VENDORS
Several vendors will sell native plants, honey, native-plant-themed pottery, and baked goods foraged from native plants.
The Wild Midwest
The Wild Midwest is a company founded to help people live more sustainably by incorporating native plants and food production back into landscapes. In addition to offering native plants for sale, they also offer design and consultation services, breed welsh harlequin ducks, and raise and train English shepherd dogs. They believe humans are a part of nature and that we must fold native plants back into domestic landscapes. They offer services to residential, commercial, and agricultural land holders to help make their landscapes more sustainable.
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Piper Pottery
Piper Pottery is located in the Sangamon River Valley in East Central Illinois. They make stoneware pottery inspired by our natural surroundings, made to be used every day both indoors and out. Sustainably produced in their solar powered studio, Piper Pottery's pieces are made to last a lifetime. Functional ware and more whimsical miniature pieces round out the work that brings them the most joy to make and share with the world. Piper Pottery's mission is to respect the environment by returning much of the cultivated land their studio sits on to native prairie and oak savannah, all while minimizing their future impact on their surroundings.
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Berries and Flour Bakery
Berries and Flour Bakery is a unique food operation. They select high-quality produce from local farms, fields, and forests. Skilled chefs craft their harvest goods, products that accentuate the Midwest's bounty of flavors. When you purchase any of their products, you support their woman-owned business and a network of over 50 local farms, natural areas, and farm & food security-focused organizations.
Supporting Berries and Flour is a vote for local crop production, knowing their place a little better, strengthening our local economy, and promoting a delicious sustainable food system.
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217-724-8265
CU Herb Society
This organization will be selling native persimmons at the event.
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El Oasis Food Truck
El Oasis in Urbana IL will be the food truck at the Native Plant Festival. They sell ice cream and Mexican snacks, including tamales, chicharrones, aguas refrescas, popsicles, and more.
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217-954-0215
