Horticulture Program

Native Plant Nurseries

These nurseries are primarily either retail or retail and wholesale, a few are wholesale only. Most are in Northern California, except for mail order sources and a few outstanding nurseries. They sell primarily native plants or seeds, except where noted. Many of these sources also provide consultation services. Call for hours and dates open. In addition to these sources, many local retail nurseries carry a selection of native California plants. Please send additions or corrections to webteamcnps.org. (Last updated July 15, 2008 .)
 

Albright Seed Company
P.O. Box 1275
Carpinteria, CA 93014-1275
805 / 684-0436
www.albrightseed.com
Bulk sales grass, wildflower, shrub & tree seed, 50% native; $25 minimum order.

Appleton Forestry Nursery
1369 Tilton Road
Sebastopol, CA 95472
707 / 823-3776
Container trees & shrubs, contract collect & grow, wholesale & retail. Call ahead.  

Agua Fria Nursery
1409 Agua Fria Street
Santa Fe, NM 87501
505 / 983-4831
Mail order retail plants, wide selection, uncommon penstemons, many California-collected natives.  

Bay Natives
375 Alabama St. #440
San Francisco, CA 94110
Tel. 415 / 287-6755
Fax 415 / 285-2240
www.baynatives.com
Ecommerce local native plants suited to SF Bay Area gardens and landscapes.

Baylands Nursery
965 Weeks Street
East Palo Alto, CA 94303
www.baylands.com
Wholesale & retail plants, about one-third native.  

Bayview Gardens
1201 Bay Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Mail order iris. Joe Chio Pacific Coast Hybrids.  

Berkeley Horticultural Nursery
1310 McGee Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94703
510 / 526-4704
www.berkeleyhort.com
Retail plants - one section devoted to natives.  

Bertotti Landscaping, Inc.
2425 Adobe Rd.
Petaluma, Ca. 94954
ph.: 707 / 559-7077 / 415 / 897-8517
fax: 707 / 559-7078
cell: 415 / 559-5519
www.bertotti.com

Bitterroot Restoration, Inc.
55 Sierra College Boulevard
Lincoln, CA 95648
916 / 434-9571
www.bitterrootrestoration.com
Wholesale and custom growing.

C.H. Baccus
Calochortus-Fritillaria
900 Boynton Avenue
San Jose, CA 95117
408 / 244-2923
Mail order bulbs.  

Calaveras Nursery
1622 East Hwy 12
Valley Springs, CA 95252
209 / 772-1823
Retail tress, about 50% native.  

California Flora Nursery
P.O. Box 3, Somers & D Streets
Fulton, CA 95439
707 / 528-8813
www.calfloranursery.com
Wholesale and retail, native and Mediterranean plants.  

The Calypso Orchid Company
PO Box 475 Philo CA 95466 USA
http://www.calypsoorchid.com

CA Dept. of Forestry -
L. A. Moran Reforestation Center
5800 Chiles Road
Davis, CA 95617
www.fire.ca.gov/ResourceManagement/lammrc.asp
Tree sales for erosion control, windbreaks, & reforestation work, 50 item minimum.
UPDATE March 2007: LAMRC has suspended operations. The seed bank is still operating at the site and seed is still being processed, but no seedlings are being propagated at this time.

Magalia Reforestation Center
6640 Steiffer Road
Magalia, CA 95954
(530)872-6301
http://www.fire.ca.gov/rsrc-mgt_statenurseries.php

Cal-Native Plants
25735 Garbani Rd.
Menifee CA, 92584
909 / 301-8075
http://www.cal-nativeplants.com/
Aims to increase community awareness of the critical role native plants play in California's ecological well being.

Capitol Wholesale Nursery, Inc.
2938 Everdale Drive
San Jose, CA 95148
408 / 239-0589
cwnsales@sbcglobal.net
Wholesale, retail and broker nursery that emphasizes sustainable landscapes.

Central Coast Wilds
114 Liberty Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
831 / 459-0655
www.centralcoastwilds.com
State registered organic nursery provides quality native plants, seeds, and services to landscapers and designers.

Circuit Rider Productions, Inc.
9619 Old Redwood Highway
Windsor, CA 95492
707 / 838-6641
www.crpinc.org
By appt. only, wholesale & retail plants (small sizes), contract collect & grow, revegetation & restoration.

