RESOURCES
Gerald W. Marks Exploration Center & Rocky Mountain Gardens, 1075 South Ave., Missoula MT 59801. 406-258-4210. “A premier destination for scientific and community-centered education... incl. a teaching kitchen, wet lab, meeting spaces, and educational gardens.” Free and open to the public. Over 20 distinct growing areas including waterwise, pollinator-friendly, native prairie, native forest, vegetable, medicinal herb, sensory, rose, and ornamental garden beds, as well as a fruit tree and berry orchard.
Caras Nursery and Landscape, 2727 S 3rd St W, Missoula MT 59804. 406-543-3333. Indoor & outdoor hardy plants, Montana landscaping and design, lighting and irrigation.
Pipilo Native Plants, Elliott Conrad 406-540-2230, Charlo/Moiese MT. info@pipilonatives.com. Pipilo Native Plants is 100% natives, specializing in plants native to Missoula and the Five Valleys area. Web sales or call to order, no minimum. Will deliver locally within Missoula and a fifty-mile radius. Always open for information or questions.
Center for Native Plants, 5605 U.S. 93 S, Whitefish MT 59937. 406-862-4226. Growing over 200 species of wildflowers, grasses, groundcovers, shrubs, and trees native to Montana and the Intermountain Northwest. Plants are grown outdoors, making them hardy and well-adapted to our climatic extremes. Very useful website with plant descriptions.
Montana Plants, 1300 Murray St., Missoula MT 59802. Call Andy Martinez, Nursery Manager, 406-529-7746, hello@mtnativeplants.com. “Trees and shrubs of the Northern Rockies.” By appointment. Also ecological services such as seed and cutting collections, plant salvage and transplanting, project implementation and planting, custom growing, and fruit tree pruning.
Montana Ace The Garden Place, 1101 Burlington Ave., Missoula MT 59801. 406-532-3478. Outdoor plants, indoor retail store & greenhouses. Great selection of Montana native plants.
Delaney’s Landscape Center, 40514 Montana Hwy 35, Polson MT 59860. “Largest selection of high-quality plants in Western Montana.” Also a full-service landscape service division.
Great Bear Native Plants, 282 Brothers Way, Corvallis MT 59828. 406-381-9829. Native plant nursery & restoration partner. “Primarily B2B and wholesale supplier for professionals.”
Montana Conservation Seedling Nursery, 2823 Spurgin Rd, Missoula MT 59804. 406-542-4244. Bare-root and containerized stock derived from wild collected and source identified seed. Genetically rich seedlings used by private landowners, county conservation districts, government agencies, conservation organizations, and the forestry industry throughout Montana to further their conservation goals. Seedlings must be used for a conservation project (wildlife/pollinator habitat, windbreak, erosion control, habitat diversification, etc.). Seedlings sold in bulk. Opening date for ordering is mid-September; orders can be picked up in the fall or picked up/delivered in the spring.
Evans Tree Farm, Rob Evans, Mullan Road, Missoula MT 59808. 406-721-8733. Call for appointment. Wholesale/retail tree farm that specializes in restoration and contract growing. Many species of native trees and shrubs are available. Some are containerized, and for some species cuttings are available.
Pink Grizzly Greenhouse, 1400 Wyoming Street, Missoula MT 59801. 406-728-3370. Greenhouse, annuals, perennials, hanging baskets, vegetable starts, herbs, seeds, trees, and shrubs. Planting services. Great selection of native plants.
Montana Native Plant Society: the Clark Fork Chapter (serves the greater Missoula area and west-central Montana, from Alberton to Darby) and the Flathead Chapter (serves the greater Flathead, Northwest Montana and Glacier National Park).
Tizer Botanic Garden & Arboretum, 38 Tizer Lake Rd., Jefferson City MT 59638. 406-933-8789. Public garden and arboretum open daily from 10 am to 6 pm, Mother’s Day to October. Locally adapted plants and a lovely place to visit. Retail garden and gift shop and an extensive nursery which specializes in high altitude, drought tolerant, and cold hardy plants.