South Coast Gardens

South Coast Gardens South Coast Gardens is a small plant nursery in Norfolk County near the shores of Lake Erie, Ontario.

We sell native trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants, and other botanical specialties. We also consult on gardening and conservation, and do presentations.

Three plants that are in flower right now at the nursery...Bowman's Root that is great for woodland shade; Smooth Phlox ...
06/14/2026

Three plants that are in flower right now at the nursery...Bowman's Root that is great for woodland shade; Smooth Phlox that is attractive to pollinators and Foxglove Penstemon that is adaptable to full sun and part shade.

Excited to be helping Long Point Basin Land Trust with their growing conservation work in the Norfolk area. Always fun t...
06/13/2026

Excited to be helping Long Point Basin Land Trust with their growing conservation work in the Norfolk area. Always fun to be filmed by the Work Cabin team. Gregg and Cynthia are pros and they make everything with a shoot go very smoothly.

Late spring colour around the gardens today. A selection of natives and near natives. If only we could get some rain! We...
06/11/2026

Late spring colour around the gardens today. A selection of natives and near natives. If only we could get some rain! We have missed all the thunderstorms over the past few days...this is our 19th day with no rain!. Maybe tonight!

We are now open every Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 10 to 5 until the end of October.

May was a wild and crazy month with big swings in weather, potting up thousands of plants and getting our landscaping se...
06/07/2026

May was a wild and crazy month with big swings in weather, potting up thousands of plants and getting our landscaping season underway! Our team has grown and I want to thank them all for putting in long days and doing so with big smiles. Really proud of our 2026 staff. Clockwise from upper left: Dylan being ecstatic about one of our rhododendrons, Sherry enjoying a great tree hug, Susan admiring her namesake 'Susan' magnolia, Ryan hanging out in a dogwood tree and Aidan enjoying an Australian Bottlebrush tree (one of our summer subtropical display items). It is reassuring to be heading into the summer season with such great colleagues. Thanks to my partner Gregor as well for all the help and support he provides on a daily basis.

Thank you Laura Rodger for this lovely video capturing the beautiful day at our workshop on plants for shade. Thanks too...
06/07/2026

Thank you Laura Rodger for this lovely video capturing the beautiful day at our workshop on plants for shade. Thanks too to Dylan Cowan and Aidan Young for their help with the presentations. Hit the open button under the image to play the video! This workshop was part of Long Point Basin Land Trust's event series.

There is still room in the Gardening with Native Shade Plants workshop we are putting on at South Coast Gardens for the ...
06/07/2026

There is still room in the Gardening with Native Shade Plants workshop we are putting on at South Coast Gardens for the Long Point Basin Land Trust Sunday morning June 7th from 10am to noon. It's free and you can park next door at the Pond Reserve or in front of the nursery if there is room. Bring a lawn chair and relax in the shade. The nursery is across the street from #1634 front road.

Umbrella magnolia (Magnolia tripetala) caught flowering in the late evening light. Native to the central and southern Ap...
06/01/2026

Umbrella magnolia (Magnolia tripetala) caught flowering in the late evening light. Native to the central and southern Appalachian Mountains, it does well here in southern Ontario. The new and very large leaves create a whorl as they emerge in spring which is why the tree is referred to as umbrella magnolia.

05/31/2026

This evening just after sunset and with a full moon rising an unexpected voice rang out in the nursery gardens. While we have had increasing numbers and diversity of birds visiting trees and other plantings I was surprised to have a whip-poor-will begin serenading us from the depths of our plantings. Such a cool song. Rather repetitive but that's what whip-poor-will songs are all about. Sound up to hear it best.

A Calsap Rhododendron being enjoyed by a bumblebee. Simple as that. Happy late spring!
05/28/2026

A Calsap Rhododendron being enjoyed by a bumblebee. Simple as that. Happy late spring!

I took a quick stroll through the nursery gardens last evening with a light drizzle falling. Captured a few moisture lad...
05/25/2026

I took a quick stroll through the nursery gardens last evening with a light drizzle falling. Captured a few moisture laden spring things in flower. Enjoy!

Address

1634 Front Road
Port Rowan, ON
N0E1P0

Opening Hours

Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 1pm - 5pm

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