CONWAY NATIVES NURSERY
Native Plants, Locally Grown
GRAND OPENING
GRAND OPENING
Spring 2026
Mother’s Day Weekend
Saturday, May 9 & Sunday, May 10, 2026 · 9 AM – 5 PM
Join us for a free garden tour and native plant ID walk
Each visitor will receive a free native plant to take home
Enter our drawing for a chance to win an original woodblock print
Services
We sell native shrubs, flowering perennials, shade plants and grasses; propagated and grown right here at Conway Natives. Our nursery stock is especially healthy and ready to thrive in your landscape. We are committed to using organic methods and a minimum of petroleum in our nursery and landscaping projects.
Native Plant Nursery
With 35 years of experience in Western MA, Lilian Jackman offers landscape design and installation , consultations, and expert pruning. Conway Native’s awesome crew will create a beautiful and ecologically sound landscape , beneficial to the environment, pollinators, and your family alike. Attention to the health of the soil will ensure that your plantings thrive for many years to come.
Landscape Design
In the spring of Spring of 2026 we will offer three informative workshops on native plant propagation, culture, and garden design. This year we’ll offer a printmaking workshop in the Wilder Hill Press studio; for beginners as well as printers/artists with some experience who want to expend their practice. December brings the popular wreath- making workshop. See below for more information.
2026 Workshops
2026 Workshops
Starting Native Plants from Seed
Sunday May 17th, 2026
10am-12pm
What better way to grow your understanding of native plants than starting from seed? This workshop will begin with tour of Conway Native’s display gardens, with time for plant identification, design tips, and just a bit of soil science. Then we will get to work preparing peat pots with 3 different native seed mixes.
Learn how to grow your own native plants from seed, plant a meadow, and then how to save your own seeds at the end of the season. Each student will take home seeded pots with 3 different native seed mixes.
Fee: $25
Pre- registration required
Vegetative Native Plant Propogation
Sunday May 24, 2026
10-12pm
Many native plants are vigorous growers and are easily propagated by division or stem cuttings. Other species are slower growing and need to be handled carefully. Still others are best multiplied by stem cuttings at just the right time of year or by “layering”. In this hand-on workshop we will practice several methods of vegetative plant propagation in the fields and at the potting bench of Conway Natives. Please bring gloves, clippers, and a box to take home your own native plants divisions.
Fee: $25
Pre- registration required
Transforming Your Yard Into a Native Plant Sanctuary
Sunday May 31st, 2026
10-12pm
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you are tired of mowing your lawn every week and want to see more birds and butterflies in your yard. Maybe you want to do your part to return the landscape to a more natural state, beneficial to the environment and pollinators. Or maybe you are simply captivated by the beauty of native plants and want to create your own meadow.
This workshop will begin with a tour of Conway Native’s display gardens with an eye toward plant groups and design elements. With a provided plant list and drafting supplies, each participant will design a preliminary draft of a garden design to take home, along with 1 free native perennial. .
Fee: $25
Pre- registration required
Printmaking Workshop
Saturday Sept. 26th, 2026
10-4 pm
Come learn the basics of relief printmaking in this intensive 1-day workshop at Wilder Hill Press, set amid the gorgeous gardens of Conway Natives plant nursery. Lilian Jackman will be your teacher, as you learn to design and carve a plate of lovely Japanese Shina Plywood. Then you will print your own limited edition prints or cards.
Techniques such as half tones, ghost printing, selective inking, and layering will all be covered as well as paper selection. Students will also be taught how to print at home without a press.
We use non-toxic Soy-based Aqua inks. No experience required!
Fee: Sliding Scale $100-$160
Pre- registration required
Wreath Making Workshop
Sat-Sun December 5-6, 2026
10am-4pm
Learn the traditional art of wreath making with Conway Native’s exceptionally fresh mixed greens including Boxwood, Holly, Cedar, Microbiota, various Conifers, Andromedeas, and berries. Drop in anytime to make your own beautiful and original wreath or swag. Dress warmly and bring along a pair of hand clippers if you can. No registration required, just come by whenever you like!
$25/wreath, $20/swag
includes instruction and all materials
