Conserving and promoting New England’s native plants

We work throughout New England and the greater Northeast to save native plants in the wild, grow them for gardens and restorations, and educate others on their value and use.

Why are native plants important?

All life on Earth depends on plants

By conserving native plants in the wild and using them in designed spaces, we protect and enhance the integrity, resilience, diversity, and beauty of our planet.

Learn more about our conservation efforts

What’s New

Help Unload Plants, Earn a Discount

Our Garden Shops at both locations need volunteers to help unload plants and set up our plant-sales yards. Helpers receive a 25% discount on plants during the 2026 season.

At Garden in the Woods, we need help on several weekdays until April 17. Please email shopadmin@NativePlantTrust.org with your availability, or sign up here, and we will contact you.

Nasami Farm’s Garden Shop needs extra hands through April. Drop a line to nasaminatives@NativePlantTrust.org, or sign up here. Thank you!

2026 Native Plant List Posted

A true sign of spring has arrived: Our 2026 native plant list is posted! Start your garden planning now and pre-order plants to pick up when our Garden Shops open in April.

Plant Resources for All Skill Levels

For Beginners

New to the world of New England’s native plants? Join the movement.

Our History Controlling Invasives Governance & Financials

For Gardeners

New to the world of New England’s native plants? Join the movement.

Native Plant Conservation Focus Areas

For Professionals

New to the world of New England’s native plants? Join the movement.

Our History

Our Area of Focus

New England’s native plants and habitats are in trouble.

We’ve lost more than half of our grasslands and coastal marshes, 10,000 dams on our rivers negatively affect plant health, and for the first time in two centuries, New England is losing forest. Because native plants compose the habitat for all animals, from black bears to black swallowtails, these losses ripple outward. Eventually, the impacts will shrink our food supply, sap our economy, and dim the beauty of our region.

Native Plant Conservation

We’ve lost more than half of our grasslands and coastal marshes, 10,000 dams on our rivers negatively affect plant health, and for the first time in two centuries, New England is losing forest. Because native plants compose the habitat for all animals, from black bears to black swallowtails, these losses ripple outward. Eventually, the impacts will shrink our food supply, sap our economy, and dim the beauty of our region.

We’ve lost more than half of our grasslands and coastal marshes, 10,000 dams on our rivers negatively affect plant health, and for the first time in two centuries, New England is losing forest.

New England’s native plants and habitats are in trouble.

We’ve lost more than half of our grasslands and coastal marshes, 10,000 dams on our rivers negatively affect plant health, and for the first time in two centuries, New England is losing forest. Because native plants compose the habitat for all animals, from black bears to black swallowtails, these losses ripple outward. Eventually, the impacts will shrink our food supply, sap our economy, and dim the beauty of our region.

Native Plant Conservation

We’ve lost more than half of our grasslands and coastal marshes, 10,000 dams on our rivers negatively affect plant health, and for the first time in two centuries, New England is losing forest. Because native plants compose the habitat for all animals, from black bears to black swallowtails, these losses ripple outward. Eventually, the impacts will shrink our food supply, sap our economy, and dim the beauty of our region.

We’ve lost more than half of our grasslands and coastal marshes, 10,000 dams on our rivers negatively affect plant health, and for the first time in two centuries, New England is losing forest.

Garden in the Woods

Our naturalistic botanic garden just west of Boston showcases New England more than 1,000 species of native plants on 45 acres sculpted by retreating glaciers into eskers and steep-sided valleys.

Hours:
10 a.m.–5 p.m. daily

Seed Banking

Nasami Farm

Our naturalistic botanic garden just west of Boston showcases New England more than 1,000 species of native plants on 45 acres sculpted by retreating glaciers into eskers and steep-sided valleys.

Hours

10 a.m.–5 p.m. daily

Nasami Farm

Native Plant Sanctuaries

Our naturalistic botanic garden just west of Boston showcases New England more than 1,000 species of native plants on 45 acres sculpted by retreating glaciers into eskers and steep-sided valleys.

Hours

10 a.m.–5 p.m. daily

Our History

Native Plant Trust

Conserving and promoting New England’s native plants

Why are native plants important?

What’s New

Help Unload Plants, Earn a Discount

2026 Native Plant List Posted

Plant Resources for All Skill Levels

For Beginners

For Gardeners

For Professionals

Our Area of Focus

Visit Our Locations

Garden in the Woods

Nasami Farm

Hours

Native Plant Sanctuaries

Hours

Native Plant Conservation

Garden in the Woods

Nasami Farm