Trillium Week: May 3–9
Garden in the Woods hosts Trillium Week, our annual celebration of this iconic wildflower, from Sunday, May 3, through Saturday, May 9. Don't miss these key events: drop-in Trillium Tours (see Trillium Week for times), The Native Plant Trust Trillium Collection: An Inside Look (Tuesday, May 5, 5:30–7:30 PM), and our signature Twilight Trilliums event (Friday, May 8, 6–8 PM).
Photo: Trillium erectum, Uli Lorimer © Native Plant Trust
Garden in the Woods Hours
Come celebrate the 2026 growing season at Garden in the Woods!
Hours: 10 AM–5 PM daily, through October 18
Become a Native Plant Trust member to get discounts on Garden admission, plants and merchandise at our Garden Shops (open during Garden hours), classes, and more.
Photo: Curtis Woodland Garden, Dan Jaffe Wilder © Native Plant Trust
Shop Smarter with Our Plant List
Download our plant list and browse plant collections, meadow kits, and more on our Buy Native Plants page. Bring the plant list when you shop in person at our Garden Shops: Garden in the Woods (open daily through mid-October) or Nasami Farm (opening May 2). You may also pre-order plants for pickup at either location.
Via our new online Garden Shop, you can also order e-gift cards (delivered immediately), as well as seeds and books. Physical gift cards are still available by phone: 774-301-8465.
Photo: Nasami Garden Shop plant sales yard, Jane Roy Brown © Native Plant Trust
We're Making News
A selection of recent stories—see more here:
- GBH, The Culture Show Podcast: Uli Lorimer on spring sprouts, garden clean-up, more. Watch it on YouTube!
- Boston Globe, "Ask the Gardener: Understanding the mysterious, subterranean world of soil"
- Concord (NH) Monitor, "Opinion: Protecting our New England plants," by CEO Tim Johnson
- Gardenista, "The Plastic Pot Conundrum"
- Growing Greener Podcast, Director of Conservation Dr. Lea Johnson on herbaria
Photo: WBUR checks out Skooby Laposky sound event, Garden in the Woods, Giffen Maupin © Native Plant Trust
Unload Plants, Earn a Discount
Our Garden Shop at Nasami Farm in western Massachusetts needs volunteers to help unload plants and set up our plant-sales yard through the month of April. Helpers receive a 25% discount on plants during the 2026 season. Drop a line to nasaminatives@NativePlantTrust.org, or sign up here.
If you live closer to Garden in the Woods, in Framingham, MA, and have time to volunteer for tasks at the Garden Shop there, sign up here, or email gardennatives@NativePlantTrust.org.
Photo: Nasami Farm plant sales yard, Jane Roy Brown © Native Plant Trust
April Is National Native Plant Month
April marks the national observance of native plants as "essential for healthy, diverse, and sustainable ecosystems," per a bipartisan resolution first passed by the US Senate in 2021 and repeated annually. “Native Plant Month is a powerful reminder that local action—planting native species, supporting conservation, and connecting with the land—can have lasting impact," says Native Plant Trust CEO Tim Johnson. Read the full resolution here.
Photo: Visitor and spring wildflowers at Garden in the Woods © Melissa Blackall/WildLinks