Download a PDF of the 2025 Wild Ones River City Michigan Native Plant Vendor List (updated 2-17-25)
‘Local’ Michigan Native Plant Sources document divided into categories by:
• Annual sales
• Limited in-person sale dates
• Sales online all season
• Sales by appointment
• In-person sales all season
Michigan Native Plant Vendors
ALLEGAN CONSERVATION DISTRICT
2025 Native Tree Sale – April 26 (Pre-orders due April 18)
9 am–2 pm
2025 Native Plant Sale – check website
(Check website for order form for both sales.)
Pickup location for both sales: 2412 Taft Road, Allegan, MI 49010
Allegan Conservation district address: 1668 Lincoln Rd., Allegan, MI 49010
(269) 941-6165 • [email protected] • allegancd.org
ARTEMIS GROWERS, LLC
Courtney Cheers, owner
8247 Grand River Ave, Saranac, MI 48881
(616) 304-4579 • [email protected]
Open hours by appointment. Check social media for posted public sale dates and events.
Offering native Michigan wildflowers, grasses, sedges, shrubs, and trees.
Gallon size plants are grown primarily in 10″ cone-tainers, trees and shrubs in 14″ Treepots.
BIG BLUESTEM FARM
Ken Hoganson, Jr., Owner
Bitely, MI
(630) 915-7715 • [email protected]
BIRDSFOOT NATIVE NURSERY
Garrett Moyes/Blythe Webster, Owners/Licensed Growers
4276 Woodman Road, Boardman, Michigan
(231) 313-6749 • [email protected]
birdsfootnativenursery.com Retail sales are pre-order only via email.
Growing Michigan native wildflowers, grasses and shrubs for landscapes and habitat restoration.
BLACK CAP FARM NATIVE PLANT NURSERY
Matt LaMore, Owner/Grower
5265 Crescent Beach Rd, Onekama, MI 49675
Nursery opens May 2025
Greenhouse shopping hours: M, T, Th, F, S • 10 am–5 pm
Sunday noon–4 pm, closed Wednesdays.
(231)398-5972 • [email protected]
blackcapplants.com
Offering wide variety of trees, shrubs, grasses, perennials—all native.
BLANDFORD NATURE CENTER
Native Plant Sale (In-person Browse & Buy) Check website.
Blandford Nature Center Farm • 3145 Milo St NW, Grand Rapids 49534
www.blandfordnaturecenter.org
CALVIN ECOSYSTEM PRESERVE & NATIVE GARDENS
2025 Annual Native Plant Sale
Saturday, May 17 • 10 am–2 pm
In-person sale at Calvin’s Venema Plaza and Gardens
Online orders start May 23 • Check website
1750 E. Beltline Ave SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546
(616) 648-9749 • [email protected]
calvin.edu/go/preserve
DESIGNS BY NATURE, LLC
Vern Stephens, Owner/Licensed Grower
9874 Chadwick, Laingsburg, MI 48848 (by appointment)
(517) 230-2923 • [email protected]
designsbynaturellc.com
Native plant nursery and native landscape consulting.
DESIGNS BY NATURE SOUTH
Brian VanPatten, Owner/Licensed Grower Flint, Michigan
(810) 618-2529 • [email protected]
DESIGNS BY NATURE UPPER PENINSULA, LLC
Designs by Nature – Upper Peninsula Native Plants, LLC
Michele Wietak-Stephens, Owner
(906) 250-9157 • [email protected]
UPNativePlants.com
DESIGNS BY NATURE WEST, LLC
Independently owned franchise of Designs by Nature
Joe Sulak, Owner/Licensed Grower
Rockford, MI
(616) 490-2157 • [email protected]
By appointment only between June 15 and fall.
Native forbs, graminoids, installation/maintenance.
EAST MICHIGAN NATIVE PLANTS, LLC
Angela Nelson, Owner/Licensed Grower
5320 S New Lothrop Rd, Durand, MI 48429
(810) 333-7501 • [email protected]
On-line ordering at eastmichnatives.com
Check the website for shipping, delivery and pick up dates.
On-site shopping appointments begin May 15, 2025
Michigan genotype, pesticide-free wildflowers, and grasses.
FERAL FLORA
Nursery address: 3825 Nixon Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Mailing address: 1509 Charlton Ave. Ann Arbor, MI 49103
(734) 224-2080 • [email protected]
feralflora.com
Retail and wholesale native plant nursery that offers design and installation services.
GO GROW PLANT NATIVES, LLC
Debra Montgomery, Owner/Licensed Grower
(517) 930-0354 • [email protected]
gogrowplantnatives.com
Native Michigan Plant Nursery: flowers, grasses, sedges, shrubs, and trees.
Sales suspended for 2025
GROW WISE LEARNING, GREENHOUSE, LLC
Sally Triant, Owner/Licensed Grower
Rockford, MI 49341
(616) 540-7236 • [email protected]
www.growwiselearning.com
Native Michigan Plant Nursery: flowers, grasses, sedges, shrubs, and trees.
Check the website for sales in spring and fall.
GRULER GARDENS
Monica Gruler Farrier, Owner
1298 East Gruler Rd, Petoskey, MI 49770
(231) 216-6161 • [email protected]
grulergardens.com
Plants available late May/early June. Visits by appt. only.
See website or Facebook for dates and info.
HIDDEN SAVANNA NURSERY
Chad Hughson
Nursery address: 100 N Van Kal St., Kalamazoo, MI 49009
Mailing address: 18 N Van Kal Street, Kalamazoo, MI 49009
(269) 352-3876 • [email protected]
hiddensavanna.com
Sales start May 17 • check website
Michigan native wildflowers, grasses, shrubs, and trees sold in containers and plugs. Specializing in SW Michigan genotypes.
