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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

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
Taped 24-hour wildflower report:
(818) 768-3533

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. Open Friday-Sunday 8:30-4:30. 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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