Berrien County Conservation District
2024 SPRING TREE SALE
The deadline for ordering trees and shrubs, fruit trees, strawberries, horseradish, and asparagus has passed. If you missed the deadline, please come during pickup times as we open as a browse and buy sale. Scroll down to see a list of available products for the browse and buy. Some quantities are very limited. We do this annual sale as a way to increase reforestation in Berrien County and as a fundraiser for our organization.
All products must be picked up, we do not ship. Pickup dates, and open browse and buy are:
Friday April 26th from 10am to 6pm and Saturday April 27th from 9am to 1pm.
Location is the Berrien County Youth Fairgrounds, 9122 US Hwy 31, Berrien Springs, MI 49103. Use Office gate across from United Federal Credit Union. Do not use the Shawnee Road Entrance, use the US Hwy 31 Entrance.
We get our seedlings from only trusted and well respected quality nurseries. We do our best to bundle and handle them in a manner to protect them so they will grow well for you. We are not a “big box” store. Once the seedlings leave here we cannot guarantee their survivability. Many factors go into a tree surviving: soil type, moisture, not getting watered enough, drought, disease, pests, deer and other critters, planted wrong (roots cannot grow),below freezing temperatures , lawnmowers, etc.!
Thank you for planting trees!
Items/trees available at the browse and buy until sold out:
Eastern Sand Cherry
Snowberry
Douglas Fir
Fraser Fir
Norway Spice
Red Pine
White Cedar
White Pine
White Spruce
Paper/Canoe Birch
American Larch
Black Walnut
Bur Oak
Red Maple
Sugar Maple
White Oak
American Hazelnut
Button Bush
Gray Dogwood
Rod Oisier/Twig Dogwood
Common Lilac
Meadowsweet Spirea
Red Bud
Serviceberry
Nannyberry
Winterberry
Cortland Apple
Ginger Gold Apple
Canadian Harmony Peach
Loring Peach
Asparagus
Strawberries
Horseradish
Dune Grass
Marking Flags
Rain Barrels
Tumbling Composters
Plant and Nature Books
2024 Native Grasses & Wildflowers Sale
Native plants are adapted to this region’s soils and climate, and require little maintenance once established. They are a valuable food source for many insects and birds that many ornamental plants cannot provide. Native plants have strong, extensive root systems that help rainwater infiltrate deep into the soil and protect the soil from erosion.
Wildflowers and grasses can also enhance the beauty of any landscape.
This is a separate sale from trees and shrubs with a different order deadline and pickup dates. Get native grasses and beautiful flowers in quarts and flats. Dune grass is also offered this year but comes as a bare root bundle of 100 sprigs and must be planted within 4 days of pickup date.
(Dune grass can also be ordered with the tree and shrub sale for the April pickup)
Deadline to order wildflowers and native grasses is May 3. Pickup day is May 22 from 12pm-3pm at the Berrien County Youth Fairgrounds office gate entrance.
Berrien County Conservation District
Preserving and Protecting our Natural Resources
Our Mission
Berrien County Conservation District’s mission is to promote the protection and improvement of Berrien County’s natural resources through education, management, and technical assistance
Our Function
We work at the county level to assist residents, producers, and communities to help resolve natural resource concerns. We offer available technical, financial, and educational resources, in addition we help coordinate those resources to meet the needs of the local residents to accomplish their conservation goals.
Our Values
Preserving, Protecting and Enhancing our Natural Resources
Inclusiveness
We respect people, value diversity and are committed to equality
Participation
We value and recognize the contribution of board members, employees and volunteers
Service
We strive to provide excellent assistance to all
COMMITMENT
We are passionate about the natural resources of Berrien County
INTEGRITY
We are dedicated to open and honest collaboration
Berrien County Conservation District encourages everyone to play their part in Conservation. The only way we succeed is when the change comes from within, and we want to empower you to take an active role. Learn more about the opportunities available to lend your support.
