Wholesale Ordering

Trade Show Schedule

Northern Green. RiverCentre, St Paul MN.  Jan 23-25, 2024 NEW VENUE!

NE Nursery & Landscape Show. Innovation Campus Conference Center. Lincoln, NE. Jan 30-31, 2025

NDNGLA. North Dakota Nursery, Greenhouse & Landscape Assoc. Delta by Marriott. Fargo, ND. Jan 27-29, 2025

iLandscape. Schaumburg Convention Center. Jan 31-Feb 2, 2024

SDNLA. Great Plains Green Expo. South Dakota Nursery & Landscape. Best Western Ramkota Inn. Sioux Falls, SD. Feb 2-4, 2025

INLA. Iowa Nursery & Landscape Association. ISU Campus-Scheman Building-Ames IA. Feb 20-22, 2024

Cultivate’23. by American Hort. Greater Columbus Convention Center. July 15-18, 2023

FAQs

Request a copy of our current excel availability from your sales rep. Our preference is to use the excel sheet to build your order and return via email. Orders by phone or fax can also be submitted.

https://www.northernfamilyfarms.com/Availability>Wholesale Ordering>Place Your Order/Availability. You have options of filtering or searching the inventory. If you need a log in contact us via the email link. Follow the instructions and order your items accordingly. Include the approximate week you would like delivery or pickup. Any questions, just let us know. Once the order transfers into our system, you will receive an email acknowledgment. Revisions can be made as needed.

We deliver to cities across the Upper Midwest. Our minimum for delivery is $3,500. Orders are F.O.B from Merrillan, Wisconsin.

Orders can be picked up but 48 hours notice is required. The order minimum for pick-ups is $250. Available pickup days are Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday morning or afternoon. The number of pickups per day will be capped. So confirming your order/date is VERY IMPORTANT!

Please call or email Dan to schedule all pick-ups! [email protected] 

No, we are wholesale only. We sell to garden centers, landscape installers etc. If you are interested in our products we can direct you to a retailer in your area.

Plant minimums are at least 5 of an item if #1 to #3. All other plants are ok ordered as eaches. We do ask whenever possible, to order at least a few of an item. It really helps our staff pull orders more efficiently and timely.  Please give us a call with questions.

Yes, our plants have picture tags attached. You also have the option of ordering custom price tags. There is an annual setup fee of $250 if ordered by March 1st.  Order custom tags when you place your nursery order. We will send you a form to complete your retail pricing, SKU (or plant number), and your company name or logo. All tag setup information needs to be supplied to NFF by March 1st.

The availability has a column labeled “Ready Date”. The first two numbers are the week of the year and the second two numbers are the year. Example: 1622 is the week of April 18, 2022.

Currently, EMLA7 – Semi Dwarf is our rootstock for apple trees.

The availability is linked to our inventory software and is updated continuously.

In the upper-right hand corner of the availability, you have the option to select the spring availability or fall availability. The spring is best used until the end of June and the fall from July 1st on.

We do not post an availability for Christmas Trees. If you are a retailer/tree lot and searching for Christmas trees please contact [email protected]. Keep in mind, we give first priority to our past customers and may not have any available.

We grow Fraser Fir, Balsam Fir, and White Pine. Our standard tree sizes start at 5-6′. We do not offer ‘live’ aka potted Christmas trees or seedlings.

  Pot      Height       Caliper
#7 5 – 6′ .75 – 1″
#10 6 – 8′ 1 – 1.25″
#15 8 – 10′ 1.25 – 1.5″
#25 10 – 14′ 1.75″+