Welcome!
Figwort Farm is a native plant nursery specializing in field-grown native plants started from seed. Our plants are cold-adapted, genetically diverse, will encourage biodiversity in your yard and help feed ecosystems. We are located in the peninsula town of South Bristol, Maine - the ancestral lands of the Nanrantsouak tribe, a member of the Wabanaki (Dawnland) Confederacy.
Owned and operated by Courtney Ross and Matthew Hight, Figwort Farm got its start in Gray, ME in 2024, selling plants at the Gray Village Farmers Market. After the first growing season the limitations of the land in Gray were very apparent and the decision to move to South Bristol was made! Figwort Farm is very much still in the growth and development stage and we welcome any and all feedback. Please, feel free to contact us with any concerns, questions or ideas! Our plants will be available for sale at our roadside nursery stand starting in May or June of 2025. Follow us on social media to stay updated.
Please note, plant knowledge shared on our website is not ours alone. Most of what is shared about each plant species is information gathered and collected from other, much more knowledgeable, people and sources who have spent years studying native plants and recording that knowledge in books and on websites for the rest of us to use as reference. We also provide information about our own personal relationship with each plant species. Indigenous people have native plant knowledge that stretches over millennia. Through story tellers and seed keepers indigenous cultures have held fast to their connections with the land and native plants around them, even in the face of genocide, violent displacement and the continued struggle to get recognition of their inherent sovereignty. It is through their example that we attempt to share our personal relationships with the plants we grow and sell. In respect of their lived experience we also share, when available, indigenous knowledge written and published by indigenous people with author and source information provided. (We are always looking for more resources written by indigenous people - please let us know if you have any suggestions!)
