About

Our Mission

To provide you with beautiful plants that bring your shady corner alive. We will help you figure out what plants will be best for your area. No matter the shade, there is a plant that will bring color and texture to your garden. Let us help you discover what you can grow.


My name is Chris Kontur and I founded Shady Forest Nursery in 2024. I started Shady Forest Nursery because I wanted to help people bring color to shady areas of their garden.

On our property we have huge oak and pine trees. We have only a couple of spots that get full sun. The sunny areas we do have we use for our vegetable garden and grandmas’ peonies. I didn’t want to cut trees down just so I could plant some bright flowering plants. I wanted plants that would bring color but didn’t need full sun.

For that reason, I went out to see what I could find. That’s when I learned that most of the retail stores and nursery’s don’t cater to shade. They don’t have a large selection or, generally speaking, a very knowledgeable staff about which plants can and do thrive in low light areas. So I started to learn everything I could about shade plants.

Shady forest nursery is small now but we are growing and finding new and different plants to offer. We want to help people understand that they do have a lot of different choices to bring color, texture, and flowers to their shady areas. We also want to help our fellow gardeners learn and understand how to take care of their plants so that they may thrive.

To learn more go here

or here