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.

To the tune of Mr. Mister’s “Take These Broken Wings”: Take! These native plants and put them in your yard Let them grow so free (Good thing you didn’t have to hear me sing that). Anyway! Here at the nursery, we have hundreds of native perennials just waiting to be put in the ground. And tomorrow (Sunday), Oct 5, 2025, 10am-4pm, is our biggest sale of, maybe, ever? What will we have?

Fall Native Plant Sale Save the date! We’ll be doing our end of season native plant sale Sun, Oct 5th, 2025, from 10am-4pm in Lunenburg, MA. Anyone who attends will receive a $5 off coupon valid in 2026! What can you expect? Since this is a public event, please email me for the address, so I know you’re a real person and not an internet rando. This is a rain or shine event.

We’ll be at two markets this week, on Thursday and Saturday. Brookline Farmers’ Market The first is the Brookline Farmers’ Market on Thursday, September 4, 2025, from 1:30pm to 6:30pm in the Centre Street West Parking Lot. This is one of Grow Native Massachusetts’ pop-up markets, so I’ll be joined by Lady Fern Farm and Checkerspot Farm. We’re coordinating our inventory to bring you the widest variety of plants! Currently, here’s what I’m planning to bring:

What’s in Bloom at the Nursery? Mid- to late summer can be a questionable time in the garden, depending on how you’ve planted! There’s a tendency to avoid planting in the summer, thinking that plants won’t tolerate the heat. However, this can lead to a lull in color at this time of year – especially if one only buys plants that are blooming! Even we’ve got a bit of that going on right now!

Groton, Leominster, and Lunenburg Markets this weekend! It’s gonna be a busy weekend for us, with three markets! That means three opportunities to bring native plants into your garden! Tomorrow (Friday) 8/1/2025 you can find us at the Groton Farmers Market from 3-7pm! We’ll be joined by Mystic Meadows, another native plant nursery based out of Pepperell. This takes place at the Williams Barn property at 160 Chicopee Row, Groton, MA.

Groton Farmers’ Market Exciting news (well, to me!) – we’ll be vending at the Groton Farmers Market opening day this Fri, July 11th! We had to get approved by the town to vend here, so I’m very happy that we did, and I’m hoping it will be a positive experience. The market is from 3-7pm at the Williams Barn property (160 Chicopee Row) in Groton, MA. The Facebook event is here, and if you’re a Facebook user and would like to attend, I’d appreciate you marking yourself as “Interested.

We’ll be at the Leominster MA Farmers’ Market this Saturday, July 5th, 2025, from 11am to 2pm, in Monument Square, Leominster, MA. We’ll have several lovely annuals and biennials in bloom – all of which are new-this-year species for us! This includes: Pale corydalis (Corydalis sempervirens; biennial 1st year). This biennial offers delicate pale green foliage and small colorful pink and yellow flowers. Redwhisker Clammyweed (Polanisia dodecandra; annual). A great name for an interesting plant!

Hello, friends of native plants! – including a warm welcome to those who signed up for the newsletter at the Davis Square or Newton markets in June. Today we have some exciting news about our market schedule for the 2025 season. Lunenburg Artisan Market Update Sun Jun 22: Sadly, due to thunderstorms and the extreme heat/humidity watch – as well as most of the other vendors backing out – we are canceling our attendance today.

Hello native friends! And a very warm welcome to those folks who subscribed our newsletter at the Lunenburg Artisan Market! Next Market Our next market is upon us: Davis Square Farmers Market, Wednesday, May 21, 2025, from noon to 6pm. The street address is 44 Day Street, Somerville MA, and you can read more about the market here. This is a pop-up market hosted by Grow Native Massachusetts, and we’re hoping it will be a lively one!