ARCHIVED MARSB NEWSLETTER
Publish Date: August 4, 2026
From soil ecology to protected habitat, native plant materials provide the anchoring systems, the architecture, and the canopy necessary for carbon sequestration, erosion control, coastal resilience, and — for creating spaces where we all can learn from natural systems.
Ecoregional habitat restoration facilitates reciprocity. In this issue of Field Notes, meet three ROMP nurseries — each with a hand in mid-Atlantic native plant regeneration.
Go Native! Perennials
A Focus on Restoration
We are on a mission to rewild and restore land with native plants.
About:
Lakes and streams need more vegetation around them to purify water. Ditches need vegetation in them to filter polluted runoff.
Native insects, the major protein source for the food chain, need native plants to survive. As native habitats dwindle so do numbers of insects. Birds need insects, their numbers are also declining.
To address these challenges GNP is growing more plants.
Serving Ecoregions: 60 and 83
To learn more about ecoregions, visit MARSB’s species tool HERE>>
Products and Services:
“We are much more than a nursery. We try to get as many native plants in the ground as possible; through on site plantings and landscape jobs, working with local home owners, government, non profits, and businesses — and providing education. We hope to increase native plant diversity for seed increase as well as providing much needed habitat to animals and insects. We are cleaning up the soil and water for generations to come.”
Contact Information: rewildcny@gonativeperennials.com, (240) 626 5209
Owner: Janice Wiles
Location: 1686 NY 321, Elbridge NY (Limeledge @ Brookside)
For More Information: Go Native! Perennials
Hungry Hook Farm
Ecoregional Intention
Our mission is to:
Conserve local plant genetics by following science-based stewardship protocols,
Manage production in a way that is ecologically beneficial,
Build relationships with other organizations involved in plant conservation, and
Maintain a safe space for a diverse community of customers and stakeholders.
About:
Hungry Hook Farm is a native seed farm in the Piedmont Limestone/Dolomite Lowlands of Pennsylvania. We grow wild-type, source-identified seeds for the rematriation of indigenous plant communities within the Susquehanna River Watershed. Our seed increase farm is located in Manheim, Pennsylvania with a nursery and additional seed plots in Bainbridge, Pennsylvania.
Serving Ecoregions: 64, 66, & 67
To learn more about ecoregions, visit MARSB’s species tool HERE>>
Products and Services:
“Native plants are part of the amazing web of life! We hope these stories inspire you to get your hands in the soil, explore the tiny things in your garden or just sit under a tree and dream big.”
Contact Information: info@hungryhookfarm.com
Owner: Sherrie Moyer
Location: 26 Locust Grove Rd., Bainbridge PA 17502
For More Information: Hungry Hook Farm
Hill House Nursery
Experienced in Ecotypes
What we believe:
Propagated, not trucked: Every plant is grown here from seed, cutting, or division. No box-store middle-stops, no out-of-state genetics.
Local ecotypes only: Our seed comes from the Blue Ridge and Piedmont. The plants you take home already know your soil.
Honest answers: If something won't work on your site, we'll tell you, even if it costs us the sale. That's how we've lasted 28 years.
About:
Hill House grew out of Janet's backyard propagation beds in 1998. Twenty-eight years and 500+ species later, every plant we sell is still grown here, from regional genetics, by hand, without chemical pesticides.
We sit on the Eldon Farms property in the Blue Ridge foothills: a working ecosystem of pastures, woodlands, and now, a few acres of nursery rows. It's where the plants we sell were chosen, and it's where they all started.
Serving Ecoregions: 45, 63, 64, 65, 66, & 67
To learn more about ecoregions, visit MARSB’s species tool HERE>>
Products and Services:
“A nursery built by a horticulturist, for a place she loved.”
Contact Information: hillhousenativeplants@gmail.com, 540-522-2434
Owner: Janet Davis
Location: 125 Clover Hill Lane, Woodville, VA22749
For More Information: Hill House Nursery