California Native Plant Retail Sources
for the greater Los Angeles area
- Theodore Payne Foundation, Sun Valley
- Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont
Check their website for their new nursery in Westwood! - Tree of Life Nursery, San Juan Capistrano
Retail hours on Saturday. - Matilija Nursery, Moorpark
Limited retail hours, check website. Wonderful stock of native iris in many colors. - Las Pilitas Nursery, Las Pilitas has nurseries in Santa Margarita & Escondido, but they provide mail order on their comprehensive website, which also has photos and information for 1000 California plants.
- Hunter’s Nursery, Big Bear: 42132 Fox Farm Rd., Big Bear, 909-866-2547
High altitude natives, small but important stock, some of which are from locally collected seed. See plant list below.
Resources for Xeriscape Tour Plant Sale at Hunter’s (pdf)
Hunter’s Nursery Natives Xeriscape Tour 2011
Planting Instructions Hunter’s Nursery Big Bear
Where to Learn about California Native Plants and Ecosystems
- California Native Plant Society CNPS is the best source for information about native plants. It is a statewide organization with 33 local chapters. Local chapters have lectures, plant walks and plant sales, many of which are open to the public at no charge. The three chapters in Los Angeles County are the L.A.-Santa Monica Mountains Chapter, the South Coast Chapter and the San Gabriel Mountains Chapter.
- California Chaparral Institute Best source of information about the chaparral ecosystem, with possibly the most comprehensive information about chaparral and fire available.
- Hot Sunny Slopes and the Plants that Hold Them
Published in the CNPS E-News
- Soil and Sod, Pacoima: 818-686-6445, 12437 Osborne St., Pacoima
Allows you to look at different mulches on site.
- Foothill Soil, Sylmar: 661-254-0867
- Whittier Fertilizer: 562-699-3461
- Native Seed SEARCH: This pioneering foundation offers heirloom dryland-adapted vegetable and grain seeds, as well as native foods such as mesquite flour.
- Acorn Process (pdf)
- Acorn Book List (pdf)
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