Growing with Purpose: Explore Bear Creek Organics’ Ecological Edible & Native Plant Nursery
May 01, 2025 11:38AM ● By Bear Creek Organics
*Nursery visits are by appointmeant. Please contact BCO to schedule a day and time : ) Thank you!
At Bear Creek Organics, we believe that every landscape has the potential to nourish life — not only through food production, but also through ecological harmony. For over a decade, we’ve been helping homeowners, communities, and institutions create regenerative landscapes using NOFA Organic Land Care practices and permaculture design principles.
Now, through our Ecological Edible & Native Plant Nursery, we offer a carefully selected collection of plants that support pollinators, feed families, and restore the land.
Our nursery focuses on perennial food plants and native species that thrive in Northeastern PA’s climate and soils.
Whether you’re starting a backyard orchard, building a food forest, looking for shade-tolerant edible plants, or even a bee and butterfly Garden we’re here to help you grow wisely.
Planting for Your Conditions
Each site is unique, and choosing the right plant for the right place is essential. Here are a few examples of adaptable, low-maintenance plants we offer:
- Partial Shade: Try paw paw trees,currants, gooseberries, josta berries, raspberry, hazelnut, or elderberries — all thrive with 4–6 hours of sun and offer valuable fruits or nuts. Or even less.
- Moist or Low Spots: Consider aronia, elderberry, hazelnut, paw paw, blueberry, buttonbush, silky dogwood which thrive in moist soil. Bonus: Plum and pear trees!
- Sunny, Well-Drained Areas: Great for most fruit trees, nut trees and berry bushes - apples, pears, plums, peaches, cherries, blueberry, raspberry, blackberry, blackraspberry, chestnut, hazelnut, fig trees, and much more!
- Pollinator Gardens: We offer a range of native wildflowers so you can plant a beautiful pollinator habitat!
More Than a Nursery
We’re not just plant sellers — we’re ecological educators, designers and lifelong learners. Our services include consultation, design, installation, and management. We also offer educational workshops.
Visit us and explore how your land can become a source of beauty, sustenance, and ecological healing.
Start Growing This Summer!
*Nursery Visits are by Appoinmeant*
Ready to transform your landscape? Contact Bear Creek Organics today and let’s grow something amazing together!
Bear Creek Organics Ecological Landscapes | Permaculture Design | Native & Edible Plants
Social: Facebook.com/bearcreekorganics
Phone: 570-582-0615

Bear Creek Organics - 76 Helmer, White Haven, PA
We create organic and ecological edible landscapes. With mother nature as our teacher, and extensive knowledge of edible plants, we develop beautiful food production systems that support ... Read More »