Alberta Nursery Sows Native-Plant Philosophy

Arden Nering’s small-business strategy could almost be summarized in the e.e. cummings line “… and for everything which is natural which is infinite which is yes.” The strategy is that idyllic.

Ms. Nering spends the warmer seasons picking flower and grass seeds, often exotic varieties, from the wilds of the Alberta foothills

Her nursery and mail-order business, Wild About Flowers, is part of a movement among nurseries specializing in indigenous plants, which are heartier and more suited to growing conditions in Alberta. Unlike imported species, they rarely need fertilizers or extra watering. The trend is meant to counter the destruction of native habitats.

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