Sources for Organic Blueberry Bushes

Backyard Berry Plants

• Backyard Berry Plants is a family owned and operated berry bush farm located in Indiana. Backyard Berry Plants is certified organic by USDA Organic and OEFFA (Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association). They offer a wide variety of blueberries including lowbush and wild highbush blueberries; Southern highbush blueberries and early, mid and late season Northern highbush blueberry plants. Backyard Berry Plants ship their blueberries fully potted from August through November.

Johnny's Selected Seeds

• Johnny's Selected Seeds is a leader in offering high quality organic vegetable and flower seeds; they offer an organic bare root blueberry bush collection from March through May. Their collection (sold as one item) is comprised of three northern highbush blueberry plants--one early season (Patriot), one mid-season (Northland) and one late season (Jersey).

Windcrest Organics

• Windcrest Farm is another USDA-certified organic option in North Carolina. Owned and operated by husband wife team of Ray and Mary Roberts Tarlton, they produce organic blueberry bushes from non-GMO, nontreated seed. Blueberry plants are grown in soil rich with OMRI-approved (Organic Materials Review Institute) worm casings and sea-based fertilizers. They offer southern highbush, highbush and Rabbiteye, a Southern blueberry native to Georgia and Alabama. Their website includes detailed blueberry culture (planting and care) information.

Smaller Local Growers

• Check with a local chapter of an Agricultural Cooperative Extension or a local organic food co-op to locate more local organic growers who might not be on the digital radar of the Internet. With the resurgence of small family farms and the popularity of the organic movement, more than likely there are more organic growers out there.

  Also, a local organic food co-op might provide names of blueberry farmers who might be open to the idea of propagating and selling some of their stock.