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Checkerspot
Farm 

Native plants
for a living
landscape:
located in
Colrain, MA 

About Us...
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We are a native plant nursery located on scenic 112 N in Colrain, MA (ten minutes from Greenfield or Shelburne Falls. Our address is 30 Jacksonville Road, Colrain MA. 

The nursery is open on Fridays 3-6/ Saturday and Sunday 10-5.

If you have a landscaping project you would like to discuss earlier, just call, text, or email to set up an appointment. 

Now you can buy plants even when the store isn't open! Remote pay options (card, Venmo or Paypal)
9am-9pm every day!
Free Meadow Tours
in July and August

Weather permitting, a short tour of the farm meadow (a work in progress) will be Saturday and Sunday mornings at the store. Exact dates will be determined when meadow is in full bloom.  To be notified of the meadow walk time and date, sign-up on the Contact page. 

Latest News 

The Grasses are Here! The Grasses are Here!

The grasses are grown and ready to be taken home. Free pot of Little Bluestem, Indian grass, Side oats grama, Canada wild rye, Riverbank rye or Little bluestem with 3 pot purchase of similar size starting Friday July 4th  Why do you need grass?  Read about why native grasses are an important and beautiful part of any native plant garden here:  Slide show below of available grasses

FREE NATIVE PLANT CURRICULUM

   In September of 2023, I  received a grant from the MA Department of Agriculture to write curriculum about native plants.  This curriculum is FREE for anyone to download, it is grade specific and allied with the MA, Vt, NY and NH science standards.   Go to FiveHundredYardFieldTrip.com

     to learn more about how to connect  students with ecology education!

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