Garden Inspiration
Ideas for your garden
Beautiful California
More and more Californians are choosing to use ative plants in their gardens. Why? There’s more to it than water savings and even habitat value – it’s about restoring our uniquely beautiful California look and creating a sense of place in our communities!
Virtual garden tours
Walk through an assortment of native plant gardens we see a variety of plant families used in new and interesting combinations, view mixes of plants that we may not have considered, and hear how others deal with challenges.

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Native Botanic Gardens
Native botanic gardens are a great way to learn your plants and get planting ideas. See our list of favorites.

“California Fuchsia is one of my favorite California native plants. This low growing perennial has red-orange blooms in the fall that hummingbirds can’t resist!”

– Ann Dalkey
From the Blog
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Many California native plants are great for arrangements. Learn which ones to grow a garden to bring a sense of place indoors.
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Katherine Greenberg’s Mature Lafayette Native Garden
Inside a professional designer's mature native garden and her lessons on patience. -
Be Inspired: Highlights from the 2019 native garden tours
CNPS chapters each spring to host dozens of garden tours up and down the state. Thousands of Californians are able to tour real native gardens thanks to the generous hosts.