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SHOP BLOOM & QUILL

Locally grown, inspired by nature

I'll be at the Durham Herb Fair on June 13, 2026. On summer Saturday and Sunday mornings, you can shop directly from Bloom & Quill at 385 Queen Street South, located one street behind Foodland in Durham (West Grey) - currently closed for the season. Many items are also available to pick up year-round - simply let me know what you're interested in through the Contact page and we can arrange a viewing and pick-up time.

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Garden accessories, home decor and gifts

Outdoor PLANTS, housePlants, seeds and florals

Outdoor PLANTS, housePlants, seeds and florals

Take a look!

Outdoor PLANTS, housePlants, seeds and florals

Outdoor PLANTS, housePlants, seeds and florals

Outdoor PLANTS, housePlants, seeds and florals

Take a look!

    Garden accessories, home decor and gifts

    All garden accessories, home decor and gifts are inspired by nature and most are handmade by me! All of these items are available year-round - simply message me your order or questions on the Contact page. Your purchase comes in a complimentary Bloom & Quill kraft paper bag and can be gift-wrapped with white tissue paper.

    NEW! Milkweed silk ornament

    $ 14

    Keep monarch conservation top of mind, even over the holiday season. These glass ornaments are filled with milkweed silk and tied with a monarch orange ribbon. Each ornament includes an informational bookmark from Monarch Watch, a citizen-science organization committed to tracking and preserving monarchs. Made from milkweed grown at Bloom & Quill. 4" x 3". LIMITED QUANTITY. 

    Bee baths

    $ 18 each

    Place bee baths in your gardens, keep them filled with water and watch pollinators fly in for a much needed splash and drink on hot summer days. Original design, hand-shaped - each piece is unique. Rust-proof, bendable aluminum wire can be easily adjusted for stability and is coated for longevity. Dish and stones are included. Rinse and refill regularly. Each bee bath includes a bumble bee identification card from WPC's Bumble Bee Recovery Project. 23" x 5" 

    Macrame plant hangers

    $ 26 each

    What's old-fashioned is chic again! Hang your potted plants to receive the sunlight they need. Each hanger is hand-knotted and each design is unique. Fits pots 4" to 10" in diameter. Consider filling your hanger with a plant and pot from Bloom & Quill's selection of easy-care houseplants (priced individually). Hangers max. length is 38" long with no pot (it will hang shorter with a pot - the larger the pot, the shorter the length)

    Assorted houseplants and pots

    Prices vary

    Mix and match homegrown houseplants with a an assortment of modern and whimsical decorative pots. Plant sizes range to accommodate pots of 3-6" in diameter. Plants and pots are priced separately. See the list of  indoor plants for what's normally in stock. Is it a gift and you'd like my recommendation? I'd be happy to put together a combination for you that suits the occasion and the person. Feel free to inquire through the Contact page.

    Plant blurbs

    $ 9

    Ever feel like your plants are speaking to you? I think they'd have a sense of humour.

    Available sayings: I wet my plants, I soiled myself, I saw that, Help me, Thirst trap, Aloe you vera much, Not dead yet, Just kill me, I need a drink, Thirsty b*tch. Custom also available (add $2 per blurb) Handmade with polymer clay and coated aluminum wire for longevity. 3-4" x 8-10"

    Adjustable wire plant stands

    $ 12 each

    Instantly double the space for plants on your windowsill or in tight spots! Place these stands over another small plant and place one on top. Original design and hand-shaped - each piece is unique. Comfortably fits pots from 2.5" to 4.5" in diameter, simply pull the adjustable tab to tighten or loosen. Rust-proof, bendable aluminum wire can be easily adjusted for stability and is coated for longevity. 11" x 5" 

    Native perennial seeds

    $ 4 each

    All seeds are hand-collected from plants grown right here at Bloom & Quill in southwestern Ontario in my all-natural, chemical-free gardens. They're hand-sorted to remove most chaff and silk and can last indefinitely if properly stored. Seeds are available to order for pick up year round. See what's in stock.

    Garden markers

    $ 6 each or 3 for $ 15

    Label your herbs and veggies with classic terracotta plant markers. Handmade with polymer clay so they're long-lasting and waterproof. Don't see what you're looking for? Request a custom order (add $2 per marker) 6" x 1" 


    Pressed florals greeting cards

    $ 6 each

    Made with florals grown and pressed at Bloom & Quill. An assortment of florals are available. 4" x 6"

    Lavender sachets

    $ 7

    Bring the calming scent of lavender with you wherever you go, or create lasting freshness in your drawers and closets. Made from this season's lavender grown and dried at Bloom & Quill. 3" x 5"

    Framed pressed florals: pincushion stems

    $ 24

    Made with florals grown and pressed at Bloom & Quill. Frame comes with hanging hardware attached or it can sit on a shelf. 9" x 9" x 1.25"

    Framed pressed florals: pincushion blooms

    $ 24

    Made with florals grown and pressed at Bloom & Quill. Frame comes with hanging hardware attached or it can sit on a shelf. 9" x 9" x 1.25"

    Dried florals

    Prices vary

    AVAILABLE THIS FALL. Long-lasting dried floral bouquets bring a classic charm to your decor while the keeping the spirit of the growing season "alive" right through winter. Made from florals grown and dried at Bloom & Quill. Sizes and arrangements vary.

