OUR FARM
Our small acreage farm started as a homestead over a dozen years ago. In 2025, we are going into our fourth year as a farm business with several enterprises & credentials:
- Native Plant Nursery
- Certified Green Infrastructure Practitioner
- Permaculture & Garden Planning Services
- Blacksmith Forge
We enjoy teaching, writing and speaking about what we know.
If you would like to learn more about our small farm; would like to buy native plants, native shrubs, native trees & seeds, visit us during the growing season at these farmers' markets; learn about gardening classes; or view our products under Shop. Book a garden consultation here.
season four in 2025!
Our fourth growing season as a farm business in 2025! Many more native plants for sale, gardening classes, collaborations, events and other products for the coming year.
Check our calendar often or follow us on Instagram for announcements about classes, presentations, workshops, new products and more native plant events in 2025!
Or subscribe to our monthly newsletter. Subscribers are always the first to know!
Bas Rouge Farm & Forge is Veteran and Latina owned. Learn more below.
Happy planting!
The Farmers
Glenn (he/him/his)
Ivonne (she/her/ella)
Ivonne (she/her/ella)
GIS professional turned mushroom grower and sometimes beekeeper. Glenn is a USMC Veteran. He enjoys long walks with our Beaucerons, growing mushrooms for wholesale accounts and is the carrier of things around the farm!
Glenn holds several degrees in Engineering and is a certified optician. He also completed a beekeeping certificate from H
GIS professional turned mushroom grower and sometimes beekeeper. Glenn is a USMC Veteran. He enjoys long walks with our Beaucerons, growing mushrooms for wholesale accounts and is the carrier of things around the farm!
Glenn holds several degrees in Engineering and is a certified optician. He also completed a beekeeping certificate from Heroes to Hives-MSU Extension and Growing Specialty Mushrooms from e Cornell.
Ivonne (she/her/ella)
Ivonne (she/her/ella)
Ivonne (she/her/ella)
Former Master Gardener Volunteer, Registered Maine Guide, hobby naturalist, writer, photographer and hobby Blacksmith. Ivonne teaches, writes and speaks about native plants, gardening, pollinators, sustainability and farm & garden DIY projects.
Ivonne holds certificates in Sustainable Landscape & Garden Management, Permaculture Design and
Former Master Gardener Volunteer, Registered Maine Guide, hobby naturalist, writer, photographer and hobby Blacksmith. Ivonne teaches, writes and speaks about native plants, gardening, pollinators, sustainability and farm & garden DIY projects.
Ivonne holds certificates in Sustainable Landscape & Garden Management, Permaculture Design and, in 2025 Certification as a Green Infrastructure Practitioner through ANSI Accredited NGICP & Envirocert.
AFFILIATIONS
WELCOME!
Our native plants are pollinator safe & friendly!
Subscribe below for Bas Rouge Farm & Forge updates, classes, workshops and our newsletter to learn more!