Clyde Robin Seed Company
P.O. Box 2366
Castro Valley, CA 94546
510 / 785-0425
www.clyderobin.com
Wholesale & mail order seed.

ConservaSeed
P.O. Box 455
Rio Vista, CA 94571
916 / 775 - 1676
www.conservaseed.com
Wholesale grass, forb, & legume seed, contract collect & grow, revegetation and restoration.

Cornflower Farms
P.O. Box 896
Elk Grove, CA 95759
916 / 689-1015
www.cornflowerfarms.com
Container plants, 80%-90% natives, revegetation and restoration. Open for retail sales the 2nd Saturday of each month from March to November from 7:30 am - 2:00 pm.

Elkhorn Native Plant Nursery
1957B Highway 1
Moss Landing CA 95039
831 / 763-1207
www.elkhornnursery.com
Seed, container & bareroot plants, contract collect & grow, demonstration garden. Open to the public on Fridays from 8-4. Wholesale hours are (preferably) by appointment Monday - Friday from 8-4

Euterpe Farms
667 S. Rice Rd.
Ojai, CA 93023
(805) 640-1004
www.geocities.com/surfohi/euterpe.html
Plants grown from our farm stock and native Ojai-Valley seeds collected under the approval of local conservation groups

Far West Bulb Farm
14499 Lower Colfax Road
Grass Valley, CA 95945
530 / 272-4775
www.californianativebulbs.com
Mail order bulbs, native to central and northern California. Contract grow.

Floral Native Nursery
2511 Floral Ave.
Chico, CA.  95973
530-892-2511 (phone/fax)
www.floralnativenursery.com
Dedicated to growing California Native plants for landscaping and restoration. Wholesale and retail.

Forestfarm
990 Tetherow Road
Williams, OR 97544
541 / 846-7269
www.forestfarm.com
Retail mail order plants, extensive selection western trees & shrubs.

Forest Seeds of California
1100 Indian Hill Road
Placerville, CA 95667
530 / 621-1551
Mail order tree & shrub seeds, contract collect.

Freshwater Farms, Inc.
5851 Myrtle Avenue
Eureka, CA 95503
707 / 444-8261     800 / 200-8969
www.freshwaterfarms.com
Wholesale & retail seed, container & bareroot riparian plants, contract collect & grow, revegetation & restoration.

Paul Furman
3975 19th Street
San Francisco, CA
415 / 722-6037
http://www.edgehill.net/plant-list.htm
Retail by appointment: Bay Area natives, woodland lilies, bulbs, ferns, grasses, uncommon species.

Growing Grounds Farm
P.O. Box 15408
San Luis Obispo, CA 93406
Phone: 805 / 543-6071
Fax: 805 / 543-6092
www.growinggroundsfarm.org
A non-profit wholesale nursery which provides vocational training and employment to people with mental illness. We grow a variety of native plants, and have done some restoration work with the Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo and the California Conservation Corps.

Growing Solutions Restoration Education Institute
P.O. Box 30081
Santa Barbara, CA 93130
805 / 452-7561
www.growingsolutions.org
A non-profit organization located in Santa Barbara County and dedicated to the restoration and preservation of California’s remarkable botanic wealth and rich diversity.

Hartland Nursery
13737 Grand Island Road
Walnut Grove, CA 95690
916 / 775-4021
www.hartlandnursery.com
Specializes in growing plants that are native to Northern California's Central Valley.

Hedgerow Farms
21740 County Road 88
Winters, CA 95694
530 / 662-6847
www.hedgerowfarms.com
Wholesale & retail seed, container grasses, sedges, rushes, & forbes, contract collect & grow, revegetation & restoration.

Industrial Forest Associates
4886 Cottage Grove Avenue
McKinleyville, CA 95519
708 / 839-3256
Retail, bulk sales of native conifers.

Intermountain Nursery
30443 N. Auberry Rd
Prather, CA 93651
559 / 855-3113
Specialize in drought tolerant CA native plants for the central valley floor up into the central Sierra Nevada. Retail hours are Friday and Saturday 8am-5pm, Sunday 10am-4pm.
Also do contract growing and wholesale.

