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Garden Sets

Thoughtfully designed garden beginnings.

What is a Garden Set?

A Garden Set is a small, intentional group of young plants selected to grow well together and create a specific style of garden vignette. Rather than choosing plants one by one, these sets offer a thoughtful starting point grounded in horticulture, design, and real garden experience.

Rudbeckia fulgida var. fulgida, orange coneflower, a native perennial offered by Woodlanders.
Chosen for ecological relationship, not just aesthetics
Pycnanthemum muticum, short-toothed mountainmint, a native perennial offered by Woodlanders.
Sized and staged to establish quickly from the first season
Equisetum hyemale, scouring rush horsetail, a native perennial offered by Woodlanders.
Each set released in limited quantity for seasonal runs

THE SETS

Pollinator plant set graphic.
Native
Set 01

The Pollinator

Full Sun / Part Shade · Zones 5–9
A planting with a long memory for bloom. These plants were chosen not just for the pollinators they attract in a single season, but for the continuous thread of flowering they create from late spring through autumn so that something is always in its moment, and the garden is rarely quiet.
THIS SET IS FOR
  • A sunny border or meadow edge that you want to carry ecological weight without demanding constant attention
  • Gardens where extended bloom season matters more than a single spectacular moment
  • Gardeners building a planting from scratch who want a strong, self-sustaining foundation
$32 · 6 plants
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Cottage garden plant set graphic.
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Set 02

The Cottage

Full Sun  ·  Zones 5–9
The cottage garden has always been an act of controlled looseness with plants allowed to find their own arrangement within a considered framework. These plants look good young and fill in quickly. By the second year, the garden will look like it has been there a while.
THIS SET IS FOR
  • A sunny bed or front border where you want lush, layered growth without a rigid structure
  • Gardeners who want something established-looking in the first or second season
  • Anyone drawn to the romantic, slightly unruly aesthetic of an English cottage garden — grown from plants that belong here
$32 · 6 plants
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Rain garden graphic.
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Set 03

The Rain Garden

Part Sun / Shade  ·  Zones 5–9
Most gardens have a place that holds water a little longer than it should. A low corner. A slow-draining bed. These plants don't merely tolerate those conditions, they were shaped by them. Planted together, they turn a problem area into one of the most dynamic corners of a garden.
THIS SET IS FOR
  • Low-lying or poorly-draining areas that flood briefly or stay moist through the season
  • Rain gardens and bioswales designed to manage stormwater naturally and beautifully
  • Gardeners who want to solve a drainage problem without burying it — and end up with something worth looking at
$32 · 6 plants
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Rudbeckia fulgida var. fulgida, orange coneflower, a native perennial offered by Woodlanders.

What's a Plug?

A note on the plants you'll receive

These sets ship as landscape plugs — young, root-established plants grown in small cells. If you haven't grown from plugs before, they may look modest when they arrive. That's by design.

Plugs transplant cleanly, establish faster than larger container plants, and give roots the room to orient themselves from the start. Most gardeners are surprised by how quickly they take hold. By the end of the first growing season, you'll have forgotten they arrived small.

We've written a full guide to receiving, planting, and caring for your plugs — worth a read before your order arrives.

Read the Landscape Plug Guide →

If you're just getting started

These sets are designed to help you start with confidence. The plants are forgiving, the guidance is clear, and the focus is on building a garden that works without needing expert knowledge or perfect technique.

If you've been doing this for years

These sets offer a curated foundation with plants chosen for how they interact, establish, and evolve. Use them as a framework, a filler, or a starting point for something more layered and personal.

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    Cottage garden plant set graphic. Rudbeckia fulgida var. fulgida, orange coneflower, a native perennial offered by Woodlanders.
    The Cottage Garden Set $32.00

    A romantic pollinator-friendly planting with fragrance and old-garden

    • Zones 5–9
  • Sold out
    Pollinator plant set graphic. Pycnanthemum muticum, short-toothed mountainmint, a native perennial offered by Woodlanders.
    The Pollinator Set $32.00

    A native-forward planting for bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds

    • Zones 4–9
  • Sold out
    Rain garden graphic. Equisetum hyemale, scouring rush horsetail, a native perennial offered by Woodlanders.
    The Rain Garden Set $32.00

    A moisture-loving planting for wet ground and seasonal bloom

    • Zones 5–9
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EDUCATION

Landscape Plug FAQ

We're created a guide for all things plugs - what they are, how to receive and plant them, and when they work well.

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Ruellia coccinea (Yerba Maravilla) rounded subshrub covered in scarlet tubular flowers

DESIGN

Shaping your Landscape

Learn more about our design vision and curation for these sets, including our landscape design methodology.

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PHILOSOPHY

The Why Behind our Sets

Learn more about our reason for offering garden sets and how they're aligned to our purpose as a nursery.

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Further reading from The Node

Stories from our blog, The Node, including education, field notes, and forays into landscape design.

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Justicia brandegeeana, shrimp plant, arching drooping spikes of overlapping coppery bronze bracts with small white tubular flowers
The Shrimp Plant, Closely Read: Everything You Are Looking At Is a Leaf

Plant Highlight · Justicia brandegeeana · Mexico to the Gulf South. The shrimp plant is one of the most recognizable shrubs in the warm South, and almost nobody who grows...

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Styrax japonicus, Japanese snowbell, small tree with white bell-shaped flowers hanging beneath glossy green foliage.
The Quiet Bells of Styrax: A Field Guide to the Snowbells

Field Guide · A field guide to Styrax, the snowbell genus: native Southeastern species and their fragrant East Asian cousins, and how to site a flower that hangs face down.

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Senecio confusus, Mexican flame vine, clusters of orange-red daisy-like flowers on a climbing vine
Mexican Flame Vine (Senecio confusus): How to Grow and Overwinter at the Cold Edge

How-To & Propagation · Mexican Flame Vine · The Southeast. A tropical vine that blazes orange from June until frost, grown at the cold edge of the map, and how...

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Podocarpus macrophyllus 'Okina', a narrow upright evergreen conifer with dense needle-like foliage used for screening.
The Wall That Learned to Breathe: Siting Podocarpus in the Southern Garden

Landscape Design · An ancient conifer genus doing quiet, modern work: how to site Podocarpus as a screen, a groundcover, or a rare collector's specimen in a Southern garden.

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