We grow primarily: native to MA, seed grown, ecoregion 59 seed sources shrubs and trees.
We grow non-natives because: Native to when and where and what does the future hold? We just don’t know.
We grow trees for folks who want to hedge their bets and give future people and northward moving critters options for wide perennial solutions.
We sell native species and species which are non-native to Massachusetts AND NON INVASIVE that are:
- on the cutting edge of research as future-climate-suitable, functional replacement species or for use in species restoration,
- food crops because, what are the native perennial fruit-bearing plants in North America?
- energy crops for managed firewood in a coppiced woodlot,
- trees and shrubs for living hedgerows to increase biodiversity along a property or forest line,
- fodder material for livestock
- fodder for dead hedges or Cornell University’s slash walls to take the place of lumber or steel fencing as we need more deer exclusion,
- ideal for farmers, homesteaders, neighborhoods and community groups practicing regenerative annual production by adding perennial agriculture to their mix or creating food forests and agroforestry solutions in New England
We are a registered nursery in the state of Massachusetts. We are inspected yearly and don’t grow or sell anything earmarked as an invasive species in Massachusetts. We do sell pawpaw, persimmon, several hickory and wild plum varieties (US natives), and sweet chestnut crosses.
Folks who buy trees from us have all sorts of reasons for doing so:
- feeding future generations of humans local, perennial food and oils in an unknown climate,
- increasing pollinator and wildlife habitat now and in the future,
- rewilding a broken forest to support diversity, or
- planting a neighborhood nuttery.
Valuing the contributions of non-native species to people and nature
New England Level III and IV ecoregion map (.pdf)
USDA Climate Change Tree Atlas
Indigenous Climate Resilience Network (ICRN)
Native Plant Seed Mapping Toolkit
Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange (CAKE)
Massachusetts Ecosystem Climate Adaptation Network – Mass ECAN

