Plant Sale

Thank you for all your pre-orders! 

Send us your pictures of your gardens via Facebook.  We would love to see your creativity and progress.

Thank you integrating native plants into your gardens!

Location for Plant Pick Up and Sale:   (Email us with any questions:  schaumburggardenclub@gmail.com)

Spring Valley Nature Center

A great resource describing native plants and designing garden beds:  Start In Your Yard!

The benefits of natives 

Turn your average suburban yard into a native haven attracting birds, butterflies, and other  pollinators that benefit wildlife.  Even a soggy area of lawn can become attractive and engaging.  Native plants provide an ecologically sound rain garden that is better adapted to handle rain water runoff.  Have a problem shady area?  No worries.  Native woodland plants offer variety of greens and leaf sizes that make beautiful woodland settings.  Native plants make a positive impact on soil, water, and air quality.  Not sure how to start?  Our garden club members will be available at time of pick up to answer your questions regarding plants and gardening!

About the plants

We offer native wildflowers, grasses, shade plants, shrubs, and trees as well as some non-native perennials on our website.  Most of the prairie plants are provided as small 2.5″ plugs with developed root system in a 4” deep soil mass.  Most woodland arrive in  3 – 4-½” pots.  Non-native perennials come in 4-½” pots and #1 gallon pots.

All trees and shrubs  come in 5-gallon potted plants. Newly planted shrubs will, with proper care, put on excellent growth due to extensive root system. Any trees and shrubs not sold can be purchased during the autumn season until early frost.  Contact Spring Valley Nature Center @ (847) 985-2100 if you miss this pre-order opportunity.

How do I know what to select?

Walk your yard at different times of the day to note how many hours of light each area tends to receive.  How wet an area gets during and how long the water pools after a storm play a key role how the plant survives.  Read about the plant and focus on moisture and light requirements.  Also, check out flower color, bloom season, height, and spread (how wide the plant grows).  We also indicate which plants will attract bees, butterflies, or hummingbirds.  Enjoy!  Please, have in mind, that planting a garden is a growing experience.  It takes about three years at least to see the full affect.  Even then, you will add, move, or subtract for years to come.  Have fun with the journey!

Here is a suggested shade garden bed: