Welcome to Tend Native Plants! We are a small nursery based in the Madison, Wisconsin area specializing in pollinator-safe native plants for local gardeners.

We believe in gardens that do more than look pretty. With native plants, your yard becomes a refuge for declining birds, butterflies, and bees. Every flower pot and pollinator patch helps increase local biodiversity. When you garden for habitat, you get more than beauty — you reconnect to the web of life.

Ethically-sourced, nursery grown

All our plants are pesticide-free, pollinator-safe species for southern Wisconsin gardens. 100% of our plants are nursery-grown with seed sourced from reputable regional native nurseries. We select seed with genetic origins in southern Wisconsin (or nearby), so they are adapted to our climate. To ensure the best nutrition for pollinators, we only grow "straight species," no cultivars.

In a nutshell, we grow the healthiest plants for pollinators so you can focus on the fun part — gardening with them!

Pesticide-free means plants are free from…

• insecticides (such as neonicotinoids aka neonics)

• herbicides

• fungicides

  Note: The only fungicide we use is dilute hydrogen peroxide (<1%), which is allowed in organic agriculture and only used sparingly around plants growing indoors where no insects are present. Hydrogen peroxide rapidly degrades to water and oxygen and has a half-life of 7 hours or less in soil (Source: USDA).