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Native Plants

Authentic Long Island Native Plants and Tick Bite Prevention

Set aside a bit of nature to benefit bees, butterflies, pollinators. We're a small plant nursery offering homegrown and local native grasses and wildflowers for parks and gardens. Search our Bee Friendly Native Plant List below.

Why Become A Member? - Join Us

First off you become a member of Quality Parks. Quality Parks is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charity with a mission to advocate, educate, consult park stewardship improvements on Long Island. Be Naturally Intelligent.™ Besides selling the native plants we grow, and educating folks on tick bite prevention, we collect data on the state of our parks and park resources.  Citizen science volunteers review parks and park resources — the environmentalists — that care for the real Long Island.   I hope we answered your question about membership.  Oh, and members receive native plant purchase and related garden design consultation discounts. Create your own natural park setting.   We’ll show you how.
Since we grow and test grow them, we understand how plants interact  meadows and woodlands. Our Grower is Mindy Block, who has been growing plants for a large east end grower, and well as having done research at the SUNY Stony Brook greenhouses, as well as having studied ecological restoration (rewilding) for decades. Mindy has a graduated degree in Environmental Studies, having also studied plant propagation, and has done graduate work in prairie and pine barrens restorations.
Perennials
  • ​Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa)
  • Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
  • Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium purpureum)
  • Lateflowering Thoroughwort (Eupatrorium serotinum)
  • Maryland Golden Aster (Chrysopsis mariana)
  • Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum sp.)
  • New England Aster (Aster novae-angliae)
  • New York Ironweed (Vernonia noveboracensis)
  • Showy Aster (Eurybia spectabilis)
  • Showy Goldenrod (Solidago speciosa)
  • Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
  • Swamp Rose Mallow (Hibiscus palustris)
  • Tickseed (Coreopsis verticillata)
  • White Snakeroot (Ageratina altissima)
  • White Wood Aster (Aster divaricatus)
  • Wild Geraniumn (Geranium maculatum)

Pricing Information & Availability

Ferns
  • ​Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris)
Grasses
  • Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)
  • Pennsylvania Sedge (Carex pensylvanica)
  • Purple Top Grass (Tridens flavus)
  • Switch Grass (Panicum virgatum)
Shrubs/Trees
  • Bayberry (Myrica pensylvanica)
  • Sweet fern (Compton peregrina)
  • Grey Birch (Betula Populifolia)
Safety Equipment (only available in person)
  • Cedar Oil TickSpray
  • Permethrin Tick Spray
  • Permethrin Treated Socks
Quality Parks native plant prices are more aligned with other sellers on Long Island. Roughly, we've kept wholesale rate the same (only for nonprofits and resellers), and doubled these rates for a retail price, and offer a 25% discount for members. We're working on included sales tax for easy cash sales.

Noteworthy

  • Full Sun (6 hours or more of direct sunlight) - Partial Sun/Shade (4-6 hours of daylight)​
  • Learn more about Tick Bite Prevention
  • Learn more about the Wildlife of Long Island
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Board Members

Mindy Block, President & Founder
Annelies Kamran
Caran Markson
Dana Frances Hilbert
Fred Edel, Co-Chair
​Jenn Lucas
Phil Benvin
Quality Parks is a professional organization sponsoring projects to improve both business and environmental conditions by balancing social, economic and environmental concerns. We disseminate information, develop and provide experiential learning opportunities, and support efforts designed to stimulate, encourage, educate, and involve the general public in natural resource stewardship practice​s. ​We are a  federally registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit, since 2000, based in Port Jefferson, on  Long Island, New York
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Policy Statement
A Tribute To Raymond P. Corwin
A Tribute To Larry Paul
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