SAVE THE DATE!

The Wild Ones Mountain Laurel Chapter & Connecticut College Arboretum 5th Annual Fall Native Plant Sale will take place Friday afternoon and Saturday morning, September 12 & 13, 2025, at 33 Gallows Lane, New London, CT.

We hope to have the largest selection ever of woody and herbaceous natives for online ordering, with additional plants for on-the-spot purchase when you come to pick up your online purchases. We hope to open the online sale by late July.

Donate Surplus Native Seedlings or Divisions

Wild Ones and Arboretum members supply many plants for the walk-in sale. The more and varied donations we receive, the more interesting and fun the sale will be!  If you grow natives from seed (and may even have gotten seeds from us), please consider setting aside a few seedlings for the sale.  Straight species, seed-grown plants are preferred (NOT named cultivars) since their genetic diversity makes them more climate resilient.  If you don’t propagate plants from seed, you can donate surplus native “volunteers” that have seeded themselves around your yard or divisions from an expanding colony (including ground covers).  For all donations, it is important that the plants have well-established root systems by the sale date and are correctly identified. Avoid spreading jumping worms (see our Resources for the latest research and recommendations).  As we plan for the sale, it will be helpful to get a rough idea of the number and diversity of plant donations to expect.  Prospective plant donors should contact Lydia ([email protected]) and provide your best guess as to what you will have to donate this year.  This is not a commitment, but will help to inform our planning.