Who This Is For
Designers, gardeners and landscapers working on projects across the Gulf Islands, Vancouver Island, and the mainland.
If you’re planning a planting and want to understand how availability works here, how far ahead to think, or what’s possible outside the seasonal list, this page is meant to answer those questions.
Trades are welcome to visit the nursery by arrangement, walk the stock, and talk through plant needs in person. Glenraven isn’t set up as a walk-in retail nursery, but it is a working place, and conversations matter.
How Each Growing Year Is Planned
By late winter each year, decisions have been made about which plants will be propagated for the coming season. At that point, we’re already thinking a year ahead.
Once that list is finalized, it’s released through the website and pre-orders open. Those plants are grown on specifically and are typically ready for collection in spring. Any additional stock becomes available as the season unfolds.
For trade projects, early conversations are the most useful. If you have a planting coming up, sharing a plant list as early as possible gives us the best chance to plan and grow what you need.
Why the Full Collection Isn’t Grown Every Year
Glenraven is a small farm and nursery, and the work here is tied closely to time, space, and what the gardens are ready to give.
Rather than propagating the entire collection every season, we look closely at the gardens and stock areas to see what is ready for division or propagation, then build a focused list for the year ahead. That list changes from season to season, shaped by observation rather than demand alone.
Plants not included in the seasonal list aren’t unavailable. They’re simply not being grown in quantity that year.
Custom and Contract Growing
If a project calls for plants that aren’t part of the seasonal list, it’s often still possible to grow them.
We work from the broader plant collection and, where appropriate, from a small number of trusted sources. Depending on the project, plants may be grown as custom orders or as part of a longer-term contract growing arrangement.
These requests work best when there’s time to plan. Some plants move quickly. Others need a full season or more to be grown properly.
If you’re unsure whether something is possible, it’s always worth asking.
Trade Pricing
Trade pricing is available to designers and landscapers ordering for professional projects, with a valid Business Number.
Pricing and availability are confirmed based on the scope and timing of the work. This isn’t a volume-driven nursery, and expectations are best set through conversation rather than assumptions.
A Note on Timing
Plants grow on their own schedules.
Early communication makes planning easier on both sides. We aim to be clear about what’s realistic in a given season, and we appreciate the same in return.