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NATIVE PLANT
NURSERIES
Looking to purchase native plants? Here is a list of local nurseries:

MATILIJA NURSERY
805-523-8604
8225 Waters Road
Moorpark, CA 93021
Open Fri & Sat 8:30am-2pm

THEODORE PAYNE
FOUNDATION

818-768-1802
10459 Tuxford Street
Sun Valley, CA 91352
Open Thur - Sat, 8:30-4:30

 

Nopalito Nursery
4107 E. Main Street

Ventura, California 93003
(805) 844-7449

TREE OF LIFE NURSERY
949-728-0685
Nursery:
33201 Ortega Highway
San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
Open Fridays 9am-4pm
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 635
San Juan Capistrano, CA 92693

LAS PILITAS NURSERY
805-438-5992
Central Coast Location:
3232 Las Pilitas Road
Santa Margarita, CA 93453
Open Saturdays
South Coast Location:
8331 Nelson Way
Escondido, 92026
Open 6 days

S & S SEEDS
805-684-0436
P.O. Box 1275
Carpenteria, CA 93013

EL NATIVO GROWERS, INC.
626-969-8449
200 S. Peckham Road
Azusa, CA 91702
Growing grounds NOT open to the public.

MOCKINGBIRD
NURSERIES, INC.

951-780-3571
1670 Jackson Street
Riverside, CA 92504
Open to public by appointment only
M-F 7:30am-4pm

 

BOTANIC
GARDENS
Want to look at beautiful native plants?
Here is a list of local gardens:

SOUTH COAST
BOTANIC GARDEN

(310) 544-6815
26300 Crenshaw Blvd.
Palos Verdes, CA 90274
The garden contains over 2000 species, not all native plants. Open daily 9-5. Admission $5, students / seniors $3, children 5-12 $1. Tram tours $1.50 at 11am, 1 and 3 pm on weekends.

LUMMIS HOUSE
(323) 222-0546
200 East Avenue 43
Los Angeles, CA 90031
Grounds with native plants. Open Friday-Sunday, 12-4. Free to the Public.

MILDRED E. MATHIAS
BOTANICAL GARDENS

(310) 825-1260
(UCLA) Hilgard and Le Conte Aves.
Westwood, CA 90024
4,000 species of native and exotic plants are on eight acres. Self-guiding walking tours. Open Monday-Friday 8-5, Saturday-Sunday 8-4. Free to the Public.

LOS ANGELES STATE
AND COUNTY ARBORETUM

(626) 821-3222
301 N. Baldwin Ave.
Arcadia, CA 91007
The 127 acres are filled with more than 30,000 plants divided into geographical sections. Open daily 9-4:30. Adults $5.00. Tram tours $1.50.

DESCANSO GARDENS
(818) 949-4200
South of Foothill Boulevard at
1418 Descanso Drive
La Canada, CA 91011
The 165-acre garden includes a native plant section. Open daily 9-5. Adults $5.00. Students or seniors $3.00.
Tram tours $1.50.

HUNTINGTON
BOTANICAL GARDENS

(626) 405-2141
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
A dozen botanical gardens, covering 130 acres of the 200-acre estate, feature
9000 plant, shrub and tree varieties.
The desert gardens contain the
largest outdoor collection in the world. Open Tuesday-Friday, noon-4:30,
Saturday & Sunday, 10:30-4:30.
Adults $8.50, children free.
First Thursday of the month free admission.

CONEJO BOTANIC GARDEN
(805) 494-7630
Thousand Oaks
Call for directions. Open daily, dawn to dusk. Free to the Public.

 

BOTANIC GARDENS and
NATIVE PLANT NURSERIES
These are gardens that also
sell native plants:

RANCHO SANTA ANA
BOTANIC GARDEN

909-625-8767
1500 N. College Avenue
Claremont, CA 93013

Eighty-three acres of natural plant communities with native California plants. Open Monday-Sunday 8-5. Donation of $2 per person or $5 per family.
Occasional sales of native plants. This private, non-profit is dedicated to the preservation of California native plants.

SANTA BARBARA
BOTANIC GARDEN

Garden Growers Nursery
805-682-4726
1212 Mission Canyon Road
Santa Barbara, CA 93105
Open 9am-3pm weekdays, 9am-5pm weekends
Fifty acres of native trees, shrubs, wildflowers and cacti. Open daily. March-October 9-5. November-February 9-4. Open 1 hour later on weekends. Admission fee.
Occasional sales of native plants.

THEODORE PAYNE
FOUNDATION

818-768-1802
10459 Tuxford Street
Sun Valley, CA 91352
Open Fri - Sat, 8:30-4:30

Devoted to the propagation of native plants for the home garden. Here you may learn how to grow native plants. Native plants may also be purchased. Free to the Public.

WHOLESALE ONLY
NURSERIES:

NATIVE SONS
WHOLESALE NURSERY

805-481-5996
379 W. El Campo Road
Arroyo Grande, CA 93420

SAN MARCOS GROWERS
805-683-1561
PO Box 6827
Santa Barbara, CA 93160-6827

 

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