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Summer and Fall Hours (June 1 - December 14)Sales and Contact Information
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday - by appointment only.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday - 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.
Sunday - closed
Call
250-757-9999 or toll-free 1-877-570-3138 Please leave a
message if no one is available to take your call.
To request an appointment, place
an order, or to obtain a quote, please email orderdesk@streamsidenativeplants.com
Customer pick
up
Orders can be made ready for pick-up if you email or
phone with a date and time.
Shipping
For your convenience, orders are shipped freight
prepaid and charged. The freight amount will be added to
the invoice. Most orders will be shipped using Ace
Courier. They offer overnight service to most points on
Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland. Larger orders
will be shipped by truck or by 4x4 pickup and trailer.
Wholesale
Pricing
In order to ensure the long-term sustainability of both
Streamside Native Plants and those businesses and organizations that
rely upon our wholesale pricing, we have further defined who
qualifies as a wholesale customer. Wholesale pricing
continues to be subject to the owner's discretion and typically
applies to repeat customers who pre-order larger quantities of
plants. Businesses who are first-time buyers will be subject to
retail pricing, to which the retail scaled-discount system
applies. For a typical landscaping job, this can equate to
a discount of 20% off our retail pricing. Organizations who
automatically qualify for wholesale pricing include
not-for-profit societies (e.g., streamkeepers and similar
conservation groups), various levels of government (including
First Nations), and schools.
Retail
Sales
Everyone is welcome to visit and shop at the nursery!
We have a discount structure to make
native plants more affordable for all gardeners.
Payment
Returning used
containers
We typically do not accept used containers (pots) back from
customers. In past years, numerous attempts were made to
to reuse pots; unfortunately too many were returned in unusable
condition. Recycling facilities will not take pots with
soil, so many pots ended up at the landfill. Please rinse
the containers and drop them off at a recycling depot.
Photo - J. Jackson
About the company and the new owners:
Streamside Native
Plants only sells plants that are native to coastal British
Columbia. Our customers include private
home
owners, developers, golf courses, landscapers, parks
departments, schools, societies and various levels of
governments.
Jim Roberts and Cyndi
Hampton are a husband and wife team and new owners of Streamside
Native Plants. Originally from North Vancouver, they lived
in the Victoria area for several years before taking a
sabbatical from work to set out on a 14-month RV journey through
BC and the Yukon. Back on Vancouver Island and with their
adventure boots filled, they were looking forward to finding a
small farm near Courtenay and "putting down some roots".
Jim is a biologist
(R.P.Bio) with more than 25 years experience, including various
regulatory roles and as an environmental consultant. Jim has
worked with both Fisheries and Oceans Canada and BC Ministry of Environment, Lands and
Parks, reviewing development proposals, and supporting fisheries
management efforts. Over the past 15 years, his consulting
experience has included a focus on enhancement and restoration
works (stream, wetland and riparian) for a wide range of
development projects. Jim led environmental permitting
efforts (including fish habitat compensation plans, supporting
Fisheries Act authorizations), planting plan development, site
preparations and planting, maintenance, and monitoring of
revegetation projects throughout coastal British Columbia.
Cyndi worked at the
Institute of Resource, Environment, and Sustainability at UBC
and Environment Canada, followed by a degree in Geography
(Master's-level studies in watershed management and ecology).
Most recently, she was employed with environmental and
engineering consulting firms where she worked as a project
administrator and then as a business development specialist
focused on proposal-writing.
Jim and Cyndi are
enjoying running Streamside Native Plants, propagating and
growing native plants of coastal British Columbia to support
revegetation work, landscaping and gardening projects.
The former
owner, Richard Wahlgren, is now retired after 21 years
managing Streamside Native Plants.
Hooking up a sling to
take a load of plants over to Gowland-Todd Provincial Park.