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Guide to Native Plant Nurseries and Seed Suppliers - Credit ...
Guide to Native Plant Nurseries
and Seed Suppliers
Guide to Native Plant Nurseries and Seed Suppliers - Credit ...
Native Plant Nurseries and Seed Suppliers
CVC encourages landowners and residents                  may be specific requirements for using native
to plant native trees, shrubs, wildflowers and           plants. For information on regulated areas and
grasses. Native plants are beautiful and can             specific requirements check with CVC’s Planning
be used in all landscapes and gardens, from              Department: cvc.ca/planning
restoring a forest, to creating a prairie or
meadow, to planting flower beds, or selecting            Some nurseries are only open seasonally or
a tree for your front yard. Native plants are            require appointments. Where known, this was
adapted to local conditions and are an integral          noted. Call nurseries to confirm hours before
part of a healthy, natural environment. Use this         visiting. Note also that additional costs, minimum
list to find a native plant nursery near you!            orders and/or maximum distance may apply on
                                                         delivery. Delivery services on this list may include
NOTES                                                    shipping by carriers other than the nursery itself;
*=Specializes in native stock. The remaining             contact nurseries for more information.
nurseries have a portion of their stock that is
native and a portion that is non-native.                 For other ecological services such as
                                                         environmental assessments, landscape
Ask for the geographic source of stock and               architecture and design or landscape
choose local when available. Locally derived seed        maintenance, please refer to Credit Valley
or stock is preferable, as plants will already be        Conservation’s Ecological Service Providers list,
adapted to the conditions (soils, temperatures,          available at: cvc.ca/landscaping.
insects and diseases) within this zone and are
more likely to survive. In addition, plants are less     If there are any errors or omissions on this list
likely to bring in disease or genetic adaptations        please contact greencities@cvc.ca and we would
from other zones. Visit www.treesontario.ca/             be happy to address this.
files/learn/tree-seedzone-map.pdf to locate
your seed zone.

Although native plants are preferable, if you
select some non-natives, avoid invasive species
and cultivars of native varieties. Information on
invasive list updated January 2011 plants in the
Credit Valley Watershed is available at
cvc.ca/invasives. Note that when construction
permits are needed in regulated areas, there

Disclaimer
Inclusion on this list is not necessarily an endorsement of any given product or service provider. The
selection of a provider is left to the client.                                                                  List updated February 2020
Guide to Native Plant Nurseries and Seed Suppliers - Credit ...
Native Plant Nurseries and Seed Sources
Company                        Location                   Contact                            Stock Type                                     Plant Community                                       Other Services

                                                                                                              Trees /Shrubs

                                                                                                                              Herbaceous

                                                                                                                                                               Terrestrial

                                                                                                                                                                             Wholesale
                                                                                                                                                     Wetland
                                                                                                                                           Aquatic
                                                                                             Plants

                                                                                                      Seeds

                                                                                                                                                                                         Retail
*Acorus Restoration            20725 Shaws Creek Road     (647) 824-8984
                               Caledon, Ontario, Canada
                               L7K 1L7                    planethealer1@yahoo.ca
                                                          acorusrestoration.com

*Aquaphyte Remediation         Orono, ON                  Ray Shivraton

                               4153 Concession Rd. 5      905.786.2573                                                                                                                            contract growing;
                               L0B 1M0                    fax: 905.786.2516                                                                                                                       consulting;
                                                                                                                                                                                                  installation; delivery
                                                          aquaphyte@rogers.com

*Baker Forestry Services       Georgetown, ON             Bob Baker

                               5001- 9th Line             905.877.9390                                                                                                                            consulting;
                               RR#5                       fax: 905.877.6536                                                                                                                       sawmilling; select
                               L7G 4S8                                                                                                                                                            maintenance; delivery
                                                          bakerforestryservices@hughes.net

Baker’s Nursery Ltd.           Bayfield, ON               Susan Lehnen

                               77697 Porter’s Hill Line   519.482.9995
                               N0M 1G0                    cell: 519.440.1252                                                                                                                      consulting; delivery

