Local Retail Plant Sources
Russells Garden Center–Wayland, MA Great garden center, especially for annuals and native plants.
Stonegate Gardens–Lincoln, MA Beautiful place to visit. Best selection of interesting perennials, shrubs and trees. Great and unique annuals, just sold to Weston Nurseries.
Oakhaven Sanctuary-North Reading, MA Native only and appointment only nursery.
Cochato Nursery–Holbrook, MA Amazing gardens and wonderful selection of plants.
Weston Nursery–Hopkinton, Chelmsford and Hingham, MA Probably the biggest and one of the best for broad range of materials and supplies. Significant family in horticulture.
Blue Stem Natives–Norwell, MA Fantastic, natives only nursery. Great resource and supplier of not so easy to find plants.
Prickly Ed’s Cactus Patch–Barrington, RI Native Plant Emporium. Wicked awesome plants for wicked awesome people, says it all!
Broken Arrow Nursery–Hamden, CT Cool and unusual plants and they do mail order.
Walker Farm–Dummerston, VT Fun nursery with wild selection of annuals and endless choices for vegetables. Worth a trip close to Brattleboro.
Sylvan Nursery–Wesport, MA An old favorite with quality plants managed by expert plants people. Primarily a wholesale nursery but have days for retail customers.
Nasami Farm and Garden in the Woods – Whately, MA and Framingham, MA Nursery of the Native Plant Trust (formerly New England Wildflower Society) with great selection of native plants.
Issima – Little Compton, RI This is pure love of plants with some very special offerings in a beautiful place.
Tool Companies
Hida Tool – A Berkeley, CA favorite for some special tools for garden and home sourced from Japan. Very cool place.
Lee Valley Tools – Another great place for broad range of tools for garden and home.
A.M. Leonard – Big horticultural industry supplier.
Garden Tool Company – Small company retailing top-quality tools for the garden.
Online Bulb/Specialty Sources
Seed Suppliers
Scheepers Kitchen Garden Seeds
Miscellaneous
Mad Mic’s Mulch, Natural and organic mulch for your gardens.
Blue Hill Observatory and Science Center
Places to Visit
Wright-Locke Farm, Winchester, MA
Garden in the Woods, Framingham, MA
The Trustees of Reservations, 117 places across MA
Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Dover, MA
Mass Audubon, dozens of nature centers and sanctuaries across MA
Polly Hill Arboretum, Tisbury, MA
Blithewold Gardens, Bristol, RI
Arnold Arboretum, Boston, MA
New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill, Boylston, MA
Coastal Maine Botanic Gardens, Boothbay, ME
Berkshire Botanical Gardens, Stockbridge, MA
Great Garden Blogs
A Way to Garden – Very knowledgeable, NY Times columnist and used to work with Martha…
Garden Rant – Group of garden writers. Great reading.
Growing with Plants – Very knowledgeable Worcester horticulturist and toy designer. Go figure.
Pith + Vigor – High-end, focused on design. Beautiful.
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