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This page outlines our business principles and offers some personal thoughts I'd like to share.  We also offer a few special items for sale. 

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Policy: We Don't Collect Plants in the Wild
"The Frog Does Not Drink Up The Pond
In Which He Lives." Indian proverb

You will not find  Lady Slipper orchids nor many of the spring ephemerals here. While I do know that there are a FEW nurseries that are growing them from seed - they are few & far between. We do not believe in collecting plants from the wild. Yes, we do believe in plant rescues - but only if it is a true rescue .... not just a word to use to try to justify digging plants in the wild. If you see lists of wildflowers and the prices seem to be too good to be true, believe me, they have been collected. If people will stop buying collected plants, the collection of plants will stop. Native plants are wonderful, but please buy only from nurseries who sell nursery propagated plants. Join your state native plant society and take a hike to see the wildflowers ..... and leave them for your great-grandchildren.



 



 




More about Pine Ridge Gardens
Our nursery was born in 1992, conceived out of a love of planting seeds, watching them germinate & grow. We are a small nursery, with most plants being in small quantities. A few things germinate exceptionally well every year, so some plants are available in large quantities.  Please ask. 



 





 
 



 
 
 






"To plant a seed is to believe in miracles." Anon.







 
 

 





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01/20/09