NATIVE SEED
Project Native has spent the last six years cultivating a Berkshire native seed bank. The plants growing in the seed bank were started from locally harvested seed. This means the plants that our seed come from are genetically native. The plants in the seed bank will provide the seed necessary for future wetland restoration projects in the tri-state area. Native seed mixes are available at our garden shop.
Great care is taken in growing and preparing these seed for sale. The following are the three mixes we are offering this season in our garden shop. We are happy to package individual species if we have the seed available. We can also work with you to create a custom mix that meets your specific site requirements. Call 413-274-3433 for more information on custom mixes.
SEED MIXES
- Custom Seed Mix
- Have an area that is half wet and half dry? Shaded in a corner? Is full grown height an issue? Bloom time? Want more grass and fewer flowers? Looking to attract butterflies and pollinators? Let our staff design a seed mix based on your specific site requirements and desires. We will consider all factors and design the perfect mix for you drawing from over 300 different native(and native neighbors) species. Please allow two weeks from time of order to completion. Price will vary, minimum order is one pound. Please call 413-274-3433 for additional information.
- Berkshire Meadow Mix
- Ideal for creating a beautiful habitat which supports a wide range of birds, butterflies and pollinators.
- Full Sun to Part Sun - at least six hours of direct sun a day
- Perfect for drier soils such as the edge of roadways/driveways, where salt run-off may be an issue, in hot locations, in rocky poor soil types, windswept hilltops and disturbed soils.
- May contain all or some of the following: arrow-leaved aster, black-eyed Susan, broom sedge, calico aster, daisy fleabane, foxglove beardtongue, grass-leaved goldenrod, lance-leaved aster, little bluestem, meadowsweet, milkweed, New England aster, New York aster, obedient plant, orange butterflyweed, ox-eye sunflower, purple lovegrass, showy goldenrod, stiff aster, sundial lupine, wild bee balm, wild senna, yellow false indigo
- Small .25 oz. (coverage: 45 sq. ft.) $6.95
- Medium 1 oz. (coverage: 175 sq. ft.) $24.95
- Call or email to inquire about custom seed mixes to meet your site requirements 413-274-3433.
- Woodland Edge Mix
- A mix designed for loose canopy woods or woodland’s edge.
- Part Sun - four hours direct light or strong dappled light
- Designed for open canopy woods and forest edge, requires partial sun for optimum blooms (minimum of 3 hours direct sunlight or 6 hours dappled sunlight). Suggested uses include roadsides bordering forest, shady open areas and recently logged forests.
- May contain all or some of the following: big leaf aster, bottlebrush grass, black cohosh, calico aster, Canadian milk vetch, columbine, Culver’s root, foxglove beardtongue, golden Alexander, grass leaved goldenrod, heart-leaved aster, nodding onion, New York aster, showy tick-trefoil, smooth aster, spotted St. John’s-wort, Swan’s sedge, thimbleweed, tufted hairgrass, virgin’s bower, white avens, white snakeroot, white wood aster, wild quinine, woodland sunflower, wreath goldenrod
- Small .25 oz. (coverage: 90 sq. ft.) $6.95
- Medium 1 oz. (coverage: 350 sq. ft.) $24.95
- Call or email to inquire about custom seed mixes to meet your site requirements 413-274-3433.
- Berkshire Lake, Pond & River Mix
- A mix designed for wetland plantings.
- Full to part sun - at least six hours direct sun a day
- Suited to wetter soils such as drainage ditches, borders of ponds, swamps and lakes, river edge, gutter run off, rain gardens, gray water leech fields, and seasonally wet open areas, clay soils with poor drainage.
- May contain all or some of the following: bald spikerush, blue flag iris, blue vervain, boneset, cardinal flower, cotton grass, Culver’s root, dogtooth daisy, fox sedge, fringed sedge, golden Alexander, monkey flower, New York ironweed, purple Joe-Pye weed, shallow sedge, steeplebush, swamp aster, swamp milkweed, turtlehead, virgin’s bower, wild rye, wool grass
- Small .25 oz. (coverage: 45 sq. ft.) $6.95
- Medium 1 oz. (coverage: 175 sq. ft.) $24.95
- Call or email to inquire about custom seed mixes to meet your site requirements 413-274-3433.
- Berkshire Grassy Meadow
- A fantastic selection of bunching grasses that can be used alone or combined with a selection of wildflowers.
- Requires 6 hours minimum of full sun per day.
- Some suggested uses include seeding at construction sites, use as temporary or permanent ground cover, field habitat for nesting birds and erosion prevention.
- Mix contains: Broom Grass, Broom Sedge, Little Blue Stem, Purpletop and Switchgrass
- By the half pound (covers approx. 1,000 sq. ft.) $28.00
- By the pound (covers approx. 2,000 sq. ft.) $40.00
- Call or email to inquire about custom seed mixes to meet your site requirements 413-274-3433.
Project Native, Inc. 342 North Plain Road (Route 41) Housatonic, MA 01236 Phone (413) 274-3433 Fax (413) 274-3464