Celebrating 125 Years: Native Plant Trust

Celebrate Native Plants

From the Wild to Your Backyard

Garden in the Woods Hours

Come and take in the beauty of the 2026 season at Garden in the Woods, our native plant botanic garden in Framingham, MA. The Garden is open daily, 10 AM–5 PM, through October 18, including holidays. Our Garden Shop is open during the same hours.

Photo: Garden in the Woods path, Uli Lorimer © Native Plant Trust

Learn Native Plant Gardening This Summer

Our popular—and super-affordable—Intro to Native Plants package is now available to purchase and view through October 30! Offered initially as live Zoom classes, they are now available as recorded webinars. You can purchase access to all eight webinars, which cost $10 each if taken individually, for a discounted rate of $60 total—a $20 savings. Or, you can take them individually for $10 each by clicking the individual registration links.

Photo: Garden in the Woods visitors © WildLinks/Melissa Blackall

A Year of Abundance

A strong spring fuels a year of impact—so now is the time to show your support. Make an early gift to our annual fund this spring and help power a year of abundance.

While we are off to a strong start, we need your help to keep the momentum going. Make a gift today to ensure that we have the resources we need to power our exceptional Conservation and Horticulture programs for the benefit of nature and nature lovers alike.

Photo: Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia), Dan Jaffe Wilder © Native Plant Trust

Kids Love Our Children's Tours

Our children’s tours at Garden in the Woods invite kids to wander winding paths, discover amazing plants, and learn how gardens grow. Through hands-on activities, storytelling, and guided exploration, children love connecting with the plants and animals all around them. See the schedule of children's tours on selected Saturday mornings throughout the summer, free with Garden admission. And check out our other activities for children and families here.

Photo: Boys with leaf at Garden in the Woods © WildLinks/Melissa Blackall

Growing Season = Learning Season

With our relatively short growing season in the Northeast, spring and summer are precious to gardeners. Speed up your learning curve or keep your knowledge green with our expert-led classes—pollinator gardening, soils, bird-friendly gardening, designing with natives, and soil composition are among the many options we offer. An increasing number of our classes are now available via Zoom, so you can learn from anywhere, and we make recordings of many Zoom classes available after the class date.

Photo: Spicebush swallowtail larvae (Papilio troilus) on host spicebush (Lindera benzoin) seedlings, Alexis Doshas © Native Plant Trust

We're Making News

A few of our recent media splashes—see more here.

Photo: WBUR records Skooby Laposky's sounds of nature, Garden in the Woods, Giffen Maupin © Native Plant Trust