KENT CONSERVATION DISTRICT
Native Tree & Shrub Sale – Sat., April 19 (Pre-orders due April 4)
Browse ‘n Buy and Pickup Orders: • 10 am–3 pm
Native Wildflower Sale – Sat., May 10 (Pre-orders due May 1)
Native Forbs, Grasses, and Sedges
Browse & Buy and Pickup Orders 10 am–3 pm.
(Order online or check website for order form for both sales.)
3200 Eagle Park Dr, NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49525
(616) 222-5846 • [email protected] • kentconservation.org
LIV’S NATIVE NURSERY
Milan, MI
734.244.3012 • [email protected]
livsnativenursery.com
Consultation, Planning, and Native Plants
MICHIGAN WILDFLOWER FARM
Esther Durnwald, Owner
11770 Cutler Road, Portland, MI 48875
(517) 647-6010 • [email protected]
michiganwildflowerfarm.com
Michigan native wildflower/grass seed producer, consulting, and native landscaping services; open by appointment.
MICHIGANESE NATIVES
Northville, MI
Retail Sales @ Graye’s Greenhouse, 8820 North Lilley Road, Plymouth, MI 48170
(248) 670.1583 • [email protected]
Online sales michiganensenatives.com
Wildflowers, grasses, sedges, aquatics, shrubs, ferns
MUSKEGON CONSERVATION DISTRICT
2025 Spring Seedling Sale
Check website for plant sale information.
Orders due March 10 • Pickup April 26, 9 am–2 pm
Purchase extras 12 pm–2 pm
Perennial Sale pre-order deadline: May 1, 2025
Pickup May 17, 10 am–1 pm.
4735 Holton Road, Twin Lake, MI 49457
(231) 828-5097 • [email protected]
muskegoncd.org
NATIVE CONNECTIONS
Jared Foster
3815 N Westnedge Ave, Kalamazoo, MI 49004
(269) 459-6900 • [email protected]
nativeconnections.net
Michigan genotype native grass and wildflower seed production, custom seed mixes and consultation.
Hours by appointment M–F.
NEW LEAF NATIVES
Chris Oesterling
9587 Saline Waterworks Rd., Manchester, MI 48158
(734) 330-7175 • [email protected]m
www.newleafnatives.com
A wholesale and retail native plant nursery which grows over 300 species of perennials, grasses, shrubs, and trees native to the Great Lakes region. The nursery is appointment only, aside from our public sales days posted on the website. Orders can be placed via phone, email, or through our online store for pick-up or shipping. In 2021, New Leaf Natives merged with the landscape and design firm, Creating Sustainable Landscapes and currently offers an extensive list of ecological services.
OTTAWA CONSERVATION DISTRICT 2025 Tree Seedling Sale
Pre-order by Feb. 23–March 28
Pickup April 18 • 9 am–4 pm
Reenders Blueberry Farms
9981 W. Olive Rd, West Olive, MI
2025 Native Plant Sale
Pre-order by March 28, 2025
Browse & Buy: May 17, 2025 • 9 am–12 pm
Hemlock Crossing Nature Center
(616) 842-.5852 ext. 5 • [email protected]
ottawacd.org
THE GARDEN GURU, LLC
Alysia G. Babcock, Owner/Licensed Grower
9065 Myers Lake Avenue, Rockford, MI 49341
(269) 208-3401 • [email protected]
thegardengurukzoo.com
Friday Native Plant Sales: May 30–Oct. 10, 2025 • 8 am–3 pm
Sales by appointment; check social media/our website for sale dates.
Offering flowers, shrubs, trees, grasses and sedges, design, installation, garden makeovers and maintenance.
WILD GINGER WOODLANDS
Sally Gerrard, Owner/Licensed Grower
221 E Shoesmith Rd, Haslett, MI 48840
(517) 282-9626 • [email protected]
wildgingerwoodlands.com
WILD ONES RIVER CITY-GRAND RAPIDS AREA CHAPTER 2024 Annual Native Plant Sale Fundraiser
Public pre-order online June 1 – 13
Wild Ones members get early access May 27–31.
June 18 – Pickup orders and Browse & Buy: 4:45–6:45 pm
Fulton Street Farmers Market
1145 Fulton St E, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
[email protected]
rivercitywildones.org
Please use the Fountain Street entrance.
WILD ONES RIVER CITY-GRAND RAPIDS AREA CHAPTER Farmers Market Days Native 2025 Plant Sales
Partner events with the Native Plant Guild
Fridays: July 18, August 15, and September 19 • 8 am–2 pm at Fulton Street Farmers Market
1145 Fulton St E, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
[email protected]
rivercitywildones.org
WILDTYPE NATIVE PLANTS – ECOLOGICAL SERVICES
Bill Schneider
900 North Every Rd., Mason, MI 48854
2025 Public Sales by appointment or pre-order on-line, start May 14
wildtypeplants.com
(517) 244-1140 • [email protected]
Native trees, shrubs, wildflowers, grasses; ecological services
WINDY ROCK FARM & NURSERY
Plants with Purpose
Vince Ste. Marie
6750 Sharon Hollow Road, Manchester, MI 48158
734.358.8260 • [email protected]
windyrocknursery.com
Open to the public: April–October, Monday–Saturday • 9 am–6 pm
native trees, shrubs, and perennial wildflowers for pollinators.
DISCLAIMER
Wild Ones River City-Grand Rapids Area is a chapter of Wild Ones, a non-profit, tax-exempt organization under Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3) As such, Wild Ones River City chapter (WORC) does not endorse or promote any business entity which produces or markets native plants or seeds, or which provides landscape design or installation services. The list of local vendors is provided for informational purposes only, and Wild Ones River City Chapter disclaims any and all liability for the quality of planning, materials, or workmanship of businesses included in its list of local vendors.