Native gardening: Sources of native plants for the San Gabriel Mountains chapter area
INTRODUCTION
This page lists various sources in the area for native plants. Note that many of the nurseries are not dedicated exclusively to California natives, and many of them offer catalogs, seeds, and books as well as potted plants. If you are new to native gardening, see also our New to Natives page.
OUR CHAPTER'S ANNUAL PLANT SALE
Native Plants for Foothill Gardens
A Saturday in November 2012, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Eaton Canyon Nature Center, 1750 Altadena Drive, Pasadena, CA
A good variety of reasonably priced California native plants and wildflower seeds appropriate for gardens in the Los Angeles basin will be available, including plants for attracting birds and butterflies to your home garden. Knowledgeable Chapter members will be on hand to answer questions.
Approximately 1,000 plants for sale!
To download PLANT LIST from the 2011 plant sale, click here or the image at the left. The plant list for 2012 will be similar.
To download a FLYER from the 2011 plant sale, click here or the image at the left.
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Then, one week after the plant sale . . .
Native plant gardening workshop, one week after the plant sale
This will be a demonstration of how to plant natives, where attendees will gain hands-on experience. The workshop is free, and will be at Eaton Canyon Nature Center, in the Becky Rothenberg Memorial Garden, at 3 p.m. Bring work gloves and appropriate shoes, and wear comfortable clothes. Tools will be provided.
Would you like to be a helper at the plant sale? . . . please read on
It takes a lor of people to make the plant sale work as successfully as it has in recent years. Volunteers, members or non-members, are welcome. If your can help, even for only a few hours, please send us a message via our Contact Us page. Helpers are needed on two days:
- Friday: Unload plants and arrange them on the Nature Center patio
- Saturday: A variety of activities throughout the day
BOTANIC GARDENS
- Fullerton Arboretum usually has a sale of California Natives in the fall; 1900 Associated Road at Yorba Linda Boulevard, Fullerton; 714-278-3579. See their web site for details..
- Quail Botanical Gardens, dedicated to the conservation of rare and endangered plants from across the globe including California; 230 Quail Gardens Drive, Encinitas CA; 760-436-3036. See their web site for current details..
- Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden,1500 N College Ave, Claremont CA 91711-3157; 909-625-8767. Open 7 days a week, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. except January 1, July 4, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. See entry below for their Grow Native Nursery..
- The Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, 1212 Mission Canyon Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. See their web site for information about plant sales and other events.
RETAIL NURSERIES SPECIALIZING IN NATIVE PLANTS
- Las Pilitas Nursery, putting life back into California gardens since 1974; Old Highway 395 and Nelson Way, Escondido, CA 92026; 760-749-5930 or 3232 Las Pilitas Road, Santa Margarita, CA 93453; 805-438-5992
- Matilija Nursery, featuring Native Plants from California and the Southwest; 8225 Waters Road, Moorpark, CA 93021; 805-523-8604
- Grow Native Nursery at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, 1500 N College Ave, Claremont CA 91711-3157; 909-625-8767. A second Grow Native Nursery is located in Westwood adjacent to the Jackie Robinson Stadium.
- Tarweed Native Plants, Glendale, a local neighborhood resource for native plants. For details, call 626-705-8993, or make an email enquiry.
- The Theodore Payne Nursery, 10459 Tuxford Street, Sun Valley, CA 91352; 818-768-1802
- Tree of Life Nursery, California Native Plants, limited retail hours; 33201 Ortega Highway, San Juan Capistrano, CA; 949-728-0685
RETAIL NURSERIES THAT INCLUDE NATIVE PLANTS
The following nurseries carry primarily tradition plants, but also stock a selection of California natives.
- Bellefontaine Nursery, 838 S. Fair Oaks Ave, Pasadena, CA 91105; 626-796-0747
- Burkard Nurseries, 690 N. Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91103; 626-796-4355
- San Gabriel Nursery & Florist, 632 South San Gabriel Blvd, San Gabriel, CA 91776; 626-286-3782
WHOLESALE NURSERIES
- El Nativo Growers, Inc., specializes in high quality plants from California, Australia and other Mediterranean climates that thrive in our Southern California environment; 200 S. Peckham Rd., Azusa, CA 91702; 626-969-8449
- Mockingbird Nurseries, over 200 species and varieties of California natives, including desert and coastal plants, up to 15-gallon size; 1670 Jackson Street, Riverside, CA 92504; 951-780-3571
- Native Sons, Inc., produces a wider variety of plants in smaller container sizes for the rapidly expanding retail nursery trade, experiments with new selections with the intention of adding a sense of exploration and discovery to California gardens; 379 W. El Campo Road, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420; 805-481-5996
- San Marcos Growers, wholesale plant nursery growing plants appropriate to the Mediterranean climate including many California native plants; 125 South San Marcos Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93111; 805-683-1561
SEEDS AND BOOKS BY MAIL ORDER
- Larner Seeds, Seeds of California's Native Plants, 235 Grove Road or P.O. Box 407, Bolinas, CA 94924; 415-868-9407
- S&S Seeds, a wholesale company providing wildflower, grass and California native plant seeds for reclamation, erosion control and landscape projects; P.O. Box 1275, Carpinteria, CA 93014-1275; 805-684-0436
- SeedHunt.com, unusual seeds for curious gardeners; P.O. Box 96, Freedom, CA 95019-0096
- The Theodore Payne Foundation for Wildflowers and Native Plants, Inc., 10459 Tuxford Street, Sun Valley, CA 91352; 818-768-1802
ODDS AND ENDS
- Native plants for a California garden, gardening and landscaping with native plants, free online garden design by zip code using software provided by Las Pilitas; returns a plant list suitable for your area.
