About Marion SWCD’s Native Plant Sales
Marion SWCD is excited to host two seasonal native plant sales for the second year in a row, designed to help you bring habitat home! Together, these sales provide opportunities to bring more native plants into your yard, garden, farm, or other landscape.
Planting native plants—whether bare-root or container-grown—helps establish healthy, resilient habitats that adapt to local conditions. Native species support local pollinators and wildlife, contribute to habitat connectivity, and can require less water and maintenance once established.
Marion SWCD holds these two seasonal sales each year to help you create beautiful, diverse wildlife habitat. Proceeds also support scholarships for Marion County students studying natural resources or agriculture at an Oregon college or university.
Our Seasonal Sales
Winter Bare-Root Native Plant Sale
Our winter sale features bare-root native plants, with an emphasis on native trees and shrubs. Bare-root plants are sold without soil around their roots and offer an affordable way to add native trees and shrubs to your landscape.
- Online ordering: Opens November 2nd – December 31st, 2026
- Order pickup & day-of sale: February 6, 2027
Spring Container Native Plant Sale
Our spring sale features a wide variety of native plants grown in containers, offering another opportunity to add native species to your landscape.
- Online ordering: Opens January 4th – February 24th, 2027
- Order pickup: March 2027 (details coming soon)
Note: Each seasonal plant sale has its own online pre-ordering period, designated pre-order pickup day, and remaining inventory day of sale.
Ordering & Pickup Information
How Ordering & Pickup Works
- Shop online: Browse the seasonal online catalog and place your preorder during the designated ordering period.
- Pick up your order: Collect your plants at the scheduled pickup event. Pickup details and instructions are provided for each sale.
- Shop in person: The pickup event also serves as our day-of sale, where remaining inventory is available for purchase while supplies last.
Check the individual sale pages for current ordering information, pickup instructions, and event details. *
Plant Sale Catalog
Visit our online store to browse the current plant sale catalog, explore available plants, and place your order.
Stan Vistica Memorial Scholarship
Our native plant sales are fundraisers for the Stan Vistica Memorial Scholarship, which offers support for students from Marion County studying natural resources or agriculture at an Oregon college or university.
The scholarship was established in 2006 in honor of an outstanding conservationist and former Board Member, Stan Vistica. The scholarship is administered through the Office of Student Access and Completion.
Native Plant Resources
Looking for bloom time table? Low water use plant list? A filterable plant database for the mid-Willamette region?
See what we have to offer.
Native Plant Sale Volunteers
Each year, Marion SWCD hosts two native plant sales to get more native plants in the ground. Both events offer great opportunities for volunteers to meet other native plant enthusiasts, learn more about native plants, and help us fill customer orders.
We welcome volunteers for both sales!
Volunteer at our Winter Bare-Root Sale
Volunteer at our Spring Container Sale – Coming Soon!
Refund and Cancellation Policy
We provide refunds for plants that become unavailable before the pick up dates (usually this is due to crop failures).
All sales are final once you leave the order pick up event. Customers should check their orders before they leave to ensure their order is complete. We may not be able to make any substitutions and will refund you for any missing plants at that time.
Marion SWCD is not responsible for any orders that are not picked up at the pick up event. All leftover plants, including orders that are not picked up, will be donated to restoration projects.
Related Resources
Contact Us
Our staff are happy to help answer your native plant sale questions