Looking for garden supplies such as tools, plants, compost, etc? Looking for ways to get them cheap or free? Check out the resources below.
Table of Contents
Map of Garden Centers
List of Garden Centers
Free Sources of Garden Supplies
Seed Companies
Annual Plant Sales
Tool Rentals (Including chicken coops and weed eating goats)
Tree Services and Woodchips
Misc Garden Supplies
Garden Installation Services
Map of Garden Centers
Blue – Garden Centers (some bulk deliveries)
Orange – Compost, soil, mulch bulk deliveries only
Red – Places to Pickup Free Compost (some have delivery for a fee)
Grey – Free Manure Pickup
List of Garden Centers
Need to buy garden supplies from tools, seeds, soil, etc. Check out these garden centers in Greater DC.
History of Old City Farm and Guild
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Garden Centers of Greater DC
Denchfield Landscaping and Nursery
H St. Rooftop Farm
(at WS Jenks and Sons Hardware)
Johnson’s Florist & Garden Centers
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Bulk Deliveries of Compost, Soil, and Mulch
DC Water Biosolids Program: Bloom
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Need a Delivery Dump Truck to Pick up Compost?
Dejavue Trucking
Dump truck for hire to transport soil and soil amendments in DC.
dejavuetrucking@gmail.com
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Free Sources of Garden Supplies
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Places to Pickup Free Compost
Many DPW centers will process street leaves, dead trees, and Christmas trees into mulch or compost at different centers around greater DC. Most places will allow you to pickup this mulch/compost for free and some places will deliver for a reasonable price. Its always a good idea to call ahead to see if they have any material at all. And it’s hard to tell when the material is half broken down (mulch) or fully broken down (compost) and there may be trash or containments depending on where the material was picked up. But hey…its free!
Alexandria Department of Public Works Yard Waste Recycling
Arlington County Department of Environment
DC Department of Public Works Fort Totten Transfer Station
Takoma Park Public Works Department
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Free Sources of Horse Manure
When picking up manure you want to make sure its
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- completely organic (National Park Stables are 100% organic)
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- aged (composted or sitting for a year and ready to go into a garden)
- or fresh (not ready for a garden but great to mix into a compost pile or to let sit in a pile for a year before putting into a garden.)
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Fort Dupont Stables
(202-426-7723)
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Sites to Find Free Garden Supplies and Plants
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Free Shared Services
DC Parks and Rec (DPR) Toolshare
DC Parks and Rec (DPR) Community Compost Cooperative Network
DC Parks and Rec (DPR) Greenhouse Cooperative
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Free Plants
Casey Trees Community Tree Planting (CTP) Program
Free community tree plantings of 10 or more trees
DOEE/Casey Trees Tree Rebate Program
$50 rebates for 15’ trees (fruit trees included) and $100 rebates for large canopy trees
Seed Companies
Many seed companies give away their last year seeds to non profits, schools and sometimes consumers. May need to pay shipping. Explore each seed company’s website before contacting to see details.
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Free Misc Garden Services
Misc Utility
Planning on digging in new ground? It’s the law to call Miss Utility to check for utility lines first.
Maryland and DC – http://www.missutility.net/
Virginia – http://www.va811.com/
Honey Bee Swarm Assistance
If you see a swarm of bees, please don’t harm them. We need bee pollination to grow our food! Instead, contact DC Beekeeper Alliance ASAP for removal.
http://www.dcbeekeepers.org/do-you-have-swarm-honey-bees
Legal Assistance
The UDC Community Development Law Clinic offers free legal advice/assistance to selected non-profit organizations and small, urban entrepreneurs. * Must be accepted as a client to receive legal assistance.
http://www.law.udc.edu/?page=CommunityDevelopment
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Seed Companies
Besides picking up seeds at any garden center, check out these seed companies to get the exact type of seeds you’re looking for. Also many seed companies give away their last year seeds to non profits, schools and sometimes consumers. May need to pay shipping. Explore each seed company’s website before contacting to see details.
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Seed Companies
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds (MO)
Ferry Morse Home Gardening (MA)
Filaree Farm (WA) – Garlic, sweet potato, asparagus only
Grand Prismatic Seed (UT) – Includes Natural Dye Plants
Gurney’s Seed and Nursery Co (OH)
High Mowing Organic Seeds Garden (VT)
Johnny’s Seed Company (ME) – 100% Employee Owned
John Scheepers Kitchen Garden Seeds(CT)
Kitazawa Seed Company (UT) – Specialized in Asian Vegetable Seeds
Maine Potato Lady (ME) – Potatoes, etc.
Native Seeds (AZ) – nonprofit seed conservation org
Prairie Moon Nursery (MN) – Native Seeds Only
Southern Exposure Seed Exchange (VA) – Most Local to DMV!!!
True Leaf Market (UT) – Microgreens, wheatgrass, etc.
Ujamaa Seeds (BIPOC led Collective)
Check out this list of seed companies by pegplant for a larger list
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Mushroom Growing Starters
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Marijuana Seeds and Clones
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Fruit Trees and Berry Perennials
Edible landscaping (VA) – Most Local to DMV
Gurney’s Seed and Nursery Co (OH)
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Organizations that Host Seed Exchanges
Seed Keepers Collective
Join the DC Seed Keepers Collective! Gardeners, because: you grow; you want to help protect our food system; the plant people of color developed are an essential part of everyone’s diet; and we need each other. If you’re in DC, MD or VA and want to help farmers save seeds. Sign up. You get free/cheap seeds in interesting varieties and learn how to grow our supply of safe, diverse seed.
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Ira Wallace – Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
Annual Plant Sales
DC has a variety of great annual plant sales all year long.
April
Franciscan Monastery Garden Guild Annual Plant & Herb Sale
Friends of National Arboretum (FONA) Garden Fair and Plant Sale
May
Bethesda Community Garden Club Annual Plant Sale
City Blossoms Mighty Greens Eastern High School Seedling Sale
National Cathedral Flower Mart
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Tool Rentals
(Including chicken coops and weed eating goats)
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Rent a Coop
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Meet the Eco-Goats
Tree Services & Woodchips
Tree service and removal companies can often provide free deliveries of woodchips for gardeners throughout DC. Woodchips can be used for garden pathways, mulch for woody perennials (not a good mulch for annual vegetables) or carbon material for composting. You can coordinate directly with the tree removal companies below to request woodchips for your garden needs. ***When contacting tree companies be as respectful as possible and work on their timeframe. You are not a customer and they don’t have to donate their woodchips,***
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Misc Garden Supplies
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Afresco
International grocery store that sells cheap food grade 55-gallon barrells for retrofitting into rainbarrles or Bokashi Bins
6339 New Hampshire Ave Takoma Park, MD 20912
Email: naanainternationalfoods@yahoo.com
Re-Nuble
Locally made fertilizers
Online
Tank Depot
Retail store for online ordering for a wide variety of cisterns
Online
Uncle Jim’s Worm Farm
Composting worms delivered through the mail
Online
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Sources for Wood
American Cedar & Millwork
214 Najoles Rd, Millersville, MD 21108
Community Forklift
Recovered construction supplies
4671 Tanglewood Dr, Edmonston, MD 20781
Galliher & Huguely
5925 Blair Rd NW, Washington, DC 20011
TW Perry
9015 Brookville Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910
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Garden Installation Services
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Casey Trees (free community tree plantings)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I08lAOyo1MM
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