Green Star Wetland Plant Farm

06/17/2026

This Saturday June 20 the gate opens at 9am for the last Open Farm morning until fall. Come see the plants, talk to experts, and take home native plants for your pond, rain garden, or conservation project.

06/16/2026

Green Star Wetland Plant Farm in Alvin TX is hiring part-time positions for Native Plant Technicians. Gain wide ranging experience in plant propagation, from wild-collecting seeds to loading plants destined for projects across the Texas Gulf coast. See the full job description and how to apply at https://greenstarwetlands.com/employment.

05/28/2026

The farm is open to the public for retail sales this Saturday morning! Come talk with the wetland plant experts, pick out the native plants your project needs, and enjoy this unique wetland nursery setting.

05/24/2026

Venturing out after 4” of rain, you get to see the first American lotus bloom of the summer.

04/15/2026

Open Farm mornings give you a chance to poke around the greenhouse, see what's at home in the ponds, and stretch your legs on the back prairie. Buy some native aquatic plants, too! The next Open Farm is this Saturday morning, 9am-12.

03/15/2026

Saturday morning, March 21, the gate opens for retail sales on our first Open Farm Day of the spring. Ramble the land, see the plants in their natural habitat and take home native aquatic plants for your pond, rain garden, or wetland project.

01/19/2026

Chuffed to have the word out about Green Star as a "hidden gem" in this interview with Mary Carol, Green Star's founder.

Today we’d like to introduce you to Mary Carol Edwards. Mary Carol Edwards Hi Mary Carol, please kick things off for us with an introduction to yourself and your story. I was a suburban Houston kid with a longing for wild natural places. Fortunately I had elder family members who still farmed in E...

01/06/2026

Follow Tusie the farm dog as she checks out the new walking trails being cut on the back acres, then head back up to the farm to see how the plant stocks look so photogenic in the fog.

12/16/2025

I've been looking for this photo of John Ferguson and me (Mary Carol) when he visited our farm to pick up plants a few years back. See how I'm smiling? John had been so kindly attentive and radiated sympathetic joy as I showed him around. He made me feel proud and supported. In fact, I always felt that happiness in his presence, like so many other people did. John is an inspiration, not to be forgotten.

12/01/2025

A wet grey 45 degree day like this is ideal for staying in the breakroom after the orders are picked up and just working with seeds. We started with the Aquatic milkweed seeds and a few thousand are put to bed, bagged in a wet towel in the fridge. We’ll get them up starting in February. It is gratifying that this species is in demand even though it’s not the showiest flower, or grandest plant. It is beloved of all kinds of 6-leggeds, and that is everything.