    Floral bathroom vanity set

    $ 31

    Handmade resin set featuring bachelor buttons petals grown and dried at Bloom & Quill. Includes a soap dish with water runoff, trinket box with lid and two jewelry dishes. One set available. Soap dish: 7" x 4" x 2" Trinket box: 3" x 3" x 3" Dishes: 3" x 3" x 1"

    Puzzle - bunny garden

    $ 24

    Beautiful quality. Puzzle can be completed and stored inside the box. One available. Assembled size 14" x 10". 104 pieces. 

    Game - Alice's garden

    $ 24

    Fill your garden strategically to earn the most points. Can be played in under 30 minutes solo or with friends. Two available. Box size 9.5" x 6.5".  

    Puzzle - 3D flower basket

    $ 38

    Build your own red rose, chamomile, pink lily, eucalyptus and pink carnation in a beautiful, intricate display. One available. Assembled size 12" x 11" x 6". 428 pieces. 

    My first (self) published book!

    $ 15

    The Very Single Girl - 2018

    Lauren is a magnet for embarrassing and improbable situations. Join her as she clumsily makes her way through early adulthood while scrutinizing social etiquette, fighting with rodents and excrement (sometimes her own), and finding herself in several passive-aggressive note-leaving standoffs with strangers. And that whole time, do you think she could get a date? Nah.

    (Plot twist - she's married now!)

    Pre-loved books

    Prices vary

    Looking for ways to unplug? Shop gently used books for gardening and nature lovers. Sales of pre-loved books are donated to local wildlife rescue and rehabilitation services.

    Outdoor plants, houseplants and native perennial seeds

    I grow plants that are tried and true, and that I've come to love for their beauty, reliability and vigorous growth. I offer over 80 native plant species and I strive for my selection to increase every year. Plants are grown from seeds or cuttings collected here at Bloom & Quill in south-central Ontario, zone 5b. I use no chemicals or pesticides and plants are rainwater fed. Every plant I sell can be viewed in my gardens where I use all-natural gardening techniques.

    Outdoor plants

    Available mid-June to mid-September, while supplies last. These lists show what I normally offer and is up to date as of September 9.


    ALL perennials are 50% off starting August 8 until I'm sold out! 

    September 9 update: sorry, I'm sold out!


    Annuals: 4 inch - $5 SOLD OUT

    Perennials: 4 inch - Reg. $8 now $4 SOLD OUT

    Perennials: 1/2 gallon - Reg. $14 now $7 SOLD OUT

    Order for pick up

    Perennials

    Native perennials (straight species native to Canada and/or the US)

    Full sun

    • Eastern bee balm - monarda bradburiana (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Red bee balm - monarda didyma (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Wild bee balm - monarda fistulosa (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Dense blazing star - liatris spicata (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Meadow blazing star - liatris lingulistylis (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Ontario blazing star - liatris cylindracea (4 inch) SOLD OUT 
    • Rough blazing star - liatris aspera (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Cutleaf coneflower - rudbeckia laciniata (1/2 gallon) SOLD OUT
    • Grey-headed coneflower - ratibida pinnata (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Orange coneflower (perennial black-eyed Susan) - rudbeckia fulgida (1/2 gallon) SOLD OUT
    • Pale purple coneflower - echinacea pallida (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Purple coneflower - echinacea purpurea (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Yellow coneflower - echinacea paradoxa (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Stemless evening primrose - oenothera triloba (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Sundrops evening primrose-  oenothera fruticosa (1/2 gallon) SOLD OUT
    • White wild indigo -  baptisia alba (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Wild indigo - baptisia australis (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Common milkweed - asclepias syriaca (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Orange butterfly milkweed -  asclepias tuberosa (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Swamp milkweed -  asclepias incarnata (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Whorled milkweed - asclepias verticillata (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Pink obedient plant - physostegia virginiana (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • White obedient plant - physostegia virginiana alba (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Hairy penstemon - penstemon hirsutus (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Rocky mountain penstemon - penstemon strictus (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Red turtlehead -  chelone obliqua (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • White turtlehead - chelone glabra (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Black-eyed Susan - rudbeckia hirta (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Blue hyssop - agastache foeniculum (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Common yarrow - achillea millefolium (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Culver's root - veronicastrum virginicum (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Dwarf goldenrod - solidago canadensis (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Golden Alexanders - zizia aurea (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Hoary vervain - verbena stricta (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Joe Pye weed -  eutrochium purpureum (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • New England aster - symphyotrichum novae-angliae (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • New York ironweed - veronia noveboracensis (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Oxeye sunflower - heliopsis helianthoides (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Pearly everlasting -  anaphalis margaritacea (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Prairie smoke -  geum triflorum (1/2 gallon) SOLD OUT
    • Purple prairie clover - dalea purpurea (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Rattlesnake master -  eryngium yuccifolium (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Red feathers - echium amoenum (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Virginia mountain mint -  pycnanthemum virginianum (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Virginia spiderwort - tradescantia virginiana (1/2 gallon) SOLD OUT

