Grow Wild A Native Plant Nursery

05/09/2026

‼️WE ARE OPEN!!! 🐝🪻
&
MOTHER'S DAY SALE!! 🤩 Gallons galore!

Saturday: 9am-6pm
Sunday: 1-6pm
*Regular hours start Weds 13th 🥳 for the rest of the season.

We are so excited to share our plants with y'all!

*This is the last weekend to purchase for "CSN (Community Shared Natives) and "Plant of the Month"--awesome mother's day gifts if you ask us! ;)
We also have gift certificates for sale online. https://www.growwildnatives.com/shop-9

Check out these Spring beauties flowering in the Nursery right now! 😍🤩

01/27/2026

For many of us winter is a time for reflection. I’m not much for New Year’s resolutions; they don’t generally work well for me. I do, though, like to reflect on the previous year and think about things that ARE working for me and things that maybe aren’t so much. Grow Wild! is a big part of ...

01/12/2026

Grant opportunity for those looking to add native plants to their landscape.

The Habitat Gardening in Central New York (HGCNY) Chapter of Wild Ones offers small grants to help homeowners in Central New York add native plants to their yards or gardens. These projects support pollinators, birds, and local ecosystems by using plants native to our region. A limited number of gra...

12/21/2025

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An example of the magic that I experience is captured in this video recorded by my husband, Guy Mott. We spent hours this particular morning a few weeks ago walking around the house looking out the windows in utter awe. The moon setting as a backdrop to the vegetation sparkling like winter fireflies...

12/02/2025

Winter Newsletter

Practicing Gratitude I just returned from spending Thanksgiving with my 94-year-old Mother, Phyllis English, who lives in Hendersonville, NC. For me, Thanksgiving is not only a day to share a meal with family and friends, it's also a day to take time to reflect on who we are thankful for, and my mot...

11/06/2025

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Another Season Comes to an End The closing of the nursery each Autumn has a bittersweet feeling. For six months I greet returning customers and meet many new people doing the good work of planting native plants. Whether it’s a small garden in a city yard or a much larger restoration project, each ...

09/24/2025

It's nut harvesting season!! 😍🐿

When we can, we wild harvest local nuts to grow trees for you. Meg scored a bunch of Shagbark Hickory nuts AND found a secret grove of Chestnut Oaks with acorns.🐿🌰

Hopefully we will have baby trees for you come Spring! 🥰

09/19/2025

Fun Caterpillars over here! 🐛

2 different species that eat goldenrod and asters & one who's adult stage (butterfly) uses them for fuel to get home! 😍🦋🌀

09/19/2025

📯We will be there tomorrow with a great selections of plants! You still have plenty of time to get plants in the ground and established before our first frost. 🍂

Come check out this awesome event and stop by! 🐝🌼

Bee Smart: Grow Native! Plant Festival & Sale HIGHLIGHT

Building a Pollinator Garden in Central NY
At 1:00 pm in the refuge Visitor Center, join Krissy Boys from Finger Lakes Native Plant Society, for an in-depth presentation outlining step by step how to build a native plant garden for the specialist bees of the Northeast. Krissy will discuss:
▪plant sourcing by local nurseries that understand the need to provide genetically appropriate plant material
▪building the all-inclusive pollinator garden for the native bee species most in need
▪plant propagation protocols, including seed collecting, treatments and timing for successful propagation on your own

At 1:45 on the lawn/under the tent, stay for the workshop with Krissy following her presentation while she guides you through the proper seed handling and plant propagation techniques. Take home your own native plant seeds ready for planting and “dig” in.

EVENT LINK: https://www.facebook.com/share/14LdzVy6BXq/

Photo credit: USFWS/Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge

09/13/2025

MATRIX PLANTING IS DONE! 💪

Thank you everyone who came out to share this beautiful weather with us and help us complete our first Matrix project.🌱🌞🙏

We can't wait to watch this fill in! 😍

09/12/2025

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