Native plant nursery · Yellow Springs, Ohio
Native perennials, pollinator seed mixes, landscape design, contract growing and restoration consulting — for homeowners and for the crews putting plants in the ground.
Rack tag No. 001 · Paw Paw Ridge Nursery
At the nursery
Tell us what is going in the ground and we will tell you what we can grow for it.
Three ways homeowners work with the nursery. Crews can go straight to contract growing and restoration.
01 · Nursery stock
Perennials for borders, meadows and the wet corner of a yard that never dries out — sold from the retail bench in plugs, quarts and gallons.
Every pot carries the species name and the growing notes, so you know what you have in your hands when you get it home to the bed.
Bench run · plugs before potting on
02 · Seed
Forbs and grasses blended for the moisture and light your ground actually has — dry slope, mesic field, or the wet corner that never dries out.
Each packet leaves with the species list and the sowing rate printed on it, so the planting can be read back years later.
Packet and scale · bench work
03 · Design
We walk the site, read the soil and the light, and draw a planting plan you can install in one season or in stages.
The plan comes with a species list, so the drawing and the tags on the pots agree with each other on planting day.
Site plan · species list attached
For landscapers & restoration crews
Contract growing and restoration consulting for crews planting across the region. Bring the species, the quantity and the date you need plants in the ground, and we will come back with what we can grow here and what has to be sourced.
Your species, your size and your quantity, grown as its own run rather than pulled off the retail bench.
Species selection, seed sourcing and establishment for the sites where the planting has to stand on its own.
Quotes for contract growing start with the grow schedule — the earlier the date is fixed, the more of the list can be grown here.
Establishment · natives set out along the planting plan
Specimen sheet No. 01
Pawpaw · the tree the ridge is named for
The nursery takes its name from the pawpaw — an understory tree of eastern woods with broad leaves and fruit in early fall. It is a good plant to know before you draw a plan around it.
Plate 01 · grown from seed, named at the bench
Quote request
Send the site, the species and the date you need plants. We will come back with what we can grow here, what has to be sourced, and a quote.