My name is Sarah Mercer, and I run Little Bird Plants in Viroqua, WI, a hand grown houseplant shop and small, yet diverse, garden center, and recently a space for local musicians and artists!

For the past six seasons, I've had the privilege of growing for this town in a historic greenhouse, formerly known as The Flower Basket and Hillcrest Gardens. Its become my passion to create a space where our community can gather, learn, enjoy and love plants—especially during our long Wisconsin winters.

The greenhouses we currently rent will no longer be available after this summer, and we are moving end of August 2026. To keep Little Bird Plants alive and continue serving our community, I’m raising funds to finish building our new greenhouse and community space. This new greenhouse will protect and expand collection of plants and propagating stock, as well as expand our offerings for years to come—providing classroom/ workshop space, small musical events, tropical garden beds, a market garden for local produce, and a welcoming place for people of all ages to connect with plants and each other year round. And of course a little hand grown garden center. We accomplished a lot in the last year, and still have so much to do! We hope to have our new greenhouse open in late fall of 2026!

Please feel free to reach out with any questions.

Here are some photos of our progress in the last year. This move will be a downsize; our new greenhouse is about half the space we're used to having, but I look forward to the opportunities that will come with owning our building, and having a place to grow our work.

Thanks for reading, caring, sharing, and supporting us if you can!