Native Plants and Resources
Plant Sales
Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve is the premier place in the Delaware Valley to buy plants native to Pennsylvania, New Jersey and surrounding states.
Over 200 species of high-quality native wildflowers, vines, ferns, shrubs and trees are offered for sale at our Spring and Fall Native Plant Sales. All plants are nursery-propagated; none are collected from the wild.
Knowledgeable staff and volunteers at the sales can help you choose plants and answer questions. Free resource material is available, including plant lists for specific growing conditions. Download these Native Plant Information Sheets here.
Native Plant Sales are part of the Preserve's educational mission and are a fundraiser to support our programs. Selected plants also are available on site during the growing season.
Plant Sale Dates and Times
Members' Day for the Spring and Fall Native Plant Sales is an exclusive opportunity for Preserve members to buy plants on the Friday before the sale opens to the public.
Memberships can be purchased at the Preserve before, or on the day of, the Members' Day Spring and Fall Native Plant Sales, in advance by phone (215) 862-2924, or online here where you can also learn about the many additional membership benefits.
2012 Spring Native Plant Sale
Members’ Day:
Friday, May 4 – This free event, for Preserve members only, kicks off the annual Spring Native Plant Sale.
1-2 p.m. Evelyn Hadden speaks on no-mow yards with native plants.
2-7 p.m. Members' Day plant sale open.
Open to Public and Preserve Members:
Sat. May 5 & Sun. May 6 through Sat. May 12 & Sun. May 13
10 a.m. – 4 p.m. each day
Plants also are available for purchase during the week.
*Please note that some plants in the Spring Catalog are available only in limited quantities. Other plants not listed also may be available in limited quantities at the time of the sale.
2012 Members' Day Lecture
Evelyn Hadden
Beautiful No-Mow Yards Featuring Eastern Native Plants
1-2 p.m.
SEATING IS LIMITED
Tired of mowing? Let award-winning author Evelyn Hadden help you rethink your yard. This colorful presentation will show an inspiring array of no-mow designs by everyday gardeners, plus easy ideas from landscape professionals that you can adapt to your own yard - from lively prairies and elegant edibles, to lawnless stroll gardens and low-care living carpets. Learn how to reduce your maintenance by shrinking your lawn, choosing plants well, and enlisting natural processes to manage your garden for you. Savor the ease and beauty of a no-mow yard!
Evelyn J. Hadden writes and speaks about low-maintenance, nature-friendly, soul-satisfying landscapes with less or no lawn. Based in Minnesota, she travels across the country visiting gardens and speaking to other gardeners. Evelyn founded the LessLawn website in 2001 to share what she learned while making her first garden in St. Paul, Minnesota. She writes and speaks not only from her own experience, but also to highlight strategies, ideas, and wisdom from many creative and generous gardeners she has met in books and in real life.
Evelyn has authored three books: Beautiful No-Mow Yards: 50 Amazing Lawn Alternatives (2012), Shrink Your Lawn: Design Ideas for any Landscape (2008), and Apprentice to a Garden (2005). Evelyn is a founding member of the national Lawn Reform Coalition, a resource for ecologically sound lawns and lawn alternatives.
