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Spring 2023 nursery pick up begins April 12th. Bareroot must be picked up by May 1st, containerized seedlings must be picked up by May 15th.

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General Sale Ordering Information 

Montana Conservation Seedling Nursery seedlings are strictly for conservation plantings and cannot be used for ornamental plantings.
If you want to buy plants for ornamental landscaping, see your local private nursery or garden center.

To be eligible to place an order, the seedlings must be used for a conservation project. The order form has an attached conservation verification check-list that will help you identify if you are eligible to purchase seedlings from our nursery. If any of the options pertain to your planting - you qualify! If you think your project is considered conservation but the options on the checklist do not apply to your project, write in why you think your planting is considered conservation and will review your application and get back to you within 7-10 days depending on email/ mail volumes. 

• Fall 2023/ Spring 2024 sale will begin in September 18, 2023
  • The August newsletter with sale information, species list, etc. will be released August 28, 2023
• Seedlings sold through our General Sales program are sold on a first come, first serve basis
  • Seedlings are sold in bulk
• Fall orders must be picked up at the nursery, in Missoula
• Spring order pick up and delivery begins in April 
  • For reference: Nursery pick up began April 12th for Spring 2023
• County delivery dates are determined March 22nd 
  • Spring 2023 delivery dates can be found here for future reference (PDF)

Plants are perishable! We HIGHLY recommend planting your seedlings as soon as they are thawed. If you are unsure of when you will be able to plant your seedlings, or the seedlings will be delivered weeks before your planting date. We encourage customers to pick up seedlings at the nursery so we can keep them in a dormant state in our specialized coolers.

Complete the fillable order form and email it to mtnursery@mt.gov. We highly recommend emailing your order form to get your place in line faster. Mailing an order form takes an additional 3+ days to be received by the nursery, delaying your place in line. Inventory is limited, and we sell out every year. We placed 800+ orders in 2023. Fruiting and flowering species are the most popular and sell out within days of the sale opening. We recommend submitting your order as soon as the sale opens. Your local conservation district/ extension office can help scan and email your order to the nursery. DO NOT FAX.

You or the conservation/ extension office submitting the order form will receive an automatic reply confirming we have received your email. An invoice will be generated and mailed or emailed back to the customer for payment in 7-10 business days. Orders are placed manually by hand by Ashley Mattson and take time to fulfill.

Payment

• Do not send payment with your order. Send payment as soon as you receive your invoice.
  • Due to manually processing orders we may be sold out of what you want by the time we receive the check with the order
• 50% of the balance is due when you receive your invoice, the remaining balance must be paid in full by March 1st
• All orders on or after March 1st must be paid in full when the invoice is received
  • Orders not paid in full will not be loaded on to the delivery truck
    

• Check (no  processing fee)
  • Mail check payments to 2705 Spurgin Road, Missoula MT 59801
  • Payable to: Montana State Treasurer
  • A copy of your invoice with the payments applied will be emailed or mailed to you 
    
    
• Credit Card/ Debit Card ($1.19 + 2.75% processing fee)
  • Go to this link - https://svc.mt.gov/doa/opp/dnrstatenursery/cart
  • Select debit/ credit card
  • Enter invoice balance due in the "Item cost" box, the webpage will automatically add the processing fee
  • Select the blue "Next" button and input billing information
  • A copy of your receipt will be sent to the email address you enter
  • A copy of your invoice with the payments applied will be sent to you within 1-3 business days
    
    
• ACH eCheck ($1.19 processing fee)
  • Go to this link - https://svc.mt.gov/doa/opp/dnrstatenursery/cart
  • Select ACH eCheck
  • Enter invoice balance due in the "Item cost" box, the webpage will automatically add the processing fee
  • Select the blue "Next" button and input billing information
  • A copy of your receipt will be sent to the email address you enter
  • A copy of your invoice with the payments applied will be sent to you within 1-3 business days
    
    
• Do not mail cash!
  • Cash payments must be made in person at the nursery with exact change (we do not have a cash box and cannot make change)
    
    

Ordering Quantities

• For first time customers the minimum order for small container is 144 seedlings or 45 large seedlings or 150 bareroot seedlings
  • New customer minimum orders can be a mix of products available, as long as each product is ordered in the correct multiples (24 small, 9 large, 50 bareroot)
    • For example 9 Bur oak + 9 Aspen + 18 Poplar + 9 Ponderosa = 45 large 
• If you cannot meet the minimum order for new customers contact your local conservation district/ extension office and they will be able to assist you. If your local agent cannot assist we can forward you to one of the 32 counties we partner with
  • Customers consulting with a service forester can order as a returning customer
  • Customers consulting with a environmental, wildlife, or conservation non-profit (Swan Valley Connections, etc.) can order as a returning customer
  • Customers consulting with a government official or office can order as a returning customer (Fish, Parks & Wildlife, Natural Resource and Conservation Service, etc.)
• All customers ordering directly with the nursery must order each product in multiples of 24 small, 9 large, and 50 bareroot
  
  • Returning customers only need to order in the above quantities
• See order form for more information
• See catalog for specific plant species information
  • Seed source East is for those east of the divide
  • Seed source West is for those west of the divide
    
    

General Sales Inventory Information

Your local County Extension Agent, Conservation District personnel, or DNRC Service Forester are excellent resources for helping decide on species that grow well in your area.

Please do not contact the seedling nursery for planting recommendations in the Fall preceding the general sale opening date, our sales and business manager is busy manually placing as many orders per day as possible. 

The inventory is updated manually as orders are placed. The inventory is updated every evening during the general sale and will be posted on our website at 4:00pm. We received 100s of orders within the first week to two months of the general sale launch date. Due to the manual aspect of the sale we may be sold out of a species or product by the time we place your order. If so, you will be automatically added to a waitlist and notified if any size of the species you are interested in comes back in stock. All waitlist customers are notified at the same time and orders are placed first come first serve.

Phone: 406-542-4244
Email: mtnursery@mt.gov