Generation Native Plant Nursery

05/28/2026

We are proud to be a "Safe for Monarchs" certified nursery via Monarch Collaborative! They helped us hone safe growing practices, and pointed out which of our plants are scientifically proven to be best for Monarchs.

🦋Black Eyed Susan
🦋Blue Vervain
🦋Cardinal Flower
🦋Common Ironweed
🦋Cup Plant
🦋Dense Blazing Star
🦋Prairie Dock
🦋Rose Milkweed
🦋Smooth Blue Aster
🦋Sweet Joe Pye W**d

Grateful for this partnership!

05/17/2026

New plants are sprouting daily! Watch for inventory updates each Sunday. Added this week:
🌼Dense Blazing Star
🌼Fireweed
🌼Ironweed
🌼June Grass
🌼Poke Milkweek
🌼Prairie Dock
🌼Prairie Dropseed
🌼Wild Senna

Place an order on our website (www.generationnativeplants.com/shop) or check out our sale dates starting in June!

Our plants are available starting in mid-June because we choose not to burn fuel to heat our growing space ✌ The hoophouse extends the season by a few weeks, but we flow with spring's natural rhythm.

05/06/2026

Mark your calendars for our 2026 sale dates! Our small nursery does not have weekly browsing hours; sales are the best time to visit.

05/05/2026

🌿LESS LAWN = MORE LIFE 🌿
What if your backyard was full of birds, butterflies, and life, and getting there took just one small action a week?

Join the free Less Lawn More Life Challenge, a 12-week program that guides you through turning your outdoor space into a thriving habitat. No experience needed. No lawn required. Balcony gardens, small plots, and rural acres all count.

The kickoff is a free live virtual event on May 7th at 6pm featuring a keynote from Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of Braiding Sweetgrass.

Every participant starts with a free Wildr Score, a 5-minute ecological health assessment of their outdoor space. Take it at the start of the challenge. Take it again at the end. Most people are surprised by how much changes.

Sign up → lesslawnmorelife.com

Thanks to Wildr Places for hosting!

04/29/2026

Shifting baseline syndrome (SBS) is what happens when we forget how vibrant the natural world used to be. Each generation grows up with a more depleted environment and calls it “normal,” simply because it’s all they’ve ever known.

Think about walking through a park and thinking, “This seems healthy.” But maybe 30 years ago that same park had twice as many birds, wildflowers, or insects. If you never saw that version, you don’t feel the loss — and that quiet forgetting becomes the new baseline. Over time, we start accepting degraded ecosystems as normal.

Researchers warn that this shift lowers our expectations, increases our tolerance for decline, and reduces our urgency to protect what’s left.

What helps:

Intergenerational conversations that reconnect us with what nature used to be.

Direct experiences with nature that sharpen our awareness of change.

Remembering (knowing) the past is the first step to restoring the future.

04/23/2026

Thanks for having me, TRCCS! My favorite moment was when one kid raised their hand simply to share "I love nature!"

04/22/2026

Happy Earth Day! We are celebrating today by...
🦋Gearing up our 100% solar-powered growing space
🦋Planting lupine seeds with kids
🦋Helping our friends with a prescribed prairie burn
🦋Working with a partner's toxicologist to ensure our growing practices are 100% safe for monarchs

It's a great day!

04/18/2026

It's burn season! Periodic fires maintain health, diversity, and productivity of grassland habitat. Volunteering with local landowners to implement prescribed burning is one of our favorite ways to welcome spring.

03/17/2026

Pre-season ordering is available now at https://generationnativeplants.com/shop

03/10/2026

Don't miss Gardening with Native Plants at the Jensen Community Center on April 15!

Nichole Good from Generation Native Plant Nursery will be here on April 15 for Gardening with Native Plants at the Jensen Community Center as she inspires us to build a reciprocal relationship with nature and support local biodiversity by planting native flora in our gardens!