Garden in the Woods Is Open
Garden in the Woods is open daily, 10 a.m.–5 p.m., through September 30, when fall hours begin. Click here for admission and other visitor info.
Dig into the Garden's plants, ecology, and history on a drop-in tour--walking tours, cart tours, and children's tours, all free with Garden admission, as well as reserved group tours for a fee. See the Tours box on the Garden in the Woods page.
Our Garden Shop is open during Garden hours, stocked with hundreds of native plants.
Photo: Garden in the Woods visitors © Melissa Blackall/Wildlinks
Family Activities at the Garden
Kids love exploring Garden in the Woods, and we have some fun ways to introduce them to the plants and animals that live there. Check out scheduled weekend activities like Plant Play on our Classes and Field Studies page, drop-in children's tours on our Garden in the Woods and For Children & Families pages, as well as special events for kids like Flower Talk, in our events calendar.
Heads up, parents: Adult caregivers must accompany their kids in all children's activities (and they will have a great time too).
Photo: A child with a map at Garden in the Woods © Melissa Blackall/WildLinks
New! On-demand Classes, Personalized Pathways
Miss a Zoom class? We are now recording selected online classes and making the recordings available to registered attendees for two weeks after the classes have taken place. Just click the link on the class description page and watch it on demand. View our full slate of courses here.
If you are a goal-oriented learner or someone who holds a strong interest in a particular subject, explore Personalized Pathways, groups of courses curated according to particular interests and knowledge level.
Photo: © Melissa Blackall/WildLinks
Expanded Hours at Nasami Farm
Nasami Farm's Garden Shop in Whately, MA, is now open Thursdays through Sundays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.! Part of Nasami Farm nursery, this bucolic location in the Connecticut River Valley is only an hour's drive from central Massachusetts, southern Vermont, and northern Connecticut. Our robust plant selection is the same as that offered at Garden in the Woods. Join Native Plant Trust today to get a member discount on plants and other shop merchandise.
Email your Nasami plant orders and questions to nasaminatives@NativePlantTrust.org; or call 413-241-5614.
Photo: Plants for sale at Nasami Farm, Jane Roy Brown © Native Plant Trust
Struggling with Invasive Plants?
Spring means both planting native garden plants and getting a jump on controlling the non-native plants that might be overtaking parts of your yard. We have an entire page packed with info about how to get ahead of them, including state and federal resources for reporting and controlling particular species.
Invasive plants earn their label by growing and reproducing faster than native species in the same growing conditions. Often they were imported from far-flung places by the horticulture trade because of their beauty or unusual traits. Free from the predators, diseases, and other plants that keep them in check in their native ranges, they can grow rampantly, eventually monopolizing the light, water, and other nutrients that all plants need. Sometimes these dense colonies even alter the air temperature and soil chemistry around them, further squeezing out other plants and the animals that depend on them.
You can also visit our Go Botany website to check for native plant lookalikes, report sightings, and contact our research botanist with questions.
Photo: Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) © Native Plant Trust
Buy Native Plants from Us
In our Garden Shops at Garden in the Woods and Nasami Farm, you'll find an extraordinary selection of annual and perennials, grasses, and ferns, as well as shrubs, trees, and vines native to New England ecoregions. All are grown without pesticides or chemical fertilizers. Visit our Buy Native Plants page to download our latest plant list, updated on Thursdays.
We also offer free garden-planning tools and tips on our website:
- Garden Plant Finder: a searchable database where you can discover plants native to New England that will thrive in your garden conditions.
- Ecological Gardening contains downloadable tip sheets on how to achieve a beautiful, sustainable garden.
And: We now recycle plastic pots from plants purchased at Garden in the Woods and Nasami Farm! Please return your pots to the Garden Shops at either location during their open hours.
Photo: Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia) © Native Plant Trust