Creating a garden using native plants is one of the best ways in which to create positive change to your environment, as native plants are already adapted to our environment and don't need fertilizers, pesticides, or - for many plants - tons of water to keep them happy.

The following sites contain information and resources that can help you turn your garden into a thriving, California native garden.

CalFlora
Information on wild California plants for conservation, education, and appreciation. Use the "What Grows Here" search tool to generate a descriptive list of plants that are native to your entered location.

California Native Garden Foundation
The non-profit California Native Garden Foundation provides both education and grants. Classes, lectures, and workshops are available on water-wise gardening, 12 months of color in your garden, designing a native garden, native edibles, and more.

California Native Plant Professionals List
Directory of Bay Area native plant landscape designers, consultants, installers, maintenance firms, and arborists.

California Native Plant Society
Tools and resources for gardening with native plants.

Gardening with Natives: Silicon Valley Chapter
Local group with information and resources for people who are interesting in native plant gardening.

Las Pilitas: California Native Plant Gardening
Guides for designing, planting, and maintaining a native plant garden.

Pollinator Partnership: Ecoregional Planting Guides
Regional guides with information about California native plants that will attract pollinators to your garden.

Video: Benefits of Native Plant Gardens
Presents the benefits of using native plants in your garden or landscape. (Run time: 3 minutes, 33 seconds)

Acterra Native Plant Nursery
Visit our semi-annual plant sales with CNPS at Hidden Villa, or make an appointment for orders of $100 or more.

Central Coast Wilds
A "design-grow-build" ecological landscape contractor and California native plant nursery located in Santa Cruz.

Common Ground
Non-profit nursery offering classes on organic gardening, as well as organic gardening supplies including seeds, vegetable and flower seedlings. Located in Palo Alto.

Larner Seeds
Located in Bolinas, Larner Seeds offers California native seeds of wildflowers, grasses, shrubs, vines, and trees.

Middlebrook Gardens
San Jose nursery that is organized by plant community.

Mostly Natives Nursery
Small retail nursery located in the northwest corner of Marin County, California, with a wide variety of native and non-native perennials, grasses, shrubs, and trees. Located in Tomales Bay.

Native Revival Nursery
Offers both plants and information to allow individuals to restore the ecology of their own backyard. Located in Aptos.

Payless Nursery (No website available)
Wanda Olson, employee at Payless Nursery, has created a varied selection of native trees, shrubs, perennials, and Annie's Annuals. Nursery is located at 2927 S. King Road, San Jose. Phone: 408-274-7815.

Yerba Buena Nursery
California's oldest retail nursery business specializing in Native Plants and Ferns. Located in Woodside.