What To Do When Your Order Arrives
What to Expect When Receiving Your Delivery
- Your plants/seed will be packaged with the utmost care
- We may need to cut back certain plants prior to shipping. This seems counter-intuitive, however, the fewer leaves the less water the plants can lose during shipping, resulting in healthier plants for you. This also enables the plants to fit within the protective packaging and shipped safely.
Shipments
- Larger plant shipments will look similar to the picture below with a tray of your plants and a cardboard box to protect them during shipping.
- Certain plug flats and pints will be packed in Excelsior (wood shavings) to protect them in shipping. You can reuse this as temporary mulch if desired.
- Seed will arrive in plastic bags
What to Do With Your Order After Receiving Your Delivery
- Unpack your order IMMEDIATELY
- Inspect for damage and report any issues immediately to CustomerService@NaturalCommunities.net
- Seed
- Store in a cool dry space until ready for use
- A refrigerator can be used
- Plants
- Water your plants immediately
- Install your plants as quickly as possible and water the entire garden area thoroughly
- You may want to consider using hardwood mulch for the first year or two for weed suppression
- No fertilizer is necessary and we do not recommend it
- If you cannot install your plants immediately
- Some plants may not be in a container, put them into some kind of a container such as a bucket with loose soil until installation
- Make sure each plant is receiving the appropriate amount of light.
- Monitor daily to make sure soil is moist, not saturated
- Continue to water as needed based on soil moisture
- No additional fertilizer is needed
READ OUR REVIEWS
Daniel
Daniel
★★★★★
Natural communities and specifically Nick has been an
excellent and knowledgeable entity to work with on my big project. With the
help of my school, my students, many community partners, and Natural
Communities, we are in the process of restoring an area on a high school campus
to a natural prairie/pond area. Nick has come out to do site visits, he has
recommended various plant species that would work best for us, and he has been
able to get us what we want wholesale. Our site is not an easy project because
we are restricted to only native plants and native seeds and Natural
Communities has excelled in meeting our needs on this. Overall, I am so glad we
ended up working with Natural Communities because they have helped so much.
Ron
Ron
★★★★★
Our company has worked with Nick Fuller since before he
became Chief Ecological Officer for Natural Communities, LLC. His
knowledge of native plants and native seeds is remarkable. Nick was the
original steward of our 4-acre wildflower/wild grass prairie and has served us
as a reliable consultant ever since 2006. His continuing insights have
helped us to maintain and grow a healthy ecosystem.
Kathy
Kathy
★★★★★
I am extremely pleased with the one hour consultation I had
with Nick Fuller regarding our wetland creek. We have invasive plants and
grasses that have taken over our creek bed and we needed guidance on how to
both effectively remove the invasives and restore the area with native
plants suitable for the creek. Nick asked pertinent questions that allowed Nick
to identify plants and shrubs suitable for the area with a timeline for
planting. Nick also provided a detailed outline of the steps needed to remove the
invasives. I highly recommend Nick to anyone seeking help with their native
plant garden or to anyone interested in growing a native plant garden.
Shane
Shane
★★★★★
Spoke to owner in depth regarding a couple of different
projects I’m working on- very knowledgeable and professional. I plan on
purchasing seed for my projects through Natural Communities and will follow up
in the future if necessary. Highly recommend for native/natural projects!