State Nursery To Soon Sell Seedlings For Fall

(Ames, IA) — The Iowa DNR’s State Forest Nursery in Ames will start selling seedlings next week to meet the demand that has increased dramatically as storms tore away many trees in the last few years. Nursery manager Pat Griffin says they had been selling 600 to 700 thousand seedlings each year until the derecho in August of 2020. Sales topped the one million mark following that devastating storm. Seedling orders are taken from September 1st through May 30th and customers need to specify when ordering when they want delivery. Orders can be placed by phone at 800-865-2477 and online at nursery.iowadnr.gov.