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Growing native plants and trees from carefully sourced seed is one of our main activities in supporting the Mayor's Monarch Pledge. It is also one way to be good stewards of nature.

Native plants are important host plants for local pollinators. For example, milkweeds are the only plants that a Monarch butterfly will lay her eggs on because these are the only plants that can feed the Monarch caterpillars.

Native plants also provide habitat for many species that they have co-evolved with for thousands of years.

With native pollinator populations declining due to habitat loss, pesticide use and climate change, one thing we can do to support them is by planting more native species as viable habitat for them. Together we can make a difference.

Keep an eye out on our Events page and social media, for information about our plant sales and seed exchanges! 

Here are some native plant nurseries and seed suppliers below.

Native Plant Nurseries and Seed Suppliers

  1. Aamjiwnaang Greenhouse - Aamjiwnaang First Nation (by Sarnia, ON); Treaty 29
  2. A Cultivated Art - Ottawa, ON; Treaty 27
  3. Bee Kissed Seeds - Stoney Creek-Hamilton, ON; Treaty 3
  4. Bee Sweet Nature Company - Puslinch, ON; Treaty 3
  5. Golden Alexanders Nursery - Sarnia, ON; Treaty 29
  6. Heavenly Earth Native/Carolinian Tree & Shrub Nursery - Bothwell, ON; Treaty 2
  7. In Our Nature - Alton (Caledon), ON; Treaty 19
  8. Kayanase Greenhouse - Ohsweken in Six Nations of the Grand River (by Brantford, ON); Treaty 4
  9. Lacewing Plants & Seedlings - Markdale, ON; Treaty 18
  10. Little Otter Tree Farm - Tilsonburg, ON; Treaty 3
  11. Mitigominnpn Native Plant Nursery at the Alderville Black Oak Savanna - Alderville First Nation (by Cobourg, ON); Williams Treaty
  12. Native Plant Nurseries - Pefferlaw or Tottenham, ON; Williams Treaty and Treaty 18
  13. Native Plant Source - Breslau (Kitchener-Guelph), ON; Haldimand Treaty and Treaty 4
  14. Native Plants in Claremont - Claremont (Pickering), ON; Williams Treaty
  15. Native Trees and Plants - Amherstburg (Windsor-Essex), ON; Treaty 35?
  16. North American Native Plant Society & Seed Exchange - Mostly Ontario-wide; multiple treaty & unceded territories
  17. Northern Wildflowers - Lively (Sudbury), ON; Treaty 61
  18. Ontario Flora - Markdale, ON; Treaty 18
  19. Ontario Native Plant & Seed Exchange Facebook Group - Ontario-wide; multiple treaty & unceded territories
  20. Ontario Native Plants - Flamborough (Hamilton), ON; Treaty 3
  21. Origin Native Plants - Guelph, ON; Treaty 3
  22. Ottawa Wildflower Seed Library - Ottawa, ON; Treaty 27 and Algonquin Land Claim
  23. Prairie Moon Nursery - Minnesota, USA; Cession 289 (only shipping seeds to Canada)
  24. Prairie Song Nursery and Restoration - Port Rowan, ON; Treaty 3
  25. ​Return the Landscape - Aamjiwnaang First Nation and Sarnia-Lambton, ON; Treaty 29
  26. Seeds of Diversity - Seed libraries and exchange events Canada-wide; multiple treaty & unceded territories
  27. St. Williams Nursery & Ecology Centre - St. Williams (by Port Rowan), ON; Treaty 3
  28. Swallowtail Native Plants - Durham region, ON; Williams Treaty (Seeds will be available Fall 2023)
  29. Thedford Native Plants - Thedford (Lambton Shores), ON; Treaty 29​
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We are settlers on the traditional lands of the Anishinaabek, Haudenosaunee, Lūnaapéewak  and Attawandaron Peoples, Treaty 21 territory, currently known as Middlesex Centre, Ontario, Canada. The First Nations people, Innuit and Métis have stewarded these lands and waters since time immemorial. They continue to do so today, facing generations of violent assimilation and erasure. To reconcile our relationship and restore harmony, we acknowledge the harms caused by colonialism and commit to listen to, honour, and integrate Indigenous wisdom, history and values into our pollinator habitat work.

The ​Middlesex Centre Pollinator Team 
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