About Us

We supply native plants to organizations for ecological restoration purposes and to individuals who are looking to help pollinators and expand their gardens to include our beautiful native species. We follow accepted guidelines for sustainable seed collection and we grow our plants without the use of chemical fertilizers or pesticides. We started our operation in Wakefield, Quebec in 2021, after four seasons we have now expanded and moved our operation to Ottawa (Ramsayville). We are looking forward to welcoming our customers at the new location. We collected the majority of our seeds from Ottawa and the surrounding area and have selected some species from Central and Southern Ontario that we think provide excellent value for local wildlife, pollinators, and gardens. We currently produce plugs and potted stock.

Solidago Farm is a partnership between Elizabeth Latimer and Matthew Post. We met in 2016 studying Ecosystem Restoration at Niagara College. We have worked in the environmental field specifically on restoration projects for many years. From our studies and job experience it became clear to us that the lack of locally sourced native plant material was a hindrance to ecological restoration efforts and to people who want to naturalize their properties or gardens with native species.

We believe in the power of native plants and the ecological services they provide. From erosion control, flood mitigation, protecting pollinator populations, improving soil quality, carbon sequestration, wildlife habitat, food sources, air quality, water quality, pollution and contaminate control. We would like to bring native plants back to as many underused areas as possible, whether it is urban, suburban, rural, agricultural, or cottage country. We would like to see native plants in gardens, lawns, planter boxes, roadsides, rooftops, shorelines, hydro corridors, edges of farm fields, trails and everything in between.