The Rock Garden is a perennial nursery offering plants suitable for rock gardens, alpine troughs,sun and shade gardens,andperennial borders. From diminutive alpine to large hosta, we have perennial plants and flowering shrubs suitable for any garden.
In addition to plants, we sell hypertufatroughs so that you may create your own alpine trough. Choose a dwarf conifer and some alpine plants to plant your trough. If you like, we will plant it for you. We also sell DownUnder Pots and stands.
Visit the Penn State Arboretum for inspiration, then come see us for your plants!
Trough planting workshops, tours of the nursery and Bed and Breakfast, and lectures on rock gardening basics are available with advance notice.
Reduce Reuse Recycle. See details on Sales/Dates page.
Location/Directions
The Rock Garden is located at 176 Brush Valley Road in Oak Hall, Pennsylvania, a small village just east of State College, home to Penn State University. We are at the base of Mt Nittany about one half mile from the 322 bypass.
WARNING: Mapquest directions are not entirely correct. Please see the directions below. Google maps will give you proper directions.
Traveling east, take the Oak Hall/Boalsburg Exit off 322 bypass and turn left at the bottom of the exit ramp onto Boalsburg Road. At the next intersection turn right onto Linden Hall Road, then an immediate left across a one lane bridge over Spring Creek. You'll see our driveway on the right a few hundred feet up Brush Valley Road.
Traveling west, take the Oak Hall/Lemont Exit off 322 bypass and turn left at the bottom of the exit ramp onto Boalsburg Road. Take a quick right onto Linden Hall Road, then an immediate left across a one lane bridge over Spring Creek. You'll see our driveway on the right a few hundred feet up Brush Valley Road.
Please see our Sales Dates page for our business hours.
