Blue Stem Natives

Blue Stem Natives A women-owned native plant nursery, and garden center, focused on increasing accessibility and knowledge of native plants of New England.

Located at: 376 Washington St., Norwell, Massachusetts (rear lot).

Here at the Grow Native MA sale until 3pm today!
10/17/2026

Here at the Grow Native MA sale until 3pm today!

We hope to see you this Saturday (10/17) at the first annual FALL NATIVE PLANT MARKET hosted by the fabulous Grow Native...
10/15/2026

We hope to see you this Saturday (10/17) at the first annual FALL NATIVE PLANT MARKET hosted by the fabulous Grow Native Massachusetts , we will be there along with many other local growers. Behind the scenes we are emailing lists of plants we plan to bring to create the widest selection for you.

Blue Stem Natives will be bringing ALL of our native seed packets. Which will be about 100 different native species, including 4 varieties of our custom seed mixes.

If you can't make it on Saturday, stop by Blue Stem tomorrow (Friday, 10/16) for our closing day for the season!

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Buy One Get One at Blue Stem Natives now through Friday, October 16. This applies to all plants: perennials, ferns, gras...
10/08/2026

Buy One Get One at Blue Stem Natives now through Friday, October 16. This applies to all plants: perennials, ferns, grasses, shrubs, trees, etc.

Grab two of the same of species or mix (same pot size) and match!

In person only as we've zeroed out our inventory online. But we have LOADS of amazing native plants in stock.

T-F 10am-6pm
S+S 10am-5pm
Closed on Mondays

376 Washington Street, Norwell, MA

Thank you to our lovely seed-ordering-customers!❤️ This is one of many loads that have been making their way to the post...
10/06/2026

Thank you to our lovely seed-ordering-customers!❤️ This is one of many loads that have been making their way to the post office lately. Did you know we ship throughout New England? You’ll receive your seeds in plastic-free shipping in curbside recyclable bubble envelopes.

Now through early December is the ideal time to sow native seeds as the vast majority need to go through winter to unlock their ability to germinate.

Bluestemnatives.com/seeds

Here’s what you get when you buy seeds from our local small business:- Native seeds that will grow to support wildlife. ...
10/03/2026

Here’s what you get when you buy seeds from our local small business:

- Native seeds that will grow to support wildlife.
- Great instructions and people happy to educate you if you are new to seeding.
- Knowledge to bring you the correct seed for New England growers
- Allowing us to employ a team of local folks who help help checkout your order, grow plants, clean, collect, and package seed, etc. From 16 year olds with their first job and up.
- Your dollars going back into our community, into other small business, restaurants, etc. And also being used to grow our business.

Yes you can send for seeds and seed mixes halfway across the country, or you can shop local!

Starting NOW! 30% off of all native plants!We’d love to move more plants out from our nursery and into your yards. Stop ...
10/02/2026

Starting NOW! 30% off of all native plants!
We’d love to move more plants out from our nursery and into your yards. Stop in and grab some seeds too!

This past weekend…we hope you all stayed as cozy as a monarch caterpillar hunkered down in a greenhouse. We’ll update yo...
09/30/2026

This past weekend…we hope you all stayed as cozy as a monarch caterpillar hunkered down in a greenhouse. We’ll update you when this little one has gone full chrysalis.

We are back to normal hours and hope to see you soon. It’s a great time to plant for insects or to grab seeds for next year’s plants 🐛

We will be closed all weekend due to the impending Nor’easter and will also be closing early today (Friday) at 2pm. We’l...
09/25/2026

We will be closed all weekend due to the impending Nor’easter and will also be closing early today (Friday) at 2pm.

We’ll be busy buttoning down the hatches, removing all our signs, getting plants ready, etc. The one Monarch caterpillar on our milkweed plants is safely tucked away in the greenhouse ready to ride out the storm!

Stay safe every one!

Behind the scenes…everyone always comments how, as garden center/nursery owners, we must have lovely yards…alas…We’re so...
09/22/2026

Behind the scenes…everyone always comments how, as garden center/nursery owners, we must have lovely yards…alas…

We’re so busy with Blue Stem that I think our personal yards are a disaster (mine at least). I have a hard time editing out plants that aren’t working and a bad habit of bringing home only sad scrappy looking plants.

But it really is a great time to plant. Both Kristen and I have actually been planting at our own homes the last few weeks. Under this serviceberry (Amelanchier canadensis) in my yard there were non-native weeds mixed in with self-sown native species like common milkweed, blue vervain, pokeweed, and other tall species that just don’t really fit under a serviceberry. And it just “read” as pure chaos.

Working in this section to the right, I pulled the weeds, moved the good stuff, and also saved seeds from the blue vervain and the milkweed to sow in a better area. In their place I planted a lot of Packera obovata (running groundsel) which should thrive in this area, forming a groundcover to help keep weeds at bay. It doesn’t look like much now but really I’m planting for next year, these plants should still have time to establish now and so they can wake up ready to go in the spring. Bonus…major discounts at Blue Stem right now.

I’m taking it one small section at a time, you can see New England Aster (another tall one!) sowed it self to the left of this planted area and some sort of non-native mint. A project for another day.

Cheers to fall planting…and editing!

(Also I’m a fan of pokeweed but also have a dog that eats everything)

Address

376 Washington Street
Norwell, MA
02061

Opening Hours

Tuesday 10am - 6pm
Wednesday 10am - 6pm
Thursday 10am - 6pm
Friday 10am - 6pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 10am - 5pm

Telephone

+17817384869

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