How We Do It

If you're wondering how we got all these plants, it was a long process, extending over many years of trades, purchases and growing from seed.

The following nurseries have been used to populate our yard with natives:

  • Prairie Moon Nursery, Minnesota
  • Keeping it Green Nursery, Washington
  • Fourth Corner Nursery, Washington
  • Inside Passage Seeds, Washington
  • Alplains Seeds, Colorado
  • Derby Canyon Natives, Washingon
  • Wetlands Nursery, Michigan
  • Morning Sky Greenery, Minnesota
  • Missouri Wildflowers Nursery, Missouri
  • Western Native Seed, Colorado
  • Kansas Native Plants, Kansas
  • Gardens of the Blue Ridge Nursery, North Carolina
  • Prairie Seed Source, Wisconsin
  • Maryland Aquatic Nursery, Maryland
  • Far Reaches Farm, Washington
  • Nearly Native Nursery, Georgia
  • Plants of the Wild, Washington
  • Prairie Frontier Seeds, Wisconsin
  • Easy Wildflowers, Missouri
  • Shooting Star Nursery, Kentucky
  • Dropseed Nursery, Kentucky
  • Woodthrush Natives, West Virginia
  • Spangle Creek Labs, Minnesota
  • Native American Seed, Texas
  • Lazy S Farm, Virginia
  • Cypripediums.com, Missouri
  • Telos Rare Bulbs, California
  • Champoeg Nursery, Oregon
  • Butterfly Encounters, California
  • Plants of the Southwest, New Mexico
  • Bluestem Prairie Nursery, Illinois
  • Wild Orchid Company, Pennsylvania (NOW WHOLESALE ONLY)
  • Hidden Savanna Nursery, Michigan (ONSITE ONLY)
  • Stone Silo Nursery, Wisconsin (NOW ONSITE ONLINE)
  • American Native Nursery, Pennsylvania (NOW CLOSED)
  • Far West Bulb Farm, California (NOW CLOSED)
  • Darcy From the Forest, Idaho (NOW CLOSED)
  • Seneca Hill Perennials Nursery, New York (NOW CLOSED)
  • Northwest Native Seed, Washington (NOW CLOSED)

    • In addition, these individuals were instrumental in helping us with the plants we now have - a great big THANK YOU to all:

