Saturday, May 21 Event Update 

Wow! What a great turn out for the first day of our Spring Pop-Up Native Plant Sale! We'll be back at it tomorrow, Sunday, May 22 from 9 am to noon at the Isle a la Cache Museum/Preserve, 501 E. Romeo Road (135th Street) in Romeoville. The folks from Native Roots & Canopies will be on site with a selection of native trees and shrubs. Come on by!

Here's what we have left after today. Quantities are approximations.

Swamp (Rose) Milkweed - Asclepias incarnata (15 plants)
Common Milkweed - Asclepias syriaca (20 plants)
Butterfly Weed - Asclepias tuberosa (125 plants)
Whorled Milkweed - Asclepias verticillata (75 plants)
Sweet Flag - Acorus calamus (50 plants)
Wild Garlic - Allium canadense (19 plants)
Prairie Pussytoes - Antenaria neglecta (50 plants)
Pussytoes - Antenaria plantaginifolia (10 plants)
Hairy Wood Mint - Blephlia hirusta (20 plants)
Wild Hyacinth - Camassia scilloides (24 plants)
Spring Beauty - Claytonia virginiana (32 plants)
Copper-Shouldered Oval Sedge - Carex bicknellii (50 plants)
Common Wood Sedge - Carex blanda (200 plants)
Common Bur Sedge - Carex grayi (75 plants)
Pennsylvania Sedge - Carex pensylvanica - (15 plants)
Straight-Styled Wood Sedge - Carex radiata (20 plants)
Curly-Styled Wood Sedge - Carex rosea (50 plants)
Common Fox Sedge - Carex stipata (50 plants)
Brown Fox Sedge - Carex vulpinoidea (50 plants)
Tufted Hairgrass - Deschampsia caespitosa (20 plants)
Purple Prairie Clover - Dalea purpurea (10 plants)
Pale Purple Coneflower - Echinacea pallida (25 plants)
Spotted Joe-Pye Weed - Eutrochium maculatum (7 plants)
Button Blazing Star - Liatris aspera (20 plants)
Prairie Blazing Star - Liatris pycnostachya (4 plants)
Great Blue Lobelia - Lobelia siphilitica (20 plants)
Virginia Bluebell - Mertensia virginica (64 plants)
Wild Bergamot - Monarda fistulosa (10 plants)
Calico Beardtongue - Penstemon calycosus (5 plants)
Pale Beardtongue - Penstemon pallidus (75 plants)
Prairie Phlox - Phlox pilosa (75 plants)
Jacob's Ladder - Polemonium reptans (75 plants)
Slender Mountain Mint - Pycnanthemum tenuifolium (75 plants)
Mountain Mint - Pycnanthemum virginianum (100 plants)
Starry Campion - Silene stellata (5 plants)
Prairie Dropseed Grass - Sporobolus heterolepis (10 plants)
New England Aster - Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (10 plants)
Yellow Pimpernell - Taenidia inteferrimo (30 plants)
Early Meadow Rue - Thalictrum dioicum (10 plants)
Spiderwort - Tradescantia ohiensis (50 plants)
Heart-Leaf Golden Alexander - Zizia aptera (5 plants)

Bring your yard to life with native plants! 

LIST OF ​PLANTS AVAILABLE AT THE POP-UP SALE MAY 21-22 HERE

Native plants are beautiful, resilient, and provide everything pollinators need to thrive! So, come on out to Will County's largest native plant sale at the beautiful Isle a la Cache Preserve & Museum in Romeoville. Shop in-person for over 60 different species of native plants perfect for the pollinators in your life! While you are shopping for plants, you can chat with our amazing native plant experts. They will help you select your plants and answer your questions. Plus, we will have some great free resources. Conservation starts with you, so don't miss this event! 

JUST ANNOUNCED!

NATIVE ROOTS & CANOPIES NURSERY will be joining us only on Saturday, May 21 from 9a to 2p with a collection of native trees and shrubs. The nursery specializes in woody plant species with an emphasis on edible trees and shrubs for pollinator gardens, native restorations, permaculture, food forests, and agroforestry. They'll be bringing a selection of native trees and shrubs perfect for the home landscape. 

Perennial plants will be available in individual quantities or you can create your own collection with the help of our native plant experts. 

*Plants are $2.75 each, plus sales tax.
*Cash, check and credit card accepted.
*Sale will be held rain or shine.
*Bring along a box and fill it us as you shop. 
*Wear a mask based on your personal preference, informed by your personal level of risk.

Directions to Isle a la Cache Preserve & Museum

Need a Little Help or Inspiration? Check out our Learn & Grow page for a variety of plant lists, garden design ideas, and other resources! 

Questions or Concerns? Email is best. If you need to reach us, please contact us at willcountynature@fpdwc.org. 

Before you take shovel to soil, remember to contact 
​JULIE Before You Dig. Dial 811 or visit their web site. 

THANK YOU!

This event would not be possible without the generous support from the business community. A very special thanks to our partners: Enbridge, Brent Hassert Consulting, LLC, Pizzo & Associates, LTD, Pizzo Native Plant Nursery, Wight & Company, JULIE, Inc., Christopher B. Burke Engineering, LTD, KGG, LLC, Sikich, LLP, Strand Associates, Inc., McGill Construction, LLC, Troch-Mc Neil Paving Company, Inc., Natural Resource Management, Inc., Uni-Max Management Corporation, and Ardan Autobody.