                                                          susan.lehnen@gmail.com

BTN – Brookdale Treeland       Schomberg, ON              Mark Endicott
Nurseries
                               RR#1                       905.939.2223
                               L0G 1T0                    1.877.743.7662
                                                                                                                                                                                                  delivery
                                                          fax: 905.939.2604

                                                          mark.endicott@btn.on.ca
                                                          www.btn.on.ca

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Guide to Native Plant Nurseries and Seed Suppliers - Credit ...
Company                       Location                      Contact                    Stock Type                                     Plant Community                                                 Other Services

                                                                                                        Trees /Shrubs

                                                                                                                        Herbaceous

                                                                                                                                                         Terrestrial

                                                                                                                                                                       Wholesale
                                                                                                                                               Wetland
                                                                                                                                     Aquatic
                                                                                       Plants

                                                                                                Seeds

                                                                                                                                                                                   Retail
*Chalk Lake Greenhouses       Uxbridge, ON                  Martin Galloway

                              2700 Lakeridge Rd.                                                                                                                                                      contract growing;
                                                            905.649.5284
                              RR#4                                                                                                                                                                    consulting; delivery
                                                            fax: 905.649.5284
                              L9P 1R4

                              Call ahead to arrange visit

Connon Nurseries CBV          Farm sales yard:              Rob Verloop
Holdings Ltd.                 656 Robson Rd.
                              Waterdown, ON                 905.689.7433 x24
                                                                                                                                                                                                      other garden
                              L0R 2H1                       1.888.775.2687
                                                                                                                                                                                                      products; design;
                                                            fax: 905.689.4900
                                                                                                                                                                                                      installation;
                              Garden Centre:
                                                                                                                                                                                                      delivery
                              383 Dundas St. E              sales@connon.ca
                              Waterdown, ON                 www.connon.ca
                              L0R 2H0
Connon Nurseries              Dundas, ON                    Rick Vanderkruk
Neil Vanderkruk Holdings
Inc                           1155 Hwy 5 West               905.628.0112
                                                                                                                                                                                                      other garden
                                                            fax: 905.628.3155
                                                                                                                                                                                                      products; delivery

                                                            mail@connonnurseries.com
                                                            www.connonnurseries.com
*Credit Valley Conservation   Caledon Village, ON           905.670.1615 ext. 714
Nursery
                              15526 Heart Lake Rd.          plantingservices@cvc.ca

                                                                                                                                                                                   Minimum order 20
                              L7C 2L2                       cvc.ca/directsale
                                                                                                                                                                                                      consulting; design;
                              For landowners in the                                                                                                                                                   installation; education
                              Credit Valley Watershed
                              planting a minimum of one
                              acre.

                              Contact for information

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Guide to Native Plant Nurseries and Seed Suppliers - Credit ...
Company                        Location                  Contact                       Stock Type                                            Plant Community                                       Other Services

                                                                                                              Trees /Shrubs

                                                                                                                               Herbaceous

                                                                                                                                                                Terrestrial

                                                                                                                                                                              Wholesale
                                                                                                                                                      Wetland
                                                                                                                                            Aquatic
                                                                                       Plants

                                                                                                Seeds

                                                                                                                                                                                          Retail
                                                                                                                                                                                               consulting; education
*Evergreen Gardens             Toronto, ON               Aaron Harpell

                               550 Bayview Ave.          416.596.0404
                               M4W 3X8
                                                                                                                                                                                                   consulting; education
                                                         aharpell@evergreen.ca
                               Reopening spring 2011
                                                         www.ebw.evergreen.ca/whats-
                                                         here/evergreen-gardens
Grimo Nut Nursery              Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON   Ernie Grimo

                                                                                                              Nut trees only
                               979 Lakeshore Rd.         905.934.6887                                                                                                                              harvesting tools; nut

                                                                                                    Limited
                               RR#3                      fax: 905.935.6887                                                                                                                         cracking machines;
                               L0S 1J0                                                                                                                                                             delivery
                                                         nuttrees@grimonut.com
                                                         www.grimonut.com

