Gossler Farms Nursery

2025-2026 Retail Catalog

Welcome to our 2025-26 catalog!

Welcome to a new edition of the Gossler Farms Nursery catalog. We’re so glad you’re here, whether you’ve grown with us for decades or are just discovering our plants for the first time. Each season brings its own rhythm and rewards, but this year feels particularly full of reflection, transformation, and possibility not just in the garden, but in how we all think about gardening itself.

As growers, we’ve always paid close attention to the seasons. But in recent years, the patterns we once counted on have begun to shift. Winters arrive later and end sooner. Spring sometimes leaps forward, then stumbles back into frost. Summer heat comes on harder, often with less rain to soften the blow. We know many of you are seeing these same changes in your own regions and asking important questions about what kinds of plants will thrive in the years ahead.

We’ve been asking ourselves those questions too. And rather than simply adapting on the fly, we’ve decided to embrace this moment of change with purpose and creativity. This year, we’re undertaking a major renovation of a large section of our garden – it’s a large and exciting project. We’re rethinking plant combinations, reworking the soil, and choosing varieties that are resilient, and ready to thrive under new climate pressures.

As we dig in literally and figuratively, we’re reminded that gardens are never really finished. They evolve. They respond. They teach us patience, flexibility, and joy in the unexpected. Remodeling our own garden has been a humbling and energizing process, and it’s deepened our understanding of what it means to be gardeners.

We also know that many of you are rethinking your own spaces. Some of you are facing new regional challenges like more drought, more humidity, colder nights or hotter days. Others are simply feeling the call to garden more intentionally: to grow plants that support wildlife, require less intervention, or create beauty in new ways. Whatever your goals, we want you to know that we’re here to help.

In this catalog, you’ll find a wide range of plants from rare gems to reliable workhorses that we’ve grown, tested, and loved over many seasons. Many are chosen not only for their beauty, but for their adaptability in a changing climate. We’ve noted selections that are particularly drought-tolerant, resilient in unpredictable weather, or beneficial. And of course, we’re always happy to offer guidance whether you’re starting a new garden from scratch or thoughtfully transforming an established one.

Our goal has always been simple: to connect people with exceptional plants and to share the joy of gardening. That mission feels even more important now. In uncertain times, planting something beautiful and nurturing it to life is a small act of hope. And sharing that beauty with others is even better.

Now for our annual corny updates. Roger has been traveling some. He’s been to Chicago, Milwaukee Wisconsin, and Seattle. He has also rescheduled his tour group to Los Angeles for October. He was scheduled to lead a tour the week of the LA fires and they we forced to cancel at the last minute. Pierce and Mia have been in the house we built for them for right at a year now and it has been really nice to have them on the property. Dawn is retired officially but is still working, just doing the same job on a contract basis and this is allowing her to fulfill all of her horse showing dreams. She was able to show her horse at a large Arab horse show in Scottsdale Arizona and is looking forward to showing him at US nationals in Tulsa Oklahoma in mid October. As for me, when Dawn went to Scottsdale in February I went along and played 7- 18 hole rounds of golf in 9 days. It was really nice to escape our cold and wet winter for awhile. I have just returned from Alaska with boxes full of salmon and halibut. As always, it’s an adventure. This year however there was a huge storm the week before I arrived and for the ten days I was there it was the best weather for the entire trip I’ve ever had. I have now been going up fishing for 14 years.

Many of you know about our branching out into the hazelnut orchard business. It has been quite the journey. We survived a one year price crash from covid and tariffs, and a major set back from the biggest ice storm to ever hit our area. This years harvest we are hoping for around 70,000 pounds of nuts. This number should continue to grow each year with us eventually harvesting around 140,000 pounds. The holes from the ice storm are filling in with replacement trees and it is starting to look whole again.

We would like to thank all of you for choosing to support our nursery. In these economic times it is more difficult each year as a small mail order nursery to stay in business, so we really do appreciate your business. We would also like to thank our staff and friends; who without their support and time we would be lost. Of special note Wayne Headlee our long time neighbor and friend. Pierce has been working in the orchard and nursery this past year. Pierce has taken on the shipping and this has freed me to do more work on the farm. Diana Learner proofreads the catalog for us each year and it helps to have someone who knows the plants reviewing the catalog. Lisa Seabright does our inventory and helps with our office data processing. As always, it’s a team effort.

Thank you for being part of our community. We’re grateful for your trust, your curiosity, and your shared passion for plants. Here’s to a season of creative possibilities, and gardens that grow stronger, smarter, and more beautiful with every passing year.

Shipping dates: You won’t hear from us before shipping, so if you need shipping on a specific date, please let us know!