AKME Gardens

Welcome to Adam and Kristi's Modern Eden!

We are a family owned and operated nursery which specializes in diverse and rare varieties of temperate, sub-tropical and tropical plants and fruit trees.

Our exclusive service is custom built-to-order multi-grafted trees, where we provide customers around the country with Signature works of edible art for their landscape.

We are also known for having one of the largest selections and collections of mature species and cultivars of Eriobotrya trees, with E. japonica as our primary focus, and have developed over a dozen genetically improved varieties through careful and controlled cross-pollination of known cultivars over the years.

Our Alabama-based nursery is uniquely certified to ship to and receive from all States and Territories and most countries which allow germplasm trade with the USA within phytosanitary limitations. Due to rigorous inspections, quarantine practices, locality regulations, licensing, credentialing and preventative measures, we are also certified to ship plants in our soilless custom mixes and do not have to ship any plants as bare roots—allowing them to maintain a fully undisturbed root ball for year-round shipping with greatly reduced shock. As a result, we are also able to offer a Transshipping service as a liason when online nurseries are not licensed to ship to certain states.

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Check out our new AKME Themed Merchandise and Apparel in our Full Catelog.

If you are interested in specificly themed apparel or store merch, you may request any of our art or photos to be placed on any of our products. We can mix and match them all.

Ordering

Orders placed for germplasm are collected fresh, cleaned and sorted before packaging and require processing before shipment. Orders will be combined for shipping credits when added prior to shipping dates, and we will do so automatically for eligible orders placed within the same queue.

FREE Ground Shipping on Plant, Seed and Germplasm orders over $150.00. Use Discount Code at checkout: FREESHIP (Excludes Custom Trees, Merch & International Orders).

holidays and extreme weather conditions may cause changes in shipping dates

Communications & Social Media

Follow Us: AKME Gardens Facebook Page

Email Us: Sales@AKMEGardens.com

Visit Us: AKME Gardens Nursery

Note: Be advised our unexpected temporary relocation and closure during early spring, 2022, put our communications weeks behind at both the start and busiest time of the season. Emails, texts and messages may take weeks for a response until we catch back up.

Please be patient.

Shipping (1-2 Weeks)

Collection Dates: Saturdays and Mondays (weather permitting)

Tracking #: Emailed and Texted (sent first week)

Ship Dates: Tuesday and Thursday (following week)

Note: International orders may take 4-6 weeks to process due to phytosanitary certifications.

Disclaimer: We are certified to ship containerized plants to all 50 States and US Territories. We cannot ship Citrus outside of Alabama.

Build Your Own

Multi-Grafted Pre-orders: You may now customize your own cocktail trees right from our website to avoid email delays.

1) Add your tree size and type and desired scion varieties separately.

2) Add the number of grafts being performed under Grafting Services.

3) Add special requests under 'Notes' at Checkout (such as adding 'Out of Stock' varieties) and make your purchase.

Our Mission

Our goal is to encourage the sustainability of our precious, natural resources by preserving the integrity and desirability of our wonderful orchards through diversifying edible landscapes.


Together, we can protect our plant cultivars, planet, passion, and ultimately our future.

-Adam Karsten Mørck

What We Offer

We offer a large selection of rare fruit tree varieties which were collected from around the world.

Cuttings  |  Seeds  |  Seedling Rootstocks  |  Fruit  |  Leaves  | Tea  |  Foliar Sprays  |  Trees, Shrubs & Plants  |  Custom Grafting Services  |  Garden Starts | Gardening Supplies  |  Shipping  |  Free Local Delivery  |  Merchandise & Apparel | Custom Art & Jewelry | Education | Custom Soilless Mixes

Custom Cocktail Trees & Air Layers

Our customized grafting services allow you to create, mix and match any variety of scion wood you wish to own.  Choose one or choose a dozen on a group of trees or a single tree. The choice is yours. If you want it, we can make it happen. We can also do custom Air Layers for some varieties of trees.

Custom Grafting Services is currently available for the following tree types:

Apple | Pear | Loquat | Mulberry | Persimmon | Fig | Citrus | Blueberry | Stonefruits (Peach, Plum, Apricot, Nectarine, Cherry, Almond, Interspecifics, etc.) | Guava | Avocado | Dragonfruit | Starfruit | Mango | Jujube | Jackfruit | Vines (Grape, Muscadine, Scuppernong) | Camelia | Azalea | Hibiscus | Rose | Nightshade (Tomato, Pepper, Eggplant) and More.

Most varieties listed 'out of stock' are still available for custom grafted orders only. We have hundreds of unlisted varieties available for most fruit tree types--please inquire for unique and special requests by emailing Sales@akmegardens.com. Please expect a turnaround time of 6-24+ months for custom grafted orders depending on the type and complexity of the order.

More information and Build-It-Yourself Grafting Pre-Orders can be found here: Custom Grafting Services (Cocktail Tree) – AKME Gardens

Scion Wood

You will only get the best quality when ordering from us. All scion wood is derived from our fruiting wood and has been grown to maturity to validate its authenticity. There is a desired mix of fresh budwood and lignified surfaces on every scion. Each individual cutting is carefully examined, collected, tagged, isolated, washed, scrubbed, de-leafed, treated, hydrated, re-inspected and safely stored.

Please note, some scion wood is seasonal for certain trees and shrubs and not available year round.

Seeds & Fruit

We have seeds of most varieties available seasonally. Be advised that the fruit of a seedling will not be the same as its parentage, but many physical properties of the tree’s genetic markers may carry over, such as size, growing patterns, prolificity, resistances and tolerances.

Every individual seed is carefully harvested, examined, isolated, washed, scrubbed, de-pulped, treated, re-inspected and safely stored—yes, every single one, individually.

Fruit & Seeds are available seasonally and will appear on the website when ready.