Hill House Native Nursery in Woodville, Fall Planting

Hill House Farm & Nursery in Woodville is a Rappahannock County nursery that grows exclusively native plants, none of them wild-collected, and it is a natural October stop for anyone planting a fall garden. The nursery keeps short public hours, Thursday and Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., so plan the drive around those windows.

Quick Facts

• Where: 125 Clover Hill Lane, Woodville, VA 22749
• Open: Thursday and Friday 8 a.m.–4 p.m.; Saturday 8 a.m.–2 p.m.; closed Sunday through Wednesday
• Phone: (540) 522-2434
• Google rating: 5.0

Why a native nursery belongs on an October itinerary

Fall is a good moment to think about the garden you want next spring. Hill House Farm & Nursery's whole premise is that every plant is native to the region and grown, not dug from the wild. For the weekender with a second home in the foothills, that is the discerning option, since the plants suit the Blue Ridge setting rather than fighting it.

What the nursery grows

The nursery's listed offerings run across the whole native palette:

• Native perennials and ferns for beds and shade plantings
• Native shrubs and trees, including fruit-bearing native species
• Native vines
• Native grasses, sedges and rushes
• Ready-made butterfly and pollinator plant packages, a useful shortcut if you want a pollinator garden without designing one from scratch

Design, installation and restoration

Beyond the plant benches, Hill House offers landscape design and consultation, landscape installation, and habitat creation and restoration. It also lists education and outreach, including speaking engagements, and appears at regional plant sales and farmers markets. If you own acreage in Rappahannock or the surrounding counties and want a meadow, a wildlife garden or a butterfly garden, this is a conversation worth having rather than a purely retail errand.

Pair it with the rest of the county

Woodville is the setting for a lot of Rappahannock's autumn calendar. If you are planning a larger day around the county's fall events, see our coverage of the Rappahannock County Park in Washington for a picnic stop, and the native perennial specialists at Morningside Farm & Nursery across the line in Culpeper County if you want to compare plant lists.

A note on confirming before you go

We have not seen recent social posts or fresh updates from the nursery, so treat the hours above as the published schedule and call ahead at (540) 522-2434 before making a special trip, particularly late in the season when a nursery's stock and schedule can shift.

Planning Your Visit

• Address: 125 Clover Hill Lane, Woodville, VA 22749
• Hours: Friday 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.; Thursday 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.; Saturday 8:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.; closed Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
• Phone: (540) 522-2434
• Website: hillhousenativeplants.com

Read more about this stop on its Hill House Farm & Nursery page.