North Creek Nurseries: Ecological Landscape Solutions

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Your PARTNER in ecological LANDSCAPE solutions

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CMYK: 6,94,100,35 PMS: 484 RGB: 156,12,0

CMYK: 50,40,80,30 PMS: 5753 RGB: 89,83,35

CMYK: 6,70,76,26 PMS: 160 RGB: 176,56,30

CMYK: 45,40,80,0 PMS: 5767 RGB: 140,122,50

CMYK: 15,40,75,0 PMS: 124 RGB: 216,143,54

North Creek Living Laboratory: Vegetated Wetland ÂŚ Landenberg, PA

North Creek Nurseries Growing ECOLOGICAL PLANTS for more than 26 years COLORS ARE BASED ON CMYK TINT BUILDS. APPROXIMATE MATCHES TO PANTONE COATED COLORS AND RGB COLORS ARE NOTED.

Restoring habitat and healing our environment starts with ecological plants—and great ecological plants start at North Creek Nurseries. We share your passion for meaningful plants that enrich the environment and add quality of life to the landscapes that surround us. After all, it’s been our mission since 1988.

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Our Mission: To propagate and market plants that develop the relationship between people and sustainable outdoor environments.

CMYK: 6,94,100,35 PMS: 484 RGB: 156,12,0

CMYK: 50,40,80,30 PMS: 5753 RGB: 89,83,35

CMYK: 6,70,76,26 PMS: 160 RGB: 176,56,30

CMYK: 45,40,80,0 PMS: 5767 RGB: 140,122,50

CMYK: 15,40,75,0 PMS: 124 RGB: 216,143,54

Our Landscape Plugs™ are resilient, grown with the environment in mind and enjoyed by pollinators and humans alike. Their ability to clean water, sequester carbon, rebuild soil and resonate with people makes them the perfect solution for projects where increased biodiversity, habitat and ecosystem services are the bottom line. Every site requires unique vegetative solutions and we are here to help you choose the right plants for your projects. Whether corporate, public or residential, North Creek can help you bridge the gap between horticulture and ecology.

Our plant palette is comprised of a unique mix of perennials, ferns, grasses and vines—a mix of ecological plants that truly stands the test of time.

North Creek Propagation House: Landscape Plugs™

Why Landscape Plugs™ Work PLANT SOLUTIONS for ecological landscapes Our Landscape Plugs™ are built to survive and thrive in even the harshest site conditions. Their design encourages healthy root growth that adjusts quickly to the soil in which they are planted. Inbuilt root guides prevent root circling and ensure vigorous plant establishment and development.

Working with Landscape Plugs™ is easy and conscious of the environment. Each plant grows in just enough soil to successfully transition it into the landscape. Multiple plant plugs per flat eliminate the need for individual plastic containers, translating into a tremendous savings in terms of resources and freight cost.

We are here to help you navigate through the complex process of site planning, species selection, proper installation and long-term landscape maintenance. Our team of growers and shipping professionals will make sure your plants arrive in excellent condition and at the proper time of year for installation. Let us help you coordinate your project schedule with the plants’ growing cycles for successful project completion.

Sustainable Growing Practices HEALTHY plants for a HEALTHY environment  We utilize natural and biological control agents to keep our plants disease and pest free in the greenhouses and safe for pollinators in the landscape.  We propagate from on-site seed orchards of local ecotypes to increase the resilience and biodiversity of our product mix.  Our soil mix is comprised of coir, local compost and composted pine bark—custom blended for the Landscape Plug™ product line.  Our extensive stormwater management systems capture and infiltrate all irrigation runoff and precipitation from rain events up to 2 inches.  We are replacing older greenhouses with energy efficient modern structures and have achieved a 70% energy savings just in the first year!  Our new plant introduction principles and trialing program prohibit the introduction of invasive species.

North Creek Propagation House: Landscape Plugs™

Our Living Laboratory Spread across 3+ acres, our plant trialing program features extensive habitat and experimental plantings.

By evaluating species and cultivated varieties in a variety of environments, we are able not only to educate our staff, but also make the best recommendations for your ecological plantings. It is from this living laboratory that North Creek has become the industry leader in delivering reliable plant solutions that thrive in a variety of site conditions. From wet to dry, shade to sun, salt tolerance to erosion control—we’ve got the plant community your projects need to succeed!

RAIN GARDEN

STORMWATER MANAGEMENT

MEADOW

LIVING WALL

GREEN ROOF

STORMWATER MANAGEMENT

A new generation of superior stormwater management systems is on the horizon and North Creek is leading the charge. Water treatment systems need not be boring expanses of turf or lifeless blankets of mulch any longer.

City of Lancaster: Urban Rain Garden Retrofit ÂŚ Lancaster, PA

FEATURE PROJECT: The Hunt at Louviers Stormwater Management Planting ¦ Newark, DE In partnership with the Delaware Department of Natural Resources (DNREC), The City of Newark, Wild & Scenic White Clay Creek and the helping hands of over 100 passionate volunteers, three turf-covered stormwater basins were converted into ecological oases with vastly improved water cleaning capability. Over 28,000 regionally appropriate native perennials transformed not only the stormwater basins themselves, but added biodiversity and life to an entire neighborhood. Homeowners now overlook a lush habitat bounding with colorful insects and birds.

