Native Indiana plant kits take the guess work out of creating your native plant garden. Get a selection of ​tried and true native plants to create your own pollinator garden, shade garden, or rain garden.

Kit info:
50 plant plugs per kit - (approximately 5 plugs of each species)
$135.00 per kit +  tax

Orders and payment are due by March 30th but kits could sell out. Order early!

Pick up: Pre-ordered plant kits will be available for pick up the week of June 5th in Noblesville. More information will be emailed to customers as pick up approaches.

How to order:
Use our online store to purchase your plant kits. Don't forget to pre-order your rain barrel too! If you would rather pay via cash or check, please call 317-773-2181. You do not need to be a Hamilton County resident to purchase from our sales but you must pick up your order in Noblesville.
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How many plants do I need?
Plugs should be planted at least 1 foot apart (1 kit =50 sq. ft. garden). You can plant your plugs 16 -18 inches apart to cover a larger area (100-120 sq. ft. garden) and allow them plenty of room as they mature. See example planting plans below.

Please note - species and quantities listed are subject to availability.  Some species and quantities could be substituted if necessary.

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Plant Kits

Rain Garden Native Plant Kit

$135.00

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Rain Garden/Wet Area Kit:
Swamp Milkweed
Bristly Sedge
Brown Fox Sedge
Broad-leaved Purple Coneflower
Queen of the Prairie
Northern Blue Flag Iris
Common Rush
Riddell's Goldenrod
Common mountain mint
Golden Alexanders
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Potential alternate species/substitutions: cardinal flower, showy black-eyed Susan, blue vervain, Culver's root.
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Rain gardens are special native plant gardens that capture rainwater draining from your property (usually from your roof/downspouts). Rain gardens allow the water to soak back into the ground (cleaning it) instead of running off into stormwater drains. Learn more about rain gardens here.

​This kit is great for creating rain gardens and bioswales or for planting in wet areas of your yard in full/part sun.

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Shade Garden Native Plant Kit

$135.00

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Shade Garden Kit:
Wild Snakeroot
Wild Columbine
Plantain Sedge
Northern Sea Oats
Blue Mistflower
Bottlebrush Grass
Great Blue Lobelia
Blue- Stemmed Goldenrod
Heart-leaved Aster
Ohio Spiderwort
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Potential alternate species/substitutions: nodding wild onion, tall bellflower, big-leaved aster, wild geranium, Virginia bluebells, broad-leaved goldenrod, elm-leaved goldenrod, arrow-leaved aster.​
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Shady areas can be notoriously hard to deal with but there are a variety of native plants that will thrive in shady locations. This kit features some of those plants and is also great for pollinators.

This kit is great for your part sun/shade areas.

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Prairie Wildflower/Pollinator Native Plant Kit

$135.00

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Prairie Wildflower/Pollinator Kit:
Nodding Wild Onion
Butterfly Milkweed
Blue Wild Indigo
Sand Coreopsis
Purple Prairie Clover
Broad-leaved Purple Coneflower
Foxglove Beard Tongue
Black-eyed Susan
Little Bluestem
Early Goldenrod

Potential alternate species/substitutions: rattlesnake master, wild bergamot, prairie dropseed, sky blue aster, yellow coneflower.
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The Pollinator Kit has a diverse range of flowers and grasses that supply habitat and food for your favorite pollinators. These plants range from 1-5 feet. 

​This kit is great for full sun or light shade areas.

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Prairie Grass Native Plant Kit

$135.00

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Prairie Grass Kit:
Big Bluestem
Side-oats Grama
Copper-Shouldered Oval Sedge
Canada Wild Rye
Bottlebrush Grass
June Grass
Switch Grass
Little Bluestem
Indian Grass
Prairie Dropseed
​Potential alternate species/substitutions: northern sea oats.
​ ---------------------------------------Prairie grasses are a critical part of diverse native habitats. They provide physical structure important for birds and wildlife as well as seed and habitat and visual screening.

​This kit is great for creating native grass plantings, mixing in grasses with other plantings, and/or creating visual screening on your property in full sun to part shade.

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Extras

Conservation Yard Signs

$10.00

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55 Gallon Rain Barrel

$75.00

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Rain Barrel Diverter Kit

$30.00

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Not sure which kit is best for your property? 
Contact the SWCD or type the plant name into the LBJ Wildflower Center website to learn all about a particular native.

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Learn more about natives from the
Indiana Native Plant Society!