Jughandle Creek Nature Center Native Plant Nursery
Mailing Address: PO Box 17
Street Address: 15501 North Highway 1
Caspar, California 95420
(707) 964-4630
www.jughandle.creek.org
We started the nursery as an education project with local school districts in 1994. We have since been involved in restoration/education activities with Mendocino County schools and cooperating landowners from as far south as Gualala to as far north as Westport on the Mendocino coast.

Lake County Natives
7480 Kelsey Creek Drive
Kelseyville, CA 95451
707 / 279-2868
Wholesale & retail plants by apptointment.

Larner Seeds
P.O. Box 407
Bolinas, CA 94924
www.larnerseeds.com
Mail order seeds, retail plants at nursery Oct. thru July, coastal ecotypes, wildflowers, perennials, shrubs, trees, & grasses, contract collect & grow, demonstration garden.

Las Pilitas Nursery
3232 Las Pilitas Road
Santa Margarita, CA 93453
and:
8331 Nelson Way
Escondido, 92026
www.laspilitas.com
Wholesale, retail by appointment, seed & container plants, contract collect & grow.

Matilija Nursery
8225 Waters Road
Moorpark, CA 93021
805 / 523-8604
www.matilijanursery.com
Retail and wholesale nursery specializing in Californian and southwestern native plants.

Middlebrook Gardens
76 Race Street
San Jose, CA 95126
(408) 292-9993
www.middlebrook-gardens.com
California Native plants nursery organized by plant community, open the first and third weekends of the month throughout the summer.

Moon Mountain Wildflowers
P.O. Box 725
Carpinteria, CA 93014-0725
805 / 684-2565
Mail order seed.

Mostly Natives Nursery
27235 Hwy One
P.O. Box 258
Tomales, CA 94971
707 / 878-2009
www.mostlynatives.com
Wholesale & retail plants, coastal natives and drought-tolerant plants.

Native Here Nursery
101 Golf Coarse Drive
Tilden Regional Park
Berkeley, CA 94708
510 / 549-0211
www.ebcnps.org/NativeHereHome.htm
Volunteer run by CNPS, excellent source of locally native plants, revegetation, and restoration. Open Friday & Saturday, call ahead.

Native Revival Nursery
8022 Soquel Drive
Aptos, CA 95003
831 / 684-1811
www.nativerevival.com
Wholesale & retail seed & plants, contract collect & grow, revegetation & restoration.

Native Sons
379 West El Campo Road
Arroyo Grande, CA 93420
805 / 481-5996
www.nativeson.com
Wholesale only, see website for local retail outlets, Mediterranean plants as well as natives.

Native Springs Nursery
PO Box 4071
Yankee Hill CA 95965
Butte County
(530) 514-8578
www.nativespringsnursery.com
Specializing in native conifers and other native CA plants. Mail order encouraged.

Natural Landscapes
16 Limetree Ln.
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275
310 / 377-2536
www.natural-landscapes.com
Family nursery specializing in CA Natives offering retail, custom growing and landscaping. Call ahead, by appointment only.

North Coast Native Nursery
P.O. Box 744
Petaluma, CA 94953
707 / 769-1213
www.northcoastnativenursery.com
Native plants for woodland, coastal and riparian habitats, wholesale & retail seed & plants, contract collect & grow, revegetation and restoration, call ahead.

Northwest Native Seed
Ron Ratko
17595 Vierra Canyon Road #172
Prunedale, CA 93907
Catalog issued late fall (end of Nov. or Dec.), ships seed Nov-April, extensive listings include data on where collected, many hard-to-find.

O'Donnell's Fairfax Nursery
1700 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard
Fairfax, CA 94930
415 / 453-0372
Retail and wholesale organic native nursery specializing in Californian native habitat restoration.

Pacific Coast Seed
533 Hawthorne Place
Livermore, CA 94551
925 / 373-4417
www.pcseed.com
Wholesale only or through local nurseries. Seed, wildflowers, shrubs, grasses, trees.

Park Place Gardens Nursery
P.O. Box 789
Loomis, CA 95650
916 / 276-8225
www.ppgn.com
Wholesale nursery specializing in landscape trees and shrubs, adaptable to Northern California and including many natives.

Plants of the Southwest
3095 Agua Fria Rd
Santa Fe NM 87507
505 / 438-8888
www.plantsofthesouthwest.com
Mail order plants and seeds, many native to CA.