    Part shade/shade

    • Heart leaf aster -  symphyotrichum cordifolium (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Large-leaved aster - aster macrophyllus (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • White wood aster (pictured) - eurybia divaricata (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Bloodroot -  sanguinaria canadensis (1/2 gallon) SOLD OUT
    • Canada columbine -  aquilegia canadensis (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • False Solomon's seal - maianthemum racemosum (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Foamflower - tiarella cordifolia (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Great blue lobelia - lobelia siphilitica (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Indian pink - spigelia marilandica (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Wild ginger - asarum canadense (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Wood poppy -  stylophorum diphyllum (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Zigzag goldenrod - solidago flexicaulis (4 inch) SOLD OUT

    Ferns (shade)

    • Hart's tongue fern - splenium scolopendrium var. americanum (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Lady fern - athyrium filix-femina (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Leatherwood fern - dryopteris marginalis (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Maidenhair fern - adiantum pedatum (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Ostrich fern - matteuccia struthiopteris (1/2 gallon) SOLD OUT

    Grasses (full sun)

    • Blue-eyed grass - sisyrinchium montanum (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Bottlebrush grass - elymus hystrix (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Little bluestem grass - schizachyrium scoparium (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Pennsylvania sedge - carex pensylvanica (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Purple lovegrass - eragrostis spectabilis (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Switchgrass - panicum virgatum (4 inch) SOLD OUT  

    Vines (full sun)

    • American bittersweet vine (male & female) - celastrus scandens (1/2 gallon) SOLD OUT
    • Virginia creeper - parthenocissus quinquefolia (1/2 gallon) SOLD OUT   
    • Virgin's bower - clematis virginiana (4 inch) SOLD OUT

    Shrubs (full sun/part shade)

    • Arrowwood viburnum - viburnum dentatum (1/2 gallon) SOLD OUT
    • Black chokeberry -  aronia melanocarpa (1/2 gallon) SOLD OUT
    • Canada elderberry - sambucus canadensis (1/2 gallon) SOLD OUT 
    • Common snowberry -  symphoricarpos albus (1/2 gallon) SOLD OUT 
    • Nannyberry - viburnum lentago (1/2 gallon) SOLD OUT
    • New Jersey tea -  ceanothus americanus (4 inch & 1/2 gallon) SOLD OUT      
    • Red twig dogwood - cornus sericea (gallon) SOLD OUT                

    Annuals

    Dill and parsley are host plants to black swallowtail butterflies! They will lay their eggs on them which hatch into caterpillars that feed on the plants. Plant these in abundance to share with them as they grow to become beautiful butterflies.

    • Mammoth dill (pictured) (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Dill (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Italian parsley (4 inch) SOLD OUT
    • Curly parsley (4 inch) SOLD OUT

    Houseplants

    These houseplants are simple to grow and thrive in bright, indirect light with weekly watering. Choose a plant on its own or mix and match with a selection of decorative pots and macrame hangers. Prices vary. Inventory is always changing; this list shows the varieties I usually offer. 

    Feel free to inquire about availability.

    Ask about houseplants

    Varieties

    • Hoya - australis, carnosa, curtisii
    • Monstera - adansonii
    • Philodendron - brasil, cordatum
    • Pilea - peperomioides
    • Pothos - cebu blue, global green, golden, lemon meringue, marble queen, neon, pearls and jade, shangri la, snow queen
    • Scindapsus (aka satin pothos) - argyraeus, exotica, moonlight
    • Succulents - mini aloe vera, jade plant, gollum jade plant, mini snake plant, green apple dischidia, string of teardrops, panda plant, dwarf boncel starfish

    Native perennial seeds

    These seeds are hand-collected from native perennial plants grown right here at Bloom & Quill in southwestern Ontario. 

    They're hand-sorted to remove most chaff and silk and can last indefinitely if properly stored. Seeds are available to order for pick up year round.

    Order for pick up

    Native perennial seeds - $4 per pack

    Currently in stock as of September 2026:

    • Dense blazing star - liatris spicata 
    • Meadow blazing star - liatris lingulistylis 
    • Rough blazing star - liatris aspera 
    • Purple prairie clover - dalea purpurea 
    • Canada columbine -  aquilegia canadensis 
    • Purple coneflower - echinacea purpurea 
    • Zigzag goldenrod - solidago flexicaulis 
    • Giant blue hyssop - agastache foeniculum 
    • Golden jubilee hyssop - agastache rugosa (nativar)
    • Swamp milkweed -  asclepias incarnata 
    • Orange butterfly weed -  asclepias tuberosa 
    • Joe Pye weed -  eutrochium purpureum 
    • New York ironweed - veronia noveboracensis 


    Many native perennials require cold stratification and/or scarification. This makes them great candidates for the popular winter sowing method, or you can refrigerate them for 2-3 months then soak or scratch if needed before sowing indoors. You may also simply scatter and lightly cover them in your garden in the fall. 

    Bloom & Quill

    Open on summer Saturday and Sunday mornings, and whenever else I can!

    385 Queen Street South, Durham (West Grey), Ontario

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