*Grow Wild!                    Omemee, ON                Paul Heydon

                               3784 Hwy 7                705.799.2619
                                                                                                                                                                                                   consulting; design;
                               K0L 2W0                   cell: 416.735.7490
                                                                                                                                                                                                   installation; delivery
                               By appointment only       info@grow-wild.com
                                                         www.grow-wild.com

*Hortico Inc.                  Waterdown, ON             Phil Vanderkruk

                               723 Robson Rd.            905.689.6984
                               RR#1                      fax: 905.689.6566                                                                                                                         delivery
                               L0R 2H1
                                                         office@hortico.com
                                                         www.hortico.com

Humber Nurseries Ltd.          Brampton, ON              Frans Peters

                               8386 Hwy 50               416.798.8733
                               RR#8                      905.794.0555                                                                                                                              contract growing;
                               L6T 0A5                   fax: 905.794.1311                                                                                                                         design; delivery

                                                         humber@gardencentre.com
                                                         www.humbernurseries.com

Native Plant and Seed Sources, Credit Valley Conservation                                                                                                                                                     PAGE 5
Company                       Location                    Contact                            Stock Type                                     Plant Community                                       Other Services

                                                                                                              Trees /Shrubs

                                                                                                                              Herbaceous

                                                                                                                                                               Terrestrial

                                                                                                                                                                             Wholesale
                                                                                                                                                     Wetland
                                                                                                                                           Aquatic
                                                                                             Plants

                                                                                                      Seeds

                                                                                                                                                                                         Retail
*Kayanase Ecological          Head Office:                Linda Parker
Restoration & Nursery         PO Box 820
                              Ohsweken, ON                519.770.0013
                                                                                                                                                                                                  contract seed
                              N0A 1M0                     fax: 866.408.8903
                                                                                                                                                                                                  collection; contract
                                                                                                                                                                                                  growing; consulting
                              Operations:                 info@kayanase.ca
                              973 Provincial Route 54     www.kayanase.ca
                              Brant, ON
*Little Otter Tree Farm       Tillsonburg, ON             Jeff Scott

                              203924 Keswick Rd           519.842.2419
                                                                                                                                                                                                  contract seed
                              RR#3                        fax: 519.688.1107
                                                                                                                                                                                                  collection; consulting
                              N4G 4G8
                                                          litotter@execulink.com
                                                          www.littleotter.com

*Native Plants in Claremont   Pickering (Claremont), ON   Karen Abrahams

                              4965 Westney Rd.            905.649.8176
                                                                                                                                                                                                  design; education;
                              L1Y 1A2
                                                          info@nativeplants.ca                                                                                                                    delivery
                              Open May to October         www.nativeplants.ca

*Native Plant Nurseries       Zephyr, ON                  Leah Sevigny

                                                                                                                                                                                                  contract seed
                              12965 Regional Rd 39        905.473.2743
                                                                                                                                                                                                  collection; contract
                              PO Box 169
                                                          nativeplantnurseries@hotmail.com                                                                                                        growing; consulting;
                              L0E 1T0
                                                          www.nativeplantnurseries.ca                                                                                                             design; delivery

*Native Plant Source          Nursery:                    Jeff Thompson
                                                                                                                                                                                                  consulting; design;
                              1098 Wurster Place
                                                                                                                                                                                                  installation; low
                              Breslau, ON                 519.748.2298
                                                                                                                                                                                                  maintenance
                                                          fax: 519.748.2788
                                                                                                                                                                                                  lawn seed; select
                              Mailing:
                                                                                                                                                                                                  maintenance; delivery
                              318 Misty Cres.             info@nativeplantsource.com
                              Kitchener, ON               www.nativeplantsource.com
                              N2B 3V5

Native Plant and Seed Sources, Credit Valley Conservation                                                                                                                                                   PAGE 6
Company                      Location                    Contact                      Stock Type                                     Plant Community                                       Other Services

