Nursery

Native Plant Nursery

The Native Plant Nursery at Adkins Arboretum boasts the area's largest selection of ornamental native trees, shrubs, perennials, grasses, ferns, and vines,for your home garden.

We strive to offer the healthiest, best quality plants. Online sales are conducted in Spring and Fall, followed by timed, in-person pickups.

Some of the plants grown at the Nursery are collected and propagated from locally collected seeds and cuttings. No plants are collected from the wild. Learn more about the Arboretum's native plant propagation initiative.

Neonicotinoids and Adkins Arboretum

Adkins Arboretum does not use neonicotinoid pesticides on any plant material propagated at our Nursery. Further, the Arboretum only purchases plants from reputable growers who have provided certification that their nursery product is free of that chemical.

Learn more about neonicotinoids.

Directions

From the Chesapeake Bay Bridge (30 minutes)
Take U.S. 50 E to U.S. 404. Turn left onto U.S. 404 E and travel approximately 7 miles to the second stoplight at MD 480. Turn left onto MD 480 and then take an
immediate left onto Eveland Road. The Arboretum’s main entrance is 2 miles ahead on the left. Use the South Entrance, before the main entrance, to access the
Native Plant Nursery.

From the east (60 minutes)
From Route 13, take U.S. 404 W. Turn right onto MD 480 and take an immediate left onto Eveland Road. The Arboretum’s main entrance is 2 miles ahead on the left.
Use the South Entrance, before the main entrance, to access the Native Plant Nursery.