Green Living With Greenfield

We continue to look for ways to produce and sell our products in a way that is as environmentally friendly and sustainable as possible. In 2009,  we grew a trial selection of plants in bio-pots, containers made from natural products that will biodegrade in time. We found these to be successful, but the product cost for these bio-pots is still prohibitive enough that for 2010 we will once again only be using them for a small selection of products. We will continue to have available a bin of our own used containers free for your use in potting up plants or seed starting. (No sense buying more plastic.) But we can no longer support the collection of used plastic pots for recycling, as we have nowhere to recycle them. Our efforts will be directed to making available decomposable pots and supporting this long-term effort.

• Ask us about how to create your own native garden, rain garden, green roof.
• Install a rain barrel. We have some economical ones for sale.
• Start your own compost bin, ask us for more information.
• Ask about natural fertilizers and pest control products we are carrying.
• Plant a veggie container and pick your own organic produce from your own yard. We will have many varieties of tomatoes, peppers and other vegetable starts to choose from.
• Shop local growers that reduce trucking fuel consumption.

Want to learn more about sustainable living? Check out the many ways everyone can help out by living a little more green!

Greenfield Literature and Educational Resources

These Information Sheets are available to our customers at our stores and we’ve included them here:

Birdscaping
Butterfly Gardens
Clematis
Deer Resistant Plants
Planting Perennials
Roses

In 1990 on a rural road in Warren County, we spotted a green field for sale that was pasture for the cows of the Clem Hutzel Farm, and knew that this was the spot for a vision to be acted on.  Beginning in polyhuts #1 and #2 with 30 varieties/cultivars of perennials and the help of a gentle elderly lady named Grace Cady plants were grown and sold wholesale to local Garden Centers. It did not take long before the collection of perennials began to grow and Greenfield Plant Farm developed a reputation as a perennial plant specialist selling to local garden centers and landscapers. 

In 1994, with Warren County already in a growth mode, we started our retail sales on Stephens Rd.  It was a hardy group of staff and customers that seemed not to be dissuaded by the outhouse or primitive structures in their pursuit and passion of unique plants. 

By 2003 our plant list had grown to over 2000 different cultivars/varieties of perennials offered. We also expanded into the world of annuals, and container trees and shrubs.  It was then we opened our second retail location at Clough and Hunley in Anderson Township.  While our plant offerings have expanded well beyond just perennials, our intention of making plants the main focus of our business has always remained.  We believe in the value of creating and nurturing beauty on our fragile planet. The experience of tending and enjoying a garden at your own home brings together so many lessons of life that we share together.  It is indeed a privilege to partner with so many staff and patrons over the years that share such a feeling.  As we look to the future at Greenfield Plant Farm we recommit ourselves to the core principles that have been at the heart of what we strive for: selection, quality, value, and service. 

We give our sincere thanks to all those who have traveled a path to Greenfield Plant Farm.  You are the reason for our success in celebrating over 20 years of providing beautiful plants to beautiful people.

Dave and Donna Maile

Happy Planting