Garden in the Woods 2024 Hours
Happy spring! Garden in the Woods is open daily, 10 a.m.–5 p.m., through mid-October. Hours for plant shopping at the Garden Shop at Garden in the Woods are the same as the Garden's visiting hours. See how to preorder plants here or in the box to the left. Here's contact info for Garden visitors and plant shoppers.
Nasami Farm's Garden Shop opens on Saturday, April 27, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., with Members' Preview Day on Friday, April 26, also 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Thereafter, Nasami's shop is open on Saturdays and Sundays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., or by appointment.
Welcome back!
Photo: Garden in the Woods visitors, © Melissa Blackall/Wildlinks
Pre-order Your Plants Now!
It's time to pre-order your plants for 2024! Download the new plant list on our Buy Native Plants page and use it as an order form. Pre-order your plants now for pick-up after the Garden Shops at Garden in the Woods and Nasami Farm open in April!
This year's plant list also includes a link to our Garden Plant Finder for each species, so you can see if your site conditions match the needs of plants you like. See full ordering instructions at Buy Native Plants.
Photo: Eastern bluebells (Mertensia virginica), © Uli Lorimer
Unload a Plant Truck, Get a Discount on Plants
As we rev up for the garden season, our native plant sales staff needs your muscle! Volunteer to help unload plant shipments at Nasami Farm in western Massachuseetts between April 1 and April 25, and we will reward you with 25% plant order discount! To volunteer, please email nasaminatives@NativePlantTrust.org. Thank you!
P.S. Thanks to all of you who helped unload trucks at Garden in the Woods in March! We're done there!
Photo: Plant sales area in summer at Garden in the Woods, Gary Sloan © Native Plant Trust
This Mother's Day, Give a Membership
Mother’s Day is on Sunday, May 12, and Native Plant Trust gift memberships are just a few clicks away. We'll mail your mother, sister, aunt, or grandmother her new member card and include a special message from you. Let us help bring some spring cheer to the special women in your life. Gift memberships start at $40 for Mom, $75 if you want to treat Dad too. Your gift offers many benefits for mom and the environment:
- Help create more native plant habitat for pollinators and other wildlife
- Enjoy members-only events with others who enjoy native plants
- Reap discounts on plants, classes, admission to Garden in the Woods, and other good stuff
Buy your gift membership online or call 774-519-5570.
Photo: Mothers' Day at Garden in the Woods, 2023, © Melissa Blackall/Wildlinks
Meet Our New CEO
Join Native Plant Trust in welcoming Tim Johnson as our new chief executive officer, following the retirement of Executive Director Debbi Edelstein in January. Tim assumes this new title after previously serving as the director of the botanic garden and professor of practice at Smith College. Tim has already started applying his leadership experience to deliver impact in ecological horticulture, conservation, and education. Learn more about Tim in this interview with Thomas Christopher in the Growing Greener podcast. —Bill Huyett, Chair, Board of Trustees
Read more about Tim here. Read Bill's farewell to Debbi here.
Photo: Tim Johnson, © Sam Masinter
Newsworthy Native Plant Trust
CEO Tim Johnson recently appeared on two podcasts, Margaret Roach's awaytogarden and Thomas Christopher's Growing Greener. Director of Conservation Michael Piantedosi spoke with the Boston Globe about saving New Hampshire's rare plants and also coauthored an article about our Conserving Plant Diversity in New England report in the February issue of Public Garden Magazine. Director of Horticulture Uli Lorimer is featured in Gardenista on April 4 and March 27, The WildStory podcast, the Boston Globe, and the Washington Post. Martha Stewart also devoted a recent blog post to Uli. And Uli's June 2023 appearance on the Native Plants, Healthy Planet podcast rated #6 of the show's top 10 most popular episodes of all time! Closer to home, MetroWest Daily News recently took a pre-season peek at our new Hop Brook bridge.
Photo: Mayflower (Epigaea repens), Uli Lorimer © Native Plant Trust