Long Island Natives

What Long Island Natives does

Long Island Natives is a privately held native plant nursery founded in 2013 and headquartered in Eastport, New York. The company specializes in growing and supplying plant material native to the Northeastern United States for habitat restoration, re-vegetation, fine landscape, pollinator habitat, and coastal erosion control projects. Its catalog comprises 122+ woody trees and shrubs, 110+ native perennials, 38+ grasses/rushes/sedges, and 13+ ferns, with a supplementary Soil & Soil Amendments category. Production is anchored by custom growing capabilities that allow the nursery to contract-grow specified species to project requirements.

The company serves a multi-channel customer base that spans government agencies (NYC Parks, NYC Parks Natural Resources Group, NY State Parks), national environmental and conservation organizations (The Nature Conservancy, Central Park Conservancy, Arbor Day Foundation), landscape designers and retailers, individual homeowners, and select event clients such as the Hampton Classic Horse Show. Distribution is hybrid: direct enterprise contracts for large-scale municipal and conservation work, plus a direct-to-consumer e-commerce storefront with per-plant unit pricing from $14.99 to $279.99 and a $250 minimum order. Deliveries are limited to Suffolk County, Nassau County, Brooklyn, and Queens. Customer acquisition is sales-led and driven primarily by referrals, word-of-mouth, organic social (Facebook, Instagram), and the company's website.

The revenue model is a one-time per-unit plant sale model with no subscription or recurring components. The most material disclosed commercial reference is a 9-year contract with NYC Parks Natural Resources Group to deliver nearly 100,000 container trees for forest restoration across New York City, signaling the institutional anchor of the business. The firm reports 11-50 employees, no venture capital or private equity investment, and operates on an appointment-only basis from a single Eastport nursery location.

Name

Long Island Natives

Legal name

Long Island Natives

Website

https://longislandnatives.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Long Island Natives is a privately held Eastport, New York nursery founded in 2013 that grows and supplies native plant species for habitat restoration, coastal erosion control, and landscaping across the Northeastern U.S., serving municipalities, conservation nonprofits, landscape designers, and homeowners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Native Plant Nursery

NAICS

Landscaping Services (561730), Landscape Architectural Services (541320)

SIC

Forestry (800)

akta.pro primary industry

Native Species & Restoration Plant Nurseries (AFAMADAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Landscape Installation (Plants, Sod & Soil) (HSAIABAB), Erosion Control & Slope Stabilization (Softscape/Planting Solutions) (HSAIABAI), Horticulture, Nursery & Greenhouse Operations (EDAOAOAB)

Keywords

• Native plant nursery
• Habitat restoration
• Ecological landscaping
• Native trees shrubs
• Coastal erosion control

Headquarters

HQ city

Eastport

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Revenue model

1. Plant Sales: Sale of native plants including trees, shrubs, grasses, ferns, and perennials to municipalities, retailers, environmental groups, designers, and homeowners. Revenue generated from individual plant sales with varying price points from $14.99 to $279.99 depending on species and size.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Long Island Natives is a native plant nursery that grows and supplies plant species native to the Northeastern United States for habitat restoration, re-vegetation, fine landscape installation, pollinator habitat establishment, and coastal erosion control. The company sells trees, shrubs, grasses, perennials, ferns, and soil amendments to municipalities, environmental organizations, retailers, landscape designers, and homeowners, and offers custom growing for large-scale projects.

Product overview

Long Island Natives is a specialized native plant nursery offering a curated portfolio of native species for the Northeastern United States. The company operates as a single unified nursery with five main product categories: Woody Trees & Shrubs (122 products including native oaks, maples, pines, viburnums, and coastal-tolerant species), Grasses/Rushes/Sedges (38 products), Native Perennials (110 products including milkweeds, asters, and pollinator-supporting flowers), Native Ferns (13 products for shade gardens), and Soil & Soil Amendments. The nursery also provides services including habitat restoration, re-vegetation projects, fine landscape installations, pollinator habitat establishment, and coastal erosion control using species like American Beach Grass and Spartina.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Supplied nearly 100,000 container trees over a 9-year contract for NYC Parks

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• NYC Parks Natural Resources GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term partnership supplying container trees for forest restoration across NYC. Supplied nearly 100,000 container trees over a 9-year contract for forest restoration sites citywide.
• The Nature ConservancycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTrusted partner supplying native plants for conservation and habitat restoration projects.
• Central Park ConservancycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner supplying native plants for Central Park restoration and maintenance.
• NYC ParkscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor municipal partner for native plant supply for city parks and green spaces.
• Arbor Day FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization for tree planting initiatives and native tree supply.
• NY State ParkscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner supplying native plants for New York State Parks projects.
• Planting Hope / PLTminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducation partner focused on helping youth connect with nature through native plants.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Native Plant Trust (Garden in the Woods): New England-based nonprofit dedicated to native plant conservation, education, and retail native plant sales. Comparable as a Northeast native plant institution that supplies plants to restoration projects and consumers, though operating as a nonprofit rather than a for-profit nursery.

Emerging players

• American Beauties Native Plants: Native plant brand distributed through garden centers and retail channels across the Eastern U.S. Comparable in native species focus and retail/landscape-pro customer base, though positioned for consumer/retail rather than large-scale restoration.
• High Country Gardens: Direct-to-consumer native and xeric plant retailer shipping across the U.S. Comparable in native plant catalog and e-commerce motion, though focused on Western U.S. species and consumer customers rather than Northeast restoration projects.
• Izel Native Plants: Online marketplace aggregating native plants from regional growers for direct-to-consumer sales across the U.S. Comparable in native plant category, but operates as a multi-supplier marketplace rather than a single nursery; partially overlaps on customer base.

Direct peers

• Prairie Nursery: Wisconsin-based native plant nursery and seed producer focused on prairie and meadow restoration species. Comparable in dedicated native-species production, restoration project supply, and educational content marketing, though geographically focused on the Upper Midwest.
• Cavano's Perennials: Maryland-based wholesale perennial nursery supplying native and ornamental perennials to landscape contractors and garden centers in the Mid-Atlantic. Comparable in perennial production, B2B/wholesale model, and Eastern U.S. regional focus.
• New England Wetland Plants: Massachusetts-based native plant nursery specializing in wetland and riparian species for restoration, bioengineering, and shoreline stabilization across the Northeast. Comparable in species mix, restoration customer base, and emphasis on ecologically appropriate plant material.
• Pinelands Nursery: New Jersey-based native plant nursery serving the Mid-Atlantic with species for habitat restoration, stormwater management, and coastal projects. Closely comparable to Long Island Natives in regional native plant focus, B2B/government customer mix, and restoration project orientation.
• North Creek Nurseries: Pennsylvania-based wholesale native plant nursery supplying plugs and containerized perennials, grasses, and shrubs to landscape professionals, restoration contractors, and municipalities across the Eastern U.S. Comparable in production capacity, native species catalog, and B2B restoration focus.
• Hoffman Nursery: North Carolina-based wholesale nursery specializing in ornamental and native grasses, sedges, and grass-like plants for landscape and restoration use. Comparable in production specialization within a native grass segment and B2B/wholesale go-to-market motion.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/LongIslandNatives
• Instagraminstagram.com/long_island_natives
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/long-island-natives

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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