                                                                                                         Trees /Shrubs

                                                                                                                         Herbaceous

                                                                                                                                                          Terrestrial

                                                                                                                                                                        Wholesale
                                                                                                                                                Wetland
                                                                                                                                      Aquatic
                                                                                        Plants

                                                                                                 Seeds

                                                                                                                                                                                    Retail
Markdale, ON,
  *Not so Hollow Farm          Glencairn, ON               Ian Payne or Viki Reynolds

                               838369 4th Line E.          705.466.6290
                               Mulmur Township             fax: 705.466.6341                                                                                                                 consulting; design;
                               L0M 1K0                                                                                                                                                       delivery
                                                           natives@enviroscape.on.ca
                               Open year-round, by
                               appointment
  *Ontario Flora               Markdale, ON                519.387.7668 (ROOT)

                               585538 Sideroad 10a, RR2    info@ontarioflora.ca                                                                                                              landscape design,
                               N0C 1H0                     ontarioflora.ca                                                                                                                   ecosystem restoration
                                                                                                                                                                                             consulting, teaching,
                                                                                                                                                                                             community greening

  *Ontario Native Plants       Online retailer             onplants.ca

  Ontario Seed Company         Waterloo, ON                Doug Yates

                               PO Box 7                    519.886.0557
                               N2J 3Z6                     fax: 519.886.0605
                                                                                                                                                                                             low maintenance lawn
                                                                                                                                                                                             seed; delivery
                               Retail stores in Hamilton   seeds@oscseeds.com
                               and Waterloo                www.oscseeds.com

                               Mail order available
  PAO Horticultural            Hornby, ON                  Paul Offierski

                                                                                                                                                                                             consulting;
                               5312 Trafalger Rd.          905.875.0055
                                                                                                                                                                                             installation; rescue
                               L0P 1E0
                                                           info@paohorticultural.com                                                                                                         and transplanting of
                                                           www.paohorticultural.com                                                                                                          large trees; delivery

 Native Plant and Seed Sources, Credit Valley Conservation                                                                                                                                            PAGE 7
Company                       Location               Contact                         Stock Type                                     Plant Community                                       Other Services

                                                                                                      Trees /Shrubs

                                                                                                                      Herbaceous

                                                                                                                                                       Terrestrial

                                                                                                                                                                     Wholesale
                                                                                                                                             Wetland
                                                                                                                                   Aquatic
                                                                                     Plants

                                                                                              Seeds

                                                                                                                                                                                 Retail
*St. Williams Nursery and     St. Williams, ON       Mary E. Gartshore or Peter J.
Ecology Centre                                       Carson or Dallas Campbell
                              885 Hwy 24
                              PO Box 150             1.866.640.8733
                                                                                                                                                                                          contract growing;
                              N0E 1P0                519.586.9116
                                                                                                                                                                                          consulting; delivery
                                                     fax: 519.586.9118

                                                     info@stwilliamsnursery.com
                                                     www.stwilliamsnursery.com
*Return of the Native         1186 Flos Rd. 10 E.,   705.322.2545                                                                                                                         consultation, contract
                              Elmvale, Ontario                                                                                                                                            growing, advice on
                              L0L 1P0                return.native@gmail.com                                                                                                              controlling invasives,
                                                     returnofthenative.ca                                                                                                                 speaker on topics
                              705-322-2545                                                                                                                                                related to native
                                                                                                                                                                                          plants, pollinators,
                                                                                                                                                                                          invasive species

Rockwood Forest Nurseries     Cameron, ON            Marc Ouellet

                              437 Mark Rd.           1.888.833.0473                                                                                                                       contract growing;
                              RR#1                   fax: 705.374.4730                                                                                                                    other nursery
                              K0M 1G0                                                                                                                                                     supplies; delivery
                                                     info@rockwoodforest.com
                                                     www.rockwoodforest.com

Sheridan Nurseries            Georgetown, ON         John Reiter

                              12266 Tenth Line       905.873.7547
                              RR#4                   fax: 905.873.0964                                                                                                                    delivery
                              L7G 4S7
                                                     jreiter@sheridannurseries.com
                              Open April-Dec. 24     www.sheridannurseries.com