Rana Creek Wholesale Nursery
35351 East Carmel Valley Road
Carmel Valley CA 93924
(831) 659-2830
www.ranacreeknursery.com
Wholesale seed, wildflowers, shrubs, grasses, trees; retail container plants by appointment; sustainable landscaping, revegetation & restoration natives; contract collect & grow.

Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden
1500 N. College Ave.
Claremont, CA 91711
909 / 625-8767
www.rsabg.org
Plant sales in California Garden Shop November - May. Annual plant sales: first weekend November; first Saturday April.

RECON Native Plants
1755 Saturn Blvd.
San Diego, Ca 92154
(619) 423-2284
www.reconnativeplants.com
Habitat Restoration Quality Native Plant Material for the Southwest. Wholesale only.

Russell Graham, Purveyor of Plants
4030 Eagle Creat Road NW
Salem, OR 97304
503 / 362-1135
Retail, mail order. Maybe 10% native, but some hard-to-find, e.g., Trillium.

San Luis Creek Nursery
955 El Camino Real
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
(805) 788-0874 ph (805) 788-0875 fx
Wholesale and retail by appointment only. Specializing in CA native garden and restoration plants.

Saratoga Horticultural Research Foundation
15185 Murphy Avenue
San Martin, CA 95046
408 / 779-3303
Wholesale, retail the first Friday of every month, container plants (not all native).

Seedhunt
P.O. Box 96
Freedom, CA 95019-0096
www.seedhunt.com
Mail order annual and perennial seed, about 1/3 native, many hard-to-find.

Sierra Azul Nursery & Gardens
2660 East Lake Avenue (Highway 152)
Watsonville, CA 95076
831 / 763-0939
www.sierraazul.com
Mediterranean & water-conserving plants, many natives.

Sierra Seed Supply
358 Williams Valley Rd.
Greenville, CA 95947
530 / 284-7926
www.sierraseedsupply.com/
Native wildflower, perennial, shrub and tree seeds from Northern California.

Sierra Valley Farms
1329 County Rd. A23
Beckwourth, Ca. 96129
530 / 832-0114
www.sierravalleyfarms.com
Over 100 species of high elevation native trees,shrubs,grassrs, forbs and sedges for the Sierra Communities.

Siskiyou Rare Plant Nursery
2825 Cummings Road
Medford, Oregon 97501
541 / 772-6846
www.srpn.net
Retail, mail order alpine & rock garden plants, some hard-to-find natives.

Sonoma Horticultural Nursery
3970 Azalea Avenue
Sebastopol CA 95472
707 / 823-6832
www.sonomahort.com
Woodland garden, known for rhododendrons & azaleas, some natives.

Southwestern Native Seeds
P.O. Box 50503
Tucson, AZ 85703
Mail order seeds. Some collected in CA are hard to find.

Suncrest Nurseries, Inc.
400 Casserly Road
Watsonville, CA 95076
831 / 728-2595
www.suncrestnurseries.com
Wholesale only, see website for local retail outlets. Specializes in development of new and unusual ornamental plants for coastal and near coastal California--many of them native.

Telos Rare Bulbs
P.O. Box 4978
Arcata, CA 95518
www.telosrarebulbs.com
Many natives including Calochortus, Brodiaea, Fritillaria, Erythronium, Camassia, and more.

Theodore Payne Foundation
10459 Tuxford Street
Sun Valley, CA 91352
818 / 768-1802
www.theodorepayne.org
Retail plants, mail order seed, large seed selection.

The Tourist Trap
61762 Twentynine Palms Hwy.
Joshua Tree, CA 92252
www.cactusbymail.com
Yuccas, agaves, cactus and trees.

Tree of Life Nursery
P.O. Box 635, 33201 Ortega Hwy.
San Juan Capistrano, CA 92693
949 / 728-0685
www.treeoflifenursery.com
Wholesale & retail container plants, contract collect & grow.

The Watershed Nursery
155 Tamalpais Rd
Berkeley, CA 94708
510 / 548-4714
www.TheWatershedNursery.com
Grows a wide variety of plants providing for a high degree of native plant/habitat biodiversity.

Yerba Buena Nursery
19500 Skyline Blvd.
Woodside, CA 94062
650 / 851-1668
www.yerbabuenanursery.com
Retail plants and some seed, large demonstration garden with mature examples of many cultivar and species natives. Except for ferns, all native.