Wild About Flowers – Company Overview

Wild About Flowers is a small specialty nursery focused on native perennial wildflowers of Alberta. We believe that there are eco-friendly alternatives to traditional landscape design and maintenance practices which are labour intensive and rely heavily on synthetic chemicals.

Native plants are beautiful, self-sustainable and well suited to our climate. The potential for native plants in landscaping and gardening is limitless and their contribution to the health of our environment is essential.

Seed Collection

We collect our seed from natural spaces like country roadside ditches, designated crown lands and private property by invitation. Our seed can be source identified. We are always scouting new locations and try not to return to the same sites every year. We collect in small groups by hand and are mindful of the amount of seed we take from any area.

We do not sell large bulk quantities of wildflower seed as providing this service would have a negative impact on our picking sites and we want to preserve our natural spaces. We encourage people with large spaces to consider planting islands of plugs instead which will provide a constant source of seed year after year and are easier to establish.

Plant Production

We grow our plants outdoors and in-tune with the growing season which produces hardy plants ready to handle the transplant into the natural environment.

We choose to use naturally derived fertilizers that promote healthy growth and strong immune systems. As a result of our natural growing cycle production practices and healthy (unforced) plant growth time lines we have no need for chemical pesticides.

We are committed to being “Green Growers” and to promoting landscape design and maintenance practices that embrace indigenous life, biodiversity and a healthy environment.