Native Plant Care and Salesby Toronto's High Park Stewards

Use native plants in your garden and help native species thrive!

No High Park Native Plant Sale in 2022

See the Other Groups and Events page and below for other organizations holding plant sales.

The following information relates to past and hopefully future plant sales.

Find beautiful, wildlife-friendly plants for any garden, big and small

OTHER GROUPS AND EVENTS

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Examples of Plants

Wild Bergamot

Wild Bergamot

Blooms: Jun - Jul

Height: 90 cm / 3 f

Conditions: sun to shade

Indian Cup Plant

Indian Cup Plant

Blooms: Jul - Sep

Height: 200 cm / 6.6 f

Conditions: sun to shade

Tall Meadow Rue

Tall Meadow Rue

Blooms: Jul - Sep

Height: 165 cm / 5.4 f

Conditions: part shade

Wild Columbine

Wild Columbine

Blooms: May

Height: 45 cm / 1.5 f

Conditions: part shade

Early Goldenrod

Early Goldenrod

Blooms: Summer

Height: 120 cm / 4 f

Conditions: sun to part shade

Harebell

Harebell

Blooms: Jul - Sep

Height: 30 cm / 1 f

Conditions: full sun

Swamp Milkweed

Swamp Milkweed

Blooms: Summer - Fall

Height: 90 cm / 3 f

Conditions: sun to part shade

New-England Aster

New-England Aster

Blooms: Summer - Aug to Sep

Height: 110 cm / 3.5 f

Conditions: sun to part shade

New plants for garden PS
Spring garden
Summer garden
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Gardening with Native Plants

Here are some resources, plant lists and brochures that you can use to plan your garden, prepare for the High Park Stewards annual plant sale or brush up on the plants' needs after you take them home.

Native Plant Sales 2022

Other groups

ITZ - In The Zone Canada WWF-Canada is pleased to continue sourcing native plants for 120 Loblaw garden centres across southern and eastern Ontario and 10 in southern Quebec. Plants start to arrive now. 

What’s more, In the Zone — a collaborative initiative between WWF-Canada and Carolinian Canada — is hosting seven events with conservation and gardening experts in the coming weeks. Sign up to find out more!

NANPS - North American Native Plant Society. NANPS Sale page - Christie Pits, Sunday May 29, noon-3pm.

Project Swallowtail will have a native plant sale this spring. Orders will be accepted in May for June pickup. Please sign up to their email list for newsletters and links. Plant Sale - What to Expect (pdf)

TBG - Toronto Botanical Gardens May 14 9:30am to 2:30pm.  Plant Sale. Also Plantapalooza, various dates. A series of pop-up plant markets throughout the growing season featuring specialty garden and houseplants, unique trees and shrubs, native and pollinator-friendly collections, as well as sustainable, eco-friendly products.

Evergreen Brickworks Garden Market.
The garden centre is fully stocked with Toronto’s widest selection of Ontario native flowers, plants and trees for gardens of all sizes—container on your condo countertop to your backyard in the city. Closed Mon and Tues.

Parkdale Horticultural Society
Plant Fair May 21, 2pm to 4pm.
MINI PLANT SALE @ THE RONCY FLEA
Roncy United Church
214 Wright Ave
Our tables will be situated along the south lawns, alongside Wright Ave.

 

Plant lists

Other resources

Historical Info on our Native Plant Sales

2022 Cancelled
Near Greenhouses

Sale is held near High Park Greenhouses. See the plant sale map or visit our Maps page to plan a full-day outing in High Park on the day of the sale.

The plants that will be available at our sale depend on what has survived the winter. Many of the same plants are available from year to year so the plant lists below should give you some idea of what we will have.

Some additional things to note:

  • In order to have plants for everyone to enjoy, large orders will be available only after 1:00 PM from the remaining stock.
  • We accept cash only.
  • Parking is limited at the Grenadier Cafe. Please use transit, walk or bike if possible.
  • Sale supports the work of the High Park Stewards and native plant restoration in High Park.
  • Please help us by printing and putting up the sale posters where you think people will appreciate it.
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Everyone is welcome!

This is a welcoming place for a gardener or anyone curious about nature to stop by and explore wildflowers and other plants. If you decide to take one or more plants home, you will be helping to establish and support biodiversity beyond the borders of Toronto's parks and truly making the city greener. If you are just considering to start next year, do visit us with any questions you may have. Later, don't forget to come by and see the plants in bloom on our exemplary Boulevard Beds (around the parking lot from May to October).

Help us to organise the best nature event

There are lots of possibilities to help. The shifts are from one to two hours long. Refreshments will be provided. You can help to set-up, tear-down, or during the event. More details will be available in the Sign-Up Form.

Feel free to send us your photos of the event to be featured on the site. Explore photos from the past events:

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What's New?

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Research

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