  • Jerry Murray, Washington
  • Mark Rose, North Carolina
  • Dawn Foglia, New York
  • Iris Voswinkel, The Netherlands
  • Charlie Kelley, Kentucky
  • Pam Nelson, Tennessee
  • Lonnie Murray, Virginia
  • Peter Dziuk, Minnesota
  • Rob Broekhuis, Texas
  • Rainbow Francom, California
  • Don Denney, Tennessee
  • Diane Brooks, Ohio
  • Anurag Agrawal, New York
  • John Knouse, Ohio
  • Dora Pinson, Kentucky
  • Gisela Rohde, California
  • Cathy Jensen, Washington
  • Sharon Middleton, Canada
  • Mary Sue Ittner, California
  • Ellen Honeycutt, Georgia
  • Rick Rodich, Minnesota
  • Patrick Blume, Washington
  • Paul Redfearn, Missouri
  • Joe DiTomaso, California
  • John Potter, Ohio
  • Nancy Wissers, Pennsylvania
  • Susan Gammons, Missouri
  • Elroy Limmer, New Mexico
  • Matt Bowser, Alaska
  • Jim Baines, Texas
  • Becky Panetta, Georgia
  • Dale Lindgren, Nebraska
  • Ed Schilling, Tennessee
  • Magnar Aspaker, Norway
  • Allan Nelson, Texas
  • John Brew, Oregon
  • Eric Ausmus, California
  • John Williams, Utah
  • Jason Sullivan, Ohio
  • Max Licher, Arizona
  • Roger Hammer, Florida
  • Michael Hassler, Germany
  • Bill Collins, Texas
  • Josh Sulman, Wisconsin
  • John Nelson, South Carolina
  • April Mawson, Texas
  • Allena Yates, Missouri
  • Deb Tyler, Missouri
  • Don Loarie, California
  • Ron Bockelman, Washington
  • Andrew Nelson, New York
  • Mrs. Cunningham, Texas
  • Susan McDougall, Washington
  • Dan Carter, Wisconsin
  • Ryan, Canada
  • Klaus Krallmann, Germany
  • John Beaulieu, Canada
  • Steve Matson, Nevada
  • Hermann Falkner, Austria
  • Jennifer Stewart, Colorado
  • Bruno Bergeron, Canada
  • Pam Trewatha, Missouri
  • Cat Chang, California
  • Ron Lance, South Carolina
  • John Hilty, Illinois
  • Yuri Knkipin, South Carolina
  • Tom Halliwell, New Jersey
  • Steve Jones, Arizona
  • Danny Barron, Arkansas
  • Suzette Rogers, Texas
  • Bruce Roberts, Georgia
  • Jozien Keijzer, Canada
  • Allen Norcross, New Hampshire
  • Patricia Simpson, California
  • Linda Vassallo, California
  • Christopher Carrie, North Carolina
  • Connie Taylor, Alaska
  • Wouter Koch, Norway
  • Fiona Hunt, Canada
  • David Mow, Indiana
  • Jackie Donnelly, New York
  • June Beetle, California
  • Amy R, Colorado
  • Reid Ozaki, Washington
  • Daniele Seglie, Itay
  • David Smith, Delaware
  • Clyde Thornhill, Canada
  • Lliam Rooney, United Kingdom
  • Steve Willson, Ohio
  • Roger Boyd, Kansas
  • Scott Sauer, Wisconsin
  • Robby Maxwell, Texas
  • Kim Leighty, North Carolina
  • Teresa Worthship, Texas
  • Elizabeth Makings, Arizona
  • Curt Lehman, Pennsylvania
  • Corey Raimond, Wisconsin
  • Evan Raskin, North Carolina
  • Catherine Graydon, Canada
  • Rick Wachs, California
  • Aaron Lincoln, Texas
  • Matti Suopajarvi, Finland
  • Frank Wallace, Oklahoma
  • Kitty, Alaska
  • Virginia McDaniel, Arkansas
  • Buzz, United Kingdom
  • Deborah Rayfield, Texas
  • Kathy Thatte, Virginia
  • Linda Noss, Ohio
  • Michael Raby, Georgia
  • Tina Huckabee, Texas
  • Kay Kottas, Nebraska
  • Barbara Morris, Louisiana
  • Liana May, Michigan
  • Mikhel Paern, Estonia
  • Brett Whaley, Minnesota
  • Tina Huckabee, Texas
  • Linda Noss, Ohio
  • Anthony Zukoff, Kansas
  • Chris Chaney, Ohio
  • Ricky Haag, Florida
  • Don Wiss, New York
  • Jeff Jackson, South Carolina
  • Devin Moon, Arkansas
  • Kathy McAleese, Texas
  • Amy Flinn, Texas
  • Eric LoPresti, California
  • Deborah Barber, Virginia
  • Ken Lunders, California
  • Cliff Ivy, Arkansas
  • Carolyn Gritzmaker, Texas
  • Kittie Mayfield, Georgia
  • Chris Merritt, Louisiana
  • David East, Missouri
  • Kassia Harris, Missouri
  • Cynthia Cleb, California
  • Ernie Buchanan, Washington
  • Kimberlie Sasan, Texas
  • Joseph Schmidt, Illinois
  • Steve Upperman, Ohio
  • Mark Morgenstern, Texas
  • Gregory Funka, Pennsylvania
  • Dick Wood, California
  • Julie Dablaing, Texas
  • Gerry Queener, Idaho
  • Tony Gerard, Illinois
  • Sid Vogelpohl, Arkansas
  • Shawn Goodchild, Minnesota
  • Bob Sweatt, California
  • Mike Hays, Idaho
  • Leslie Flint, California
  • Kim Leighty, North Carolina
  • Perry Eury, North Carolina
  • Lisa Miller, Oklahoma
  • Irvin Loque, Louisiana
  • Jackie Pascoe, California
  • Suzanne Tuttle, Texas
  • Joan Costlet, Michigan
  • Deborah Brown, Texas
  • John Scholze, Wisconsin
  • Monica Krancevic, Texas
  • Mike Kohler, Canada
  • John Scott, Louisiana
  • Neil Pylant, North Carolina
  • Jonna Krueger, Missouri
  • Lee Elliott, Missouri
  • Andrea Stonecipher, Illinois
  • Mike Farley, Texas
  • Jeff Roylance, Missouri
  • Ilja Fescenko, New Mexico
  • Robert Barber, Indiana
  • Tom Colkett, Georgia
  • Kim Clemons, Texas
  • Rob Klotz, Arizona
  • Alex Hyde, England
  • Gary Chang, Washington
  • Carmen Boleware, Missouri
  • Philip Hyatt, Arkansas
  • Kelly Potter, Missouri
  • Glenn Pollock, Nebraska
  • Tim O'Connell, Oklahoma
  • Steve Peganum, Canada
  • Scott Buckel, Texas

Thank you, all, for your help in building our beautiful extended yard!!