Guess what April is? … no, not my birth month. (Although, good guess!) It’s National Poetry Month AND National Native Plant Month! What better way to celebrate than to feature the work of American/Canadian poets who write about native plants? Details: I’m sticking with the native plants of the northeast US and Canada, because they’re what I know best. This will be a series of social media posts on the Red Trillium Gardens Instagram and Facebook – with echoes on Bluesky.

Happy vernal equinox, native plant friends! From here on out, it’s all downhill (uphill?) until spring and summer – and I couldn’t be happier about that. … I’m less than happy about the fact that my well basically needs to be replaced, though. Currently I have no drinkable water, and on Monday an excavator will probably tear through some of my native plantings 😢 But enough about me! Opening Day Sale!

It’s been a crazy couple of months for me – I’ve had a death in the family and a broken arm! – so my apologies for radio silence. But I haven’t been entirely idle! With help from friends (because: broken arm), I managed to put my 2024 plants to bed (in contact with the ground, covered with heavy duty row cover) and have started winter sowing. This is where we plant seeds outdoors at this time of year to emulate the cold moist conditions many native seeds require to grow.

Welp, that’s it! We officially closed for the season on October 7th. I can’t believe our first year in business is over! It was rocky in a few places, but on the whole I think it went well. As a capstone of the season I thought I’d share with you some of the lessons I’ve learned. Seed sowing As a reminder, I did most (but not all) of my propagation this year as winter sowing, i.

Ahhh it’s the end of the season! I am only slightly losing my mind this week, preparing for my last market of the season, ordering seeds (can you believe Wild Seed Project was sold out of half the seeds I wanted by 10am on their opening day?), finishing my New England Shrubs class, and preparing for my open house on Sunday! Next and Final Market Our final market is the Leominster Farmers’ Market, this Saturday, October 5th, 2024, from 11am-2pm, in Monument Square in Leominster, MA.