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 visitor info.
Learn more about the Garden's plants, ecology, and history on a drop-in tour. We offer walking tours, cart tours, and children's tours, all free with Garden admission, as well as special group tours for a fee. See the Tours box on the Garden in the Woods page.
Attention, gardeners: Our Garden Shop is open during Garden open hours, stocked with hundreds of native plants for sale. And we 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
Give a Membership to Mom
Mothers' Day is Sunday, May 11. Don't get stuck picking out an iffy pair of slippers at the last minute when you can buy or renew a Native Plant Trust gift membership in just a few clicks. If any of the moms in your life live near Garden in the Woods in eastern Mass., or Nasami Farm nursery in western Mass., they'll enjoy discounts on native plants at our Garden Shops, as well as reduced admission to Garden in the Woods. No matter where in New England they live, they'll get discounts on plants at other participating nurseries as well as on our classes, many of which are offered on Zoom. They'll also receive our informative members-only magazine. And you'll both feel proud to support native plant conservation through your gift.
Photo: Past Mothers' Day visitors at Garden in the Woods © Melissa Blackall/WildLinks
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, 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
Expanded Hours at Nasami Farm
Nasami Farm's Garden Shop in Whately, MA, is now open Thursdays through Sundays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.! Part of Nasami Farm nursery, this bucolic location in the Connecticut River Valley is 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.
Please email Nasami plant orders and questions to nasaminatives@NativePlantTrust.org; or call 413-241-5614.
Join today to get a member discount on plants and other shop merchandise.
Photo: Plants for sale at Nasami Farm, Jane Roy Brown © Native Plant Trust
Struggling with Invasive Plants?
Spring means both planting native garden plants and getting a jump on controlling the invasive plants that might be overtaking parts of your yard. We have an entire page packed with info about how to get ahead of them, including state and federal resources for reporting and controlling particular species.
Invasive plants earn their label by growing and reproducing faster than native species in the same growing conditions. Free from the predators, diseases, and other plants that keep them in check in their native ranges, they monopolize the light, water, and other nutrients all plants need. Sometimes these dense colonies even alter the air temperature and soil chemistry around them, further squeezing out other plants and the animals that depend on them.
Photo: Bishop's goutweed (Aegopodium podograria) © Native Plant Trust
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