Autumn landscape with orange flowers in the foreground, leafless trees, and a hill covered with red-orange foliage in the background, lit up by the setting sun also known as alpenglow, under a clear sky.

Located in Sussex County, New Jersey, Alpenglow Farm is owned and operated by Jersey natives and first generation growers Emily and Joe. With over 20 years of combined experience working in agriculture, we are bringing our shared passion for plants to our own backyard.

Using principles of sustainability, our nursery, food forest, and gardens are established using no-till and organic methods. We highlight native plants for wildlife and biodiversity and employ a silvopasture system using our beloved babydoll sheep to maintain and enrich the land.

Alpenglow Farm is located on the ancestral land of the Munsee Lenape people. We wholeheartedly respect their deep connection to this land and the history that came before us. We’re dedicated to honoring that legacy through our stewardship practices.

About Us

Air prune boxes with chestnut hazelnut and peach trees, gazed upon by a hungry sheep behind an electric fence
A basket full of red strawberries sitting on a woodchip path in front of white, orange, and red blooming poppy flowers
Close up of a Redbud tree seedling
Five sheep grazing on a green pasture with mountains and trees in the background, and a partly cloudy sky.
A close up of a hand holding blueberries and golden raspberries
An extended arm holding a group of small trees with bare roots. Wrapped around the base of the trees is a white tag that says C. Chestnut.
A bowl of hazelnuts on a weathered tree stump outdoors, with a hazelnut tree in the background.
A hand holding a ripe fig cut in half over blooming yellow nasturtium plants.
A single, foot-tall bare root paw paw tree sitting next to a tall tree pot on top of potting soil.
Close up of some ripe black chokeberry clusters on an aronia bush, with a few purple hyssop flowers surrounding it
Young sheep grazing green grass at the base of tree tubes, one brown sheep standing next to a tree tube with a chestnut tree popping out of the top
A recently grafted apple tree scion leafing out. A blue tag hanging off says Gold Rush
A hand picking a ripe peach from a peach tree
Tall tree pots with living paw paw trees lined up
A hand holding a variety of freshly picked strawberries and berries over pink yarrow flowers
A wooden garden box with wire netting and shade cloth on top of it. Growing in the box behind the wire netting you can see young chestnut, persimmons, and paw paws trees.
a gloved hand holding a chestnut in a spiny husk. The husk is opening revealing the top of two large chestnuts within.
A group of small bare root paw paw trees with very healthy, fibrous roots sitting on top of soil.
Hand holding ripe mulberries in front of a blooming native red cardinal flower
A man with a straw hat bending over a wooden air prune garden box. He is spreading woodchips on top of the soil..

Our plant nursery specializes in edible perennials and native plants. We are working to offer a wide variety of seedlings, grafted trees, divisions, cuttings, and scions. We do not use any synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, or herbicides on our farm and instead focus on healthy soils to grow plants that thrive on their own. All of our plants are shipped bare root and dormant, ready to take root in native soil and flourish.

The Nursery

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A floral wreath being made of dried flowers on a wooden surface, with pruning shears and a spool of green floral wire nearby.
A woman in a garden holding up a handful of yellow and orange zinnias
A beautiful half floral wreath on a vine base with a ribbon and lots oof reds whites and ferns.
A hand holding a wicker basket filled with colorful fresh yarrow flowers in shades of pink, purple, and red, with a garden and a cedar shakes house in the background.
A stylized dried half floral wreath with a vine base and amaranth, sunflowers and hydrangea
An arm in a flannel shirt harvesting small flowers into a basket.
A full floral wreath with a pink bow. The wreath is covered in red strawflowers, immobium, and wispy miscanthus heads.
A woman in overalls and a straw hat working in a tidy flower garden with woodchip pathways
Close up of a dried floral wreath on a vine base with pink yellow and tan flower accents and a pink bow
A wicker basket filled with colorful flowers, including pink, white, yellow, purple, and red blooms, placed on a garden bed with green plants in the background.
A floral wreath sitting on a wooden table next to plant material and felco pruners. The table is in front of a window, and out the window there are flower gardens.

All wreath material is lovingly cultivated from seed and grown using organic and sustainable practices in our gardens, or responsibly foraged from the local landscape. Each stem is harvested and dried using time-honored methods, preserving and even evolving their natural color, shape, and texture without the use of chemicals or artificial processes. Each one of a kind wreath is then handcrafted with intention and made to last for years to come.

The Wreaths

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