Nature Foundation’s Online Summer Blooms Plant Sale June 9 – July 9

An online Summer Blooms native plant sale, hosted by The Nature Foundation of Will County, will be held from June 9 – July 9. Plant orders may be placed via the Foundation’s website, willcountynature.org, through noon Sunday, July 9. The plant pickup and pop-up sale is set for Saturday, July 29, or Sunday, July 30, at the Forest Preserve District of Will County’s Isle a la Cache Museum in Romeoville.

The Summer Blooms sale features a variety of late-blooming native plants that are much-needed sources of nutrition for pollinators, especially bees and butterflies.

“More than 60 individual species of native plants will be available and include pollinator magnets, such as blazing stars, asters, goldenrods, anise hyssop, ironweed, and culver’s root, to name a few,” according to the Foundation’s website. “Popular garden collections like Bumble Bee Banquet and Hummingbird Haven, chock full of late-blooming native plants, also will be part of the online sale, as will the Summer Blooms Raffle.”

Adding summer blooms to a garden provides visual interest, as well as resources for pollinators, said Cynthia Harn, the Foundation’s executive director.

“Being able to add native plants to your garden throughout the gardening season not only benefits the native plant gardener, but continuous blooms throughout the growing season also provide pollinators with a constant food supply and healthy habitat that can support the next generation,” Harn said.

The Nature Foundation supports the education, recreation, and restoration efforts of the Forest Preserve District of Will County. For more information on the Forest Preserve, visit ReconnectWithNature.org.