Acterra's Native Plant Nursery promotes the restoration of damaged local landscapes by growing native plants from seeds gathered within local watersheds and distributing those plants for reintroduction within the watersheds. The nursery plays a critical role in our efforts to rebuild healthy and functional natural habitat.
The Acterra Native Plant Nursery is primarily a wholesale nursery and is not open for retail shopping.
If you are looking for specific plants, please email your inquiry to 
nursery@acterra.org. We will get back to you within 2 business days with availability information. There is a $100 minimum for most plant orders. [VIEW LIST OF NURSERY PLANT SPECIES] 
You can also visit Acterra's "Find Answers: Native Plants" web resource page for links to local nurseries that sell to the public.
The Acterra Native Plant Nursery is a focal point for native plant education for people in surrounding communities. Dozens of community members serve as nursery volunteers and hundreds participate in transplanting and plant care workdays each year, gaining special insights on native plants during their hours with the nursery staff. And the nursery provides plants and consulting to schools in the area for educational landscaping and demonstration gardens, plus seeds for classroom science and growing projects.
The nursery propagates indigenous native plants to