Tour (Wed., May 14, and Fri., May 16, 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m.; Sat., May 17, and Sun., May 18, 2–3:30 p.m.), free with Garden admission, first-come, first-served.
- Get an inside look at our Trillium Collection: Tues., May 13, 5:30–7:30 p.m.
- Spend an enchanted evening at Twilight Trilliums, with food, libations, and a world-premiere sound installation by Visiting Artist Skooby Laposky—Fri., May 16, 6–8 p.m.
Photo: Painted trillium (Trillium undulatum) © Uli Lorimer
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, download the PDF of our print catalog on the Learn page to explore Personalized Pathways (p. 17), groups of courses curated according to particular interests and knowledge level.
Photo: © Melissa Blackall/WildLinks