Checkerspot
Farm
Native plants
for a living
landscape:
located in
Colrain, MA
About Us...
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!
Workshop: Health and Healing with Native Plants
Native plants have long been used in healing. Jenny Solidago, an herbalist with 30 years experience, and Checkerspot customer will explain which common meadow plants can be used medicinally and how to process them so they can be ingested or applied topically
When: 7- 8 pm, Wednesday August 6th
Where: At the Checkerspot store, 30 Jacksonville rd, Colrain MA
Cost: $5 (can be applied to any plant purchase after the workshop)
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MEADOW TOURS
Tours of the owner's meadow, which is a short walk from the store on Saturday, August 2nd at 10:30 and Sunday, August 3rd also at 10:30. Tours also on Saturday, August 9th and Sunday 10th also at 10:30. Learn the basics of meadow building, see dozens of native plants sold at the store in their flowering maturity. Butterflies! (probably). Free 40 minute tour. Register below:
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
Keystone Prairie grass: free pot with 3 plant purchase
Another tall prairie grass: Free pot with 3 plant purchase
For shade gardens or a woodland edge
Keystone Prairie grass: free pot with 3 plant purchase