Photo by Marielle V Chua

Sonoma Native Plant Nursery at Sonoma Garden Park

Come explore the Native Plant Nursery at Sonoma Garden Park! The Sonoma Ecology Center Restoration Team manages an in-house native plant nursery, offering more than 80 native species throughout the year.

Photo by Austin Noble

Through the nursery, our Restoration Team is able to propagate thousands of plants every year, which they use in habitat restoration, creeks, and open spaces that the Ecology Center stewards in Sonoma Valley and beyond. We also grow extra plants to offer to our community at weekly plant sales—we’re the largest non-wholesale native plant nursery between Santa Rosa and Marin county!

We contract grow for selected projects for which we conduct watershed-specific propagule collection, and keep commonly requested species in stock.

Click below for a full list of our current species inventory. This list is regularly updated.

CURRENT INVENTORY

We hold weekly sales to the public on Fridays from 12:00-3:00 pm, and two Saturday seasonal sales in April and October. We are also open by appointment! Email [email protected] to arrange a time to visit.

We are opened all Fall and Winter, which are the best months for planting, when the soil is moist and cool. These conditions are ideal for the development of healthy root systems that will help plants survive the hot and dry summer weather.

Plants are produced following BMP protocols in clean facilities with sterilized pots and soils on metal tables under rigorous pathogen prevention standards. We are in the process of setting up regular Phytophthora testing and can outsource lab work for plant materials from restoration sites or from nursery stock. Our nursery is registered with the California Department of Food and Agriculture and is in compliance with the Nursery Stock Registration and Certification Programs.

We are located in Sonoma Garden Park at 19996 East Seventh Street in Sonoma.

Volunteer with us!

A wonderful group of volunteers helps staff the Sonoma Nursery Plant Nursery at Sonoma Garden Park. Volunteers at the Nursery are indispensable; they mix soil; sanitize pots, collect and plant seeds, take and stick plant cuttings, weed and prune, and tend to our demonstration garden. No previous experience is necessary! A few times a year we have an educational outing related to native plants. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Sonoma Garden Park Assistant Manager Rebecca Kelly at [email protected] and 707.933.7788.