Sure, our spring sale is in early May – but we’ll be making appearances before then! Lunenburg Earth Day The Lunenburg Conservation Commission is organizing an Earth Day event this year! Even better, they’ve coordinated with Grow Native Mass to turn it into a full-on GNMA popup market, so we’ll be joined by other nurseries such as Mystic Meadows of Pepperell, MA. Join us on Wednesday, April 22nd, 2pm-6pm, at the TC Passios Building, 1025 Massachusetts Ave, Lunenburg, MA.

The 2026 season approaches fast! And we mostly know where we’ll be this year! Our spring sale As usual, we will be holding a spring sale at our home nursery. This is scheduled for Saturday, May 9th, 2026, from 11am-5pm, in Lunenburg, MA. Please email lise@redtrilliumgardens.com for the address; as this is my home, I’d like to ensure that internet randos don’t show up at my door. Leominster Farmers’ Market Our current plan is to be at most of the Leominster Farmers’ Market events organized by North Central Mass Farmers Markets.

Before you squish that ant you find crawling on your native plant, consider this: ants play a vital role in supporting native plants. How? Read on! Myrmecophytes The word for a plant that has a symbiotic relationship with ants is a “myrmecophyte.” This is just a conglomeration of the Greek words for “ant” and “plant.” That relationship can take a number of different forms. In ecological terms, they are often mutualisms, where both the ant and the plant benefit from the interaction.

Updated February 18, 2026 Most of the plants we sow here at Red Trillium Gardens are winter-sown – meaning that they are sown outdoors in plug trays in the winter, giving the seeds the cold, moist conditions that many require in order to germinate. We also sow some species indoors for availability early in the season. Usually these are seeds that require little or no stratification. This year we will be sowing some annuals indoors so that they are available much earlier in the season.

I’m settling in to seed collection and cleaning season here at the nursery, an activity which has left my fingers stained blue and my eyes straining (those summersweet seeds are tiny, yo). Things feel a bit calmer than the height of the season, but it’s never too quiet around here… Help us grow taller! Help us serve you better! If you interacted with Red Trillium Gardens in 2025 – even if you didn’t make a purchase – we’d love feedback on your experience.