Herring Run Native Plant Nursery carries a wide array of trees and shrubs native to Maryland and the Mid-Atlantic region. This allows us to plant at schools, parks, and other public spaces, and allows homeowners to purchase trees for their yards knowing that their efforts will help the environment and provide habitat for native wildlife. All of our planting efforts help to increase tree canopy and provide many benefits to our watershed.
Featuring over 100 hard to find native trees, shrubs and perennial plants in pots and heights that are easy to transport home.
HOT AND NEW:
Shop our Native perennial and woody availability as of April 29th!!
Summer Retail Sales:
- Saturday August 21st Irvine Nature Center Plant Sale and Seminar
- By appointment
Retail Customers
- Fall sales will be announced soon
Wholesale Customers
- Are you a landscaper, retail nursery manager, school, nonprofit or community association? If so email Darin below for availability and pricing details.
Save money on Trees:
- Growing Home Campaign- learn about tree selection and get $10 off your trees over $25
- Marylanders Plant Trees- learn about tree selection and get $25 off any tree over $50
Learn about native plants:
- Chesapeake Bay Native Plant Guide- great guide about local natives
- VirginiaTech Dendrology
- Maryland Native Plant Society (click on the native plant lists at bottom)
- University of FL tree factsheets- very informative includes cultivars
- University of Connecticut Plant Database very informative and includes a plant selector
- Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center great for all plants
Get answers to your gardening questions
- University of Maryland Home and Garden Information Center
- Become a Master Gardener
- Come to our spring plant sale dates
Learn about native bees
- A great native bee management guide by Delaware
- Delaware Native Plants for bees
Location:
The Herring Run Natives Nursery is located at 6131 Hillen Rd., Baltimore, MD 21239 in the Mount Pleasant Golf Course. The nursery is a 1/4 mile walk from the parking lot. It is open by appointment and during our fall and spring sales. The dates for upcoming sales can be found on this page and on our volunteer calendar.
History
Beginning in 1994, HRWA created a native plant nursery to improve our ability to create greener and healthier streets, parks, and streams within the Herring Run watershed. With thanks to Mount Pleasant Golf Course for providing the space, and our numerous volunteers who assist with nursery maintenance, we have continued to expand both our selection and planting efforts over the years. In 2007 HRWA took a Social Enterprise class at the University of Baltimore to develop a business plan for earning revenue from our nursery to support our mission. The instructors selected our project for a $10,000 award.
Philosophy
Herring Run Natives Nursery strives to provide native plants sourced from the local seed, where possible, with minimal environmental impact from production. We do not use any pesticides or herbicides. Our plants are grown in containers and irrigated with city water. We do sell some cultivars of native plants.
Membership and Certification
Herring Run Nursery is proud Member:
- Maryland Landscape and Nursery Association
- Maryland Horticultural Society
- Maryland Native Plant Society
- Participating nursery in the Growing Home Campaign and Marylanders Plant Trees tree planting incentive programs
Certifications:
- Nursery Manager Darin Crew is a Certified Professional Horticulturalist by the Maryland Nursery and Landscape Association
Contact:
Darin Crew , Nursery Manager, or 410-254-1577 x 104 or dcrew at herringrun.org.
