Wilder Hill Gardens

Retail nursery open weekends 8 am-5 pm April – November! Offering sustainably grown shrubs, trees, small fruits, perennial flowers, herb plants, and annuals. Gorgeous floral arrangements for your wedding or event. Landscape design services available. PYO blueberries, currants, gooseberries, and Asian Pears in season.

April: Pruning Services & Tutorials On Your Site.
Most shrubs and many trees in your landscape will benefit from yearly pruning in the early spring. Protect the health and beauty of your landscape! Fine pruning services and tutorials available for ornamentals, fruit trees, blueberries and other small fruits.

May: Mother’s Day Weekend Spring Dig Sale
Sat & Sun, May 11 & 12, 9 am – 5 pm. Buy hardy, field-grown nursery stock directly from the grower. Perennial flowers, annuals for cutting, landscaping shrubs and fruit trees. Nine varieties of high-bush blueberry bushes, currants and gooseberries too. Free compost with any purchase. Rain or shine.

Saturday Morning Free Gardening Classes
Sat, 10-11 am, May 18 & 27, June 1 & 8. Free.
Visit our website for the weekly class topics, follow Lilian’s blog, and enter the Question of the Week Contest to win a $10 gift certificate to Wilder Hill Gardens. Come to one class or all four!

June: Peak Season and Final Free Gardening Class
Sat, June 1, 10-11 am. Topic: Growing perennial and annual flowers for cutting and arranging. Herbaceous perennials, trees and shrubs, annuals and cut flowers grown right here! 20% off plants for participants!

July: The height of summer bloom!
Open every weekend, 9 am – 5 pm, or by appointment. Plenty of pick-your-own cut flowers and blueberries. Organic and sustainably grown.
Class available: GROWING AND ARRANGING FLOWERS FOR SPECIAL EVENTS
Sat. July 21, 9 am -12 pm
Lilian Jackman is happy to share secrets and skills gained from over 20 years of creating vibrant flower arrangements using flowers grown at WHG. Topics covered will include exactly how to choose and grow the best flower varieties, weaving garlands and crowns, making swags and centerpieces, and using branches and fruits. All materials will be provided and each student will bring home their creations.

August: Ikebana Class with Ikuko Matsuda
Date TBA, 9 am – 12:30 pm. Learn two styles of the profoundly beautiful Japanese form of floral arranging using material from our gardens. $50, pre-registration required.

September: End of Season Sale
Sat & Sun, September 21 & 22, 9 am – 5 pm. Purchase locally grown perennial flowers, trees, and shrubs at the perfect time for fall planting. 30-50% off most stock. Free compost with any purchase.
Class available: MAKING PRINTS WITH PLANTS.
Sat. Sept. 28, 9 am -12 pm
A fun introduction to the art of Print-making. Wander the gardens of Wilder Hill to collect leaves, seeds, and flowers. Then we will use non-toxic Akua inks and a small press to transform your treasures into original prints. All materials provided.

October: Still Plenty of Time To Garden!
Woody shrubs and trees available for fall planting and lots of gorgeous cut flowers until the first hard frost. Landscaping work and consultations throughout the fall.

December: Holiday Decorations & Greens
Beautiful high quality wreaths available made with holly and mixed greens – medium and large sizes available ranging from 25-40 dollars each. Wreaths must be pre-ordered, though they will also be sold at certain one-off events such as Friday Midnight Madness in Shelburne.

• Wilder Hill Gardens
  351 S. Shirkshire Rd.
  Conway, MA (map)
  (413) 625-9446
  Visit our website or call for information.

A half-acre organic pick-your-own field, open from May to November, yields blueberries, currants,goooseberries, and Asian pears.

Fruit grown at Wilder Hill Gardens is alway free of herbicides, pesticides, and chemical fertilizers. Children are welcome to play in the sandbox, visit the chickens or help with the picking, including enthusiastic sampling of the fruit.

Call for availibility, picking hours and pricing.

• Blueberries
  Organic Highbush blueberries.
  Saturday and Sunday 8am – 5pm.
  For other times, call ahead.
  * Call ahead just to be sure.
• Gooseberries
  Saturday and Sunday 8am – 5pm.
  For other times, call ahead.
  * Call ahead just to be sure.
• Currants, Cut Flowers
  Saturday and Sunday 8am – 5pm.
  * Call ahead just to be sure.