Related Projects: Camp Hill Special School Stormwater basin ¦ Camp Hill, PA

Arlington National Cemetery Urban rain garden ¦ Arlington, VA

Goddard Park Stormwater basin retrofit ¦ West Grove, PA

NO-MOW SOLUTIONS

Naturalistic meadows and designed meadow gardens are the turf of the future.

Traditionally manicured lawns are ecological deserts that consume staggering amounts of petroleum-based fertilizers, pesticides and fossil fuels. Redefine how turf is incorporated into corporate campus designs and right-of-way installations.

North Creek Living Laboratory: Mid-height Meadow ÂŚ Landenberg, PA

FEATURE PROJECT: Roland Park Country School Urban Meadow Garden ¦ Baltimore, MD Through the collaboration of students and staff at Roland Park Country School and the team at Blue Water Baltimore, a struggling patch of turf grass was transformed into an urban meadow teeming with pollinators and vibrant native plants. The result is a living laboratory for ecological, science and art studies used by students, teachers, parents and guests. This extraordinary meadow inspires, educates and illustrates how simple it is to make similar ecological enhancements to your backyard—a stress reducing environment to enjoy year-round.

Related Projects: Wolf Trap Meadow ¦ Vienna, VA

Lockheed Martin Urban meadow ¦ Philadelphia, PA

Phipps Conservatory Teaching garden ¦ Pittsburgh, PA

HABITAT ENHANCEMENT & LANDSCAPE RESTORATION

Healthy plants are the foundation of every habitat and the keystone of restoration projects that flourish. Without host plants for caterpillars to feed upon, there are decreased populations of butterflies and birds. Without seeds of native grasses, birds go hungry in fall and winter. Key plant species are disappearing from our landscapes at an alarming rate. We are here to help reintroduce those species, thereby stabilizing food webs and interspecies relationships.

Longwood Gardens: Meadow Garden ÂŚ Kennett Square, PA

FEATURE PROJECT: Longwood Gardens Meadow Garden ¦ Kennett Square, PA Habitat and restoration projects enhance the beauty of existing landscapes. Longwood Gardens added over 100,000 plants of exceptional ecological and aesthetic value to an existing meadow plant community and dramatically increased its biological and functional diversity. This newly enhanced space is a magnet for garden visitors.

Guests leave inspired to translate what they see and feel into the smaller scale of their home landscape.

Related Projects: White Clay Creek Wild & Scenic River Floodplain Restoration ¦ Landenberg, PA

Fort Indiantown Gap Habitat restoration ¦ Annville, PA

Mt. Nittany Trail Erosion control ¦ State College, PA

North Creek Living Laboratory: Trial & Demonstration Garden ÂŚ Landenberg, PA

CONTACT INFORMATION: North Creek Nurseries 388 North Creek Road Landenberg, PA 19350 877.ECO.PLUG 610.255.0100 p 610.255.4762 f info@northcreeknurseries.com northcreeknurseries.com Business Office: 8am-5pm EST Monday-Friday Shipping Facility: 124 Wedgewood Road Oxford, PA 19363 Plant Pick-Up Hours: 7:30am-3:30 pm EST Tuesday-Friday

A Living Laboratory of Learning Schedule your TOUR today As your partner in ecological landscape solutions, we take our responsibility to provide you with plants we can firmly stand behind very seriously. We are continuously learning from our living laboratory and we invite you to learn with us too! Our extensive plant research and evaluation trials afford us the opportunity to study adaptability, vigor and garden worthiness. Guided by North Creek’s New Plant Principles, we evaluate ecological, functional and aesthetic characteristics of every plant we propagate. Only after these selections and species prove themselves to us do we offer them to our valued customers. The information we gather and provide is based upon over 25 years of realworld experience, plant trials, critical feedback from our customers and global collaborations with entities and individuals engaged in scientific research.

Schedule your personalized tour today—our plantings tell a story we’d like to tell you all about!

Where Horticulture Meets Ecology™

COLORS ARE BASED ON CMYK TINT BUILDS. APPROXIMATE MATCHES TO PANTONE COATED COLORS AND RGB COLORS ARE NOTED. CMYK: 69,79,67,0 PMS: 5115 RGB: 81,38,53

CMYK: 6,94,100,35 PMS: 484 RGB: 156,12,0

CMYK: 50,40,80,30 PMS: 5753 RGB: 89,83,35

CMYK: 6,70,76,26 PMS: 160 RGB: 176,56,30

CMYK: 45,40,80,0 PMS: 5767 RGB: 140,122,50

CMYK: 15,40,75,0 PMS: 124 RGB: 216,143,54

Front and Back covers: Longwood Gardens: Meadow Garden ¦ Kennett Square, PA