The Natives

03/30/2026

12/16/2025

We will not be open for retail sales Thursday December 18th.
We will be open Friday December 19th from 8am-3pm.
The following week, we will not have a retail day.
Merry Christmas!

09/10/2025

Good morning. Unfortunately we will not be available for retail tomorrow or Friday as we are working off site. Thank you for your understanding.

09/08/2025

Good Monday morning. Just an FYI that we will not be available until Thursday at the earliest. Please check back for information about Thursday before venturing out. We are working offsite this week. Thank you.

08/12/2025

We will not be open for retail August 18-22.
We will be at the Florida Landscape and Nursery Growers Trade Show in Orlando.
Come visit us this Thursday, we have lots of beautiful plants for your yard.

07/30/2025

We have walked around the sandhill property at The Natives for over 30 years. I am amazed that we continue to find new species. This is our native Dutchman Pipevine getting ready to bloom. It is about 5-6” tall and the flowers were under leaf litter. I only noticed it as a butterfly was paying attention to this plant and a few other even smaller plants.

06/27/2025

The Bissett family asked Turnpike Enterprise officials to move the highway route to the west, away from the property that holds their native plant nursery.

05/21/2025

Thursday, May 22nd is Graduation Day for my youngest child. Retail Day will need to end at 11:30 so I can be present to celebrate with him.
Thank you for your understanding.
I will be there Friday 8-3 for anyone needing native plants for weekend planting projects.

05/02/2025

Here’s a sampling of some of our Spring beauties.
We have 3g native blueberries ready for planting.
Red Sage to bring in the hummingbirds and butterflies.
Lance leaf Coreopsis and Black-eyed Susans for the happy yellow flowers of Spring.
Come visit us on retail day-Thursdays 8-3 or by appointment other days of the week.
863-422-6664
1617 Champagne Road
Davenport

04/28/2025

Thank you to all who have supported us. We had a productive meeting with FDOT today and they are open to considering different routes in our area. They have received lots of public support for The Natives and we are so appreciative for you all. Nothing is imminent. No official route will be selected until the end of the year and then it will be in Design phase for a couple of years. We will continue business as usual with a greater appreciation of those who love nature and natural Florida and for those who have stepped up for us in the many different ways. Thank you!

04/26/2025

Here is FDOT’s plan for The Natives. The yellow blocks are our lands. Hill nursery, main nursery, office and home of owners, conservation lands. Also not in yellow is our leased land with seed production field, liner growing area and contract growing area.