Promoting Native Plants Since 2003

Edge of the Woods Native Plant Nursery, LLC a Certified Woman Owned business, was founded by Susan Tantsits and Louise Schaefer in 2003. Our retail nursery is open from April-October.  We sell native trees, shrubs, and perennials in containers to the general public as well as to landscape professionals.

Our services division assists with ecological restoration projects throughout the greater Lehigh Valley.  Our services are offered to homes, businesses, and non-profit organizations.

The nursery has been certified as a Way Station for Monarchs by Monarchwatch.org, and also as a Wildlife Habitat by the National Wildlife Federation.  We have helped create countless habitat gardens throughout the Lehigh Valley, overseen conversion of a 20 acre cornfield to wildlife habitat,  assisted in meadow creation and restoration, and other similar projects.

Founders and Staff at Edge of the Woods

Our Mission

Community Outreach

We work with Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, school organizations, non-profit organizations and others who are trying to introduce native plants into their landscapes.  Find out more.

Certified Women Owned Business

We are certified as a Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE), the nation’s largest third party certifier of businesses owned and operated by women in the US.

Memberships

• Hawk Mountain
• Lehigh Gap Nature Center
• Pennsylvania Landscape and Nursery Association
• Pennsylvania Native Plant Society
• Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture