Where to Find Native Plants
ANNUAL PLANT SALE, Snohomish Conservation District http://www.snohomishcd.org/plant-sale
Held at the Monroe Fairgrounds two days every March. Best to pre-order in January or February. A few plants available at fairgrounds during pick-up. Check their website for ordering information. Plants are plugs or bare root with a few 1 gallon pots. Plants are healthy and inexpensive.
BUSH’S NURSERY, Arlington http://www.bushsnursery.com
Generally has potted native plants which come in 4-inch, 1, 2, or 5 gallon pots and are often delivered by Ian Bush. You can look on his web site to see what’s available, although it may be out of date. However his contact information is there (best to call). His plants are very healthy and inexpensive.
FRIENDS OF COTTAGE LAKE, Woodinville http://friendsofcottagelake.org/
Susie Egan grows a lot of native plants at her home and probably two or three times a year has native plant sales somewhere around Cottage Lake. The money is used to help clean up the lake. It is a good idea to get on her e-mail list segan@cottagelakes.com as she gives good gardening tips and lets you know when and where her plants sales are. The plants are pretty inexpensive but you have to get to the sale early because there are limited numbers of plants and those in the know go and help her put out the plants so they can see what they want and get the chosen plants right away when the sale opens.
CENTRAL PUGET SOUND CHAPTER, WA Native Plant Society http://www.wnps.org/chapter_info/chapter_sales.html
The Native Plant Society has native plant sales in the spring and fall. The variety of native plants is amazing and people line up to get in early so as not to loose the chance of getting the plants they want. It is by far the best place to get the unusual ground cover and perennials. The plants are more expensive that the above sources, but the money goes to support a lot of the work of the Chapter. There are plant sales as well at the Salal Chapter in Mt Vernon, which are noted on the above website. As you can imagine, this website has a tremendous amount of information on native plants.
KRUCKEBERG BOTANIC GARDENS, Shoreline http://www.kruckeberg.org/
The plants at this garden were established by Arthur Kruckeberg and his wife and eventually the garden was given over to the city of Shoreline, but Art Kruckeberg and his children are still involved. It’s a good place to go to look at the plants that you are considering planting. You can buy plants there. They are also more expensive, but the money goes to the Kruckeberg Botanic Gardens Foundation. Art Kruckeberg was a professor at UW and wrote a book about northwest native plants, which is at the Sno-Isle Library.
GO NATIVES, Richmond Beach http://www.gonatives.com/
This nursery has over 100 species of native plants and the prices are good. You will need to call to place an order or to go to the nursery to pick out plants. They also have neighborhood sales at times.
MORE NURSERIES are listed on the KING COUNTY GREEN WEBSITE:
http://www.kingcounty.gov/environment/stewardship/nw-yard-and-garden/native-plant-nurseries-washington.aspx
FREE NATIVE PLANTS
PLANT SALVAGE - Plants can be obtained from sites that are to be developed and the plants removed as a result. You can check with the city of Mukilteo or even surrounding cities to determine if there are development permits and if a site would be available for plant salvage. “Free” is probably a misnomer since you will have to dig up the plants, which is not always easy. Do not do any plant salvage without obtaining permission from the landowner. If you hear about opportunities for plant salvaging, please let our team know so that we can salvage as a group. For an abundance of information about plant salvaging, including the ethics of doing this, how to plant salvaged plants, etc., go to the WSU Cooperative Extension website. http://gardening.wsu.edu/text/nvgettng.htm
PLANT EXCHANGE –You can get plants from others who have extra plants in their yards that they wish to give away.
Held at the Monroe Fairgrounds two days every March. Best to pre-order in January or February. A few plants available at fairgrounds during pick-up. Check their website for ordering information. Plants are plugs or bare root with a few 1 gallon pots. Plants are healthy and inexpensive.
BUSH’S NURSERY, Arlington http://www.bushsnursery.com
Generally has potted native plants which come in 4-inch, 1, 2, or 5 gallon pots and are often delivered by Ian Bush. You can look on his web site to see what’s available, although it may be out of date. However his contact information is there (best to call). His plants are very healthy and inexpensive.
FRIENDS OF COTTAGE LAKE, Woodinville http://friendsofcottagelake.org/
Susie Egan grows a lot of native plants at her home and probably two or three times a year has native plant sales somewhere around Cottage Lake. The money is used to help clean up the lake. It is a good idea to get on her e-mail list segan@cottagelakes.com as she gives good gardening tips and lets you know when and where her plants sales are. The plants are pretty inexpensive but you have to get to the sale early because there are limited numbers of plants and those in the know go and help her put out the plants so they can see what they want and get the chosen plants right away when the sale opens.
CENTRAL PUGET SOUND CHAPTER, WA Native Plant Society http://www.wnps.org/chapter_info/chapter_sales.html
The Native Plant Society has native plant sales in the spring and fall. The variety of native plants is amazing and people line up to get in early so as not to loose the chance of getting the plants they want. It is by far the best place to get the unusual ground cover and perennials. The plants are more expensive that the above sources, but the money goes to support a lot of the work of the Chapter. There are plant sales as well at the Salal Chapter in Mt Vernon, which are noted on the above website. As you can imagine, this website has a tremendous amount of information on native plants.
KRUCKEBERG BOTANIC GARDENS, Shoreline http://www.kruckeberg.org/
The plants at this garden were established by Arthur Kruckeberg and his wife and eventually the garden was given over to the city of Shoreline, but Art Kruckeberg and his children are still involved. It’s a good place to go to look at the plants that you are considering planting. You can buy plants there. They are also more expensive, but the money goes to the Kruckeberg Botanic Gardens Foundation. Art Kruckeberg was a professor at UW and wrote a book about northwest native plants, which is at the Sno-Isle Library.
GO NATIVES, Richmond Beach http://www.gonatives.com/
This nursery has over 100 species of native plants and the prices are good. You will need to call to place an order or to go to the nursery to pick out plants. They also have neighborhood sales at times.
MORE NURSERIES are listed on the KING COUNTY GREEN WEBSITE:
http://www.kingcounty.gov/environment/stewardship/nw-yard-and-garden/native-plant-nurseries-washington.aspx
FREE NATIVE PLANTS
PLANT SALVAGE - Plants can be obtained from sites that are to be developed and the plants removed as a result. You can check with the city of Mukilteo or even surrounding cities to determine if there are development permits and if a site would be available for plant salvage. “Free” is probably a misnomer since you will have to dig up the plants, which is not always easy. Do not do any plant salvage without obtaining permission from the landowner. If you hear about opportunities for plant salvaging, please let our team know so that we can salvage as a group. For an abundance of information about plant salvaging, including the ethics of doing this, how to plant salvaged plants, etc., go to the WSU Cooperative Extension website. http://gardening.wsu.edu/text/nvgettng.htm
PLANT EXCHANGE –You can get plants from others who have extra plants in their yards that they wish to give away.
