M R Gardens

09/26/2026

Update Sunday the 27th - It appears as if our domain name www.nativeplantsasheville.com is now connected to our new site. Enjoy browsing!

We're excited about the site - just know we're still putting final touches on it so it's a bit of a work in progress. Thank you for your support and your patience!💚

09/12/2026

New additions to our team! Welcome Jorie (our manager) and Alex and Sara, the new owners of M R Gardens.

Follow the links on our about page to read about their background, interests and vision!
https://www.nativeplantsasheville.com/about

We're so glad to have you as part of M R Gardens. Thank you for everything - it's been a ride and we've only just begun!

If there's any glitches in viewing the page, note we are migrating our website data, likely in the next week.

09/10/2026

Megan here - my last post but I’ll be behind the scenes from here on out. We officially closed today after a crazy week of delays. We must wait for good things. This video of goumis in full force is from late May when I first met the new owners, and I filmed it because I think it exhibits the spirit of the farm. Abundance and generosity, yet we need a cook to turn the big harvests into goumi ice cream to realize its full capacity. While I mean this metaphorically, one of the owners is an avid cook😋

Stay tuned….

Sending lots of goumi love to everyone❤️

09/08/2026

Busy busy bees on the New England Asters💜

09/04/2026

We had temporarily turned off website ordering yesterday, which was supposed to be the closing date for the switch in ownership. But it looks like the transition won't happen until mid next week - if all goes well - due to an admin situation plus weekend/holiday schedules. So please help us out and keep on ordering as the delay is costly for us. While our very popular half-off sale has ended, we still have bulk discounts when you purchase 5 or more of select species, including Eastern Columbine pictured here. See the full list here:

https://www.nativeplantsasheville.com/shop/bulk-option/R7UTOQHBMWXCAGME3A6MC7F5

Or go to "On a budget: A few deals for you" in our menu, (under "More" on the desktop version).

Keep on crossing fingers everyone. We're fairly certain this is just yet another delay, which we're very used to in farming. It's part of it. 💜🐞🦋

09/02/2026

Our latest newsletter. Please do read the letter to you from M R Gardens' Founder Megan Riley. The owner change is happening tomorrow.

We tried sending the newsletter from a different email address than usual to see if it would not get filtered out of your inboxes, but it still seems to be happening. So if you've subscribed and find it in your spam, please mark "not spam."

http://www.gomnb.com/email/newsletter/1418427063

It's no longer a secret - this is happening💜🐦🦋🌱

08/30/2026

The Plants for Wildlife kiosk at Fifth Season Gardening has been restocked! New additions include Ox Eye Sunflower (Heliopsis), two types of Coneflowers (Purple and Pale Purple), and Aromatic Aster, a late season bloomer that is important for pollinators searching for food at the end of the growing season. 💜

When native perennials stay on the shelf throughout the summer, they start to lose their leaves, even if the plant is still reliable. You can check how robust the roots are by gently squeezing the pot—feeling how the roots are filling out the container, and also turning it upside down to see roots escaping from the drainage holes. Often new leaves will be resprouting at the crown (at the bottom of the stem).

Plants for Wildlife is typically a consignment model so that the nurseries can take the plants back and repot them when they lose leaves. Fifth Season is offering M R Gardens straight sales for the time being while the supplier sorts out an upcoming transition.👏💚🐝 We greatly appreciate you Fifth Season! Fifth Season Gardening Co. Asheville

08/26/2026

Heath Aster (Symphyotrichum ericoides) in bloom end of August 🤍 Ours are half-off through Sept. 2, along with most of our offering. Go to nativeplantsasheville.com to learn more

08/26/2026

One week left for our half-off sale! Thanks everyone who has placed an order so far. Very helpful. 💚

Take advantage of our end-of-summer deals now through September 2! 💜 Nearly half our offering is now half-off each plant!

Go to nativeplantsasheville.com

Discounts are automatically deducted from the price once the items are in your shopping cart. To see if your selection qualifies, look for "Half Off" listed on each item page, when you click on "see more" on your desktop. (Or on your phone, scroll through the discounts to the right).

Posted here is the full list of discounted items. Please note that for some items, the discount only applies to certain sizes (such as Nearly quarts for Starry Campion).

Once we receive your order, we'll arrange a pickup time via email.

M. R. Gardens offers native wildflowers that attract songbirds, butterflies and other pollinators.🌱🦋🐦

08/23/2026

We know some of you all remember these signs we used to put up around the Oakley neighborhood ;-) No, we don't have any tomatoes right now. 🍅Just going down memory lane.

Please read about our upcoming transition - at the end of our latest newsletter 💚
http://www.gomnb.com/email/newsletter/1418426497

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Hope you're out gardening in this amazing weather!