Middlesex Conservation District
Celebrating 75 Years of Conservation
On Friday, May 1, and Saturday, May 2, more than 300 customers came to Minuteman High School in Lexington in search of native plants. Scale and Preparation In the days leading up to the sale, Middlesex Conservation District supervisors and volunteers packed nearly 2,900 plants for 227 pre-orders, representing 44 species of locally native forbs, … Read more
Written by Andrea Grossman. Edited by Miri Becker. With the success of our 2025 Fall Native Plant Sale, we wanted to give a shoutout to Minuteman High School, Dragonfly Natives, and our other vendors. We want to first thank Minuteman High School for hosting us for our Fall Sale and for future sales to come! … Read more
Written by Andrea Grossman. Edited by Miri Becker. We want to thank everyone who bought plants at our 2025 Fall Plant Sale, our wonderful volunteers, and those who donated directly to the District. We couldn’t have done it without you. With our efforts to provide the public of Middlesex County with native plants, we were … Read more
Ordering is open! Ordering deadline is September 5th! We welcome you to our 2025 Fall Plant Sale! Similar to our previous two sales, we will have wildflowers, shrubs, grasses and more. All plant material will come as plugs. All of our native plant varieties are straight species, meaning that no cultivars will be sold. It … Read more
Ordering is now closed. Welcome to 2024! This year, we are reimagining our traditional plant sale. Instead of seedlings, we will be selling seed packets of a variety of native plants. These plants will be straight species, meaning that no cultivars will be sold. It has been found that cultivars often do not have the … Read more