Welcome to Your Favorite Native, Endangered, and Rare Gardening Destination

We are NEAR Gardens. A small nursery focused on educating people on the beauty and flavor of rare fruit plants that can be grown in cold climates. Typical northern gardening focuses on quick growing annuals and a small collection of berries. We want to change things up by showing the amazing variety of plants that not only can grow in cold-climates, but prefer it!

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Sold out for 2026

Thank you to all our supporters and customers! Check out all the amazing species and varieties we carried this year!

  • Chicago Hardy Fig

  • Beer’s Black Fig

  • White Marseilles Fig

  • Kajari Melon

  • Dwarf Pomegranate

  • Tzimbalo Melon

  • Rugen’s Improved Alpine Strawberry

  • White Carolina Strawberry

  • Salmonberry

  • Western Thimbleberry

  • Eastern Thimbleberry

  • Elderberry

  • Yellow Currant

  • Otricoli Berry

  • Pepino Melon

  • Pineapple Crush Alpine Strawberry

  • Ground Cherry

  • Goji Berry

  • Prolific Hardy Kiwi

2027 Hopeful New-Arrivals!

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  • Goumi Berry

  • Large cranberry

  • Small cranberry

  • Northern gooseberry

  • Cloudberry

  • Mt. Omei strawberry

  • Pink currant

  • White currant

  • Highbush blueberry

  • Thornless red raspberry

  • White blackberry

  • Sherbet berry

Have any suggestions or plants you’re looking for? Let us know and you just might see it available next year!

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Interested in our inventory?

Have interest in our hopefuls/watch lists?

Have questions on how to care for our plants?

Have any requests for plants you are looking for?

Please reach out here or email us at orders@neargardens.com