Founded in 1988, Sylva Native Nursery & Seed Co. is a wholesale nursery growing native plants and seed mixes for restoration and landscaping projects across the eastern United States. With growing locations in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and North Carolina, it supplies plants raised from regionally sourced seed and continues bringing additional native species into cultivation. Its work serves restorationists, landscape designers, contractors and other buyers seeking plants suited to local habitats.
Patuxent NurseryFor more than 25 years, Patuxent Nursery has grown and cultivated plants at its Bowie garden center, pairing an expansive nursery with practical advice for gardeners and landscape contractors. The nursery grows some plants itself and supplements its selection through East Coast growers, while its staff also provides planting services and care guidance. Patuxent has been rated a Top 100 Garden Center for more than 10 years and offers a dedicated selection of Mid-Atlantic native plants.BOWIE, MD
Angelica Nurseries, IncSince moving its family name to Maryland’s Eastern Shore in 1956, Angelica Nurseries has grown landscape-grade woody ornamental plants for the professional nursery trade. The family-owned and operated nursery propagates more than 80 percent of its seedlings, rooted cuttings and grafts from its own stock plants, and root-prunes more than 1,500 acres of nursery stock to help plants establish after relocation. Angelica sells wholesale only, supplying nursery sales yards and landscape projects.KENNEDYVILLE, MD
Rusty Oak NurseryFamily-owned and operated in Valley City, Ohio, Rusty Oak Nursery grows wholesale nursery stock on a 300-acre campus for landscape professionals and other trade customers. Founded by Karen and Mario Cekada more than 50 years ago, the business has grown from a weekend tree-selling venture into a year-round operation with 25 hoop houses, a 15-acre holding yard, and a team of about 40 employees. Its own delivery fleet and custom-growing capacity support large, coordinated plant orders from one nursery.VALLEY CITY, OH
Ernst Conservation SeedsErnst Conservation Seeds is a family business founded by Calvin Ernst in 1964, still led by the Ernst family from the Meadville farm where it began. Over six decades, it has grown from a five-acre crownvetch venture into a native seed producer serving restoration work across Eastern North America, with more than 11,000 acres in production and nearly 80 full-time employees.MEADVILLE, PA