Why Native Plants?
At Blue Water Baltimore, we take our native plants seriously. Native plants can help reduce polluted runoff, by reducing the need for fertilizer and watering. They also have many other benefits: cooler summers, cleaner air, and more habitat for birds, butterflies, and bees.
Native plants have adapted to local conditions, and wildlife that lives here or migrates through our area have adapted to the native plants. Fertilizers needed to maintain non-native species can run off lawns and gardens in rain storm, eventually ending up in our streams and Harbor, causing fishkills and other damage to the environment.

Keep it Local with Native Plants
Blue Water Baltimore’s Herring Run Nursery has been serving Baltimore’s gardeners, landscapers, and watersheds for 17 years.
If you got one of our native wildflower seed packets from us, you can plant them by simply sprinkling the seeds in the dirt. Send us a picture once they bloom and follow us on Facebook for more gardening tips!