Somerville Seedlings          Everett, ON            Carl Mansfield

                              5884 County Rd. 13     1.877.708.7337
                              PO Box 1445            705.435.6258                                                                                                                         contract growing;
                              L0M 1J0                fax: 705.435.6259                                                                                                                    delivery

                                                     trees@treeseedlings.com
                                                     www.treeseedlings.com

Native Plant and Seed Sources, Credit Valley Conservation                                                                                                                                            PAGE 8
Company                       Location               Contact                       Stock Type                                     Plant Community                                             Other Services

                                                                                                    Trees /Shrubs

                                                                                                                    Herbaceous

                                                                                                                                                           Terrestrial

                                                                                                                                                                         Wholesale
                                                                                                                                                 Wetland
                                                                                                                                 Aquatic
                                                                                   Plants

                                                                                            Seeds

                                                                                                                                                                                     Retail
Urban Harvest                 Nursery Store:         Colette Murphy
                              193 Sorauren Ave.
                              Toronto, ON            416.504.1653
                                                     fax: 416.504.7426
                              Mailing:                                                                                                                                                        delivery
                              PO Box 176             grow@uharvest.ca
                              Station ‘C’            www.uharvest.ca
                              Toronto, ON
                              M6J 3M9
Uxbridge Nurseries Ltd        Uxbridge, ON           Harry Worsley

                              PO Box 400             1.877.655.3379
                                                                                                                                                                                              contract growing;
                              L9P 1M8                fax: 905.655.3379
                                                                                                                                                                                              delivery
                                                     sales@uxbridgenurseries.com
                                                     www.uxbridgenurseries.com

*Van Den Nest Nursery         Eden, ON               Pat and Julie Van Den Nest

                              9594 Somers Rd.        519.866.5269
                              N0J 1H0                fax: 519.866.5507

                                                     edentree@amtelecom.net
                                                     www.amtelecom.net/~edentree

*Verbinnen’s Nursery Ltd      Dundas, ON             Bernard Teeninga

                              1504 Brock Rd.         905.659.7072
                              RR#4                   fax: 905.659.3294                                                                                                                        contract growing
                              L9H 5E4
                                                     bernard@verbinnens.com
                                                     www.verbinnens.com

*Wildflower Farm              Coldwater, ON          Paul Jenkins

                                                                                                                                                                                              consulting; low
                                                                                                    Limitedd

                                                                                                                                      Limitedd
                              10195 Hwy 12 West      1.866.476.9453
                                                                                                                                                                                              maintenance lawn
                              RR#2                   705.327.2828
                                                                                                                                                                                              seed; education;
                              L0K 1E0
                                                                                                                                                                                              delivery (of seed only)
                                                     info@wildflowerfarm.com
                                                     www.wildflowerfarm.com

 Native Plant and Seed Sources, Credit Valley Conservation                                                                                                                                                PAGE 9
Credit Valley Conservation offers programs and resources that support native plant         Contact:
gardening, landscaping and naturalization.
                                                                                           Credit Valley Conservation
Your Green Yard offers workshops and presentations on native plant gardening and           1255 Old Derry Road
landscaping to local residents within the Credit River watershed.                          Mississauga, Ontario L5N 6R4
cvc.ca/ygy                                                                                 Phone: 905-670-1615
                                                                                           Toll Free: 1-800-668-5557
Countryside Stewardship offers workshops as well as technical and financial assistance     Fax: 905-670-2210
to support rural environmental stewardship.                                                cvc.ca
cvc.ca/countrysidestewardship                                                              greencities@cvc.ca

Greening Corporate Grounds offers advice, landscape concept plans and planting             Funding for this publication was generously
events to businesses and institutions within the Credit River watershed and Peel Region.   provided by our regional and municipal
cvc.ca/gcg                                                                                 partners.

For additional landscaping fact sheets and resources, visit:
cvc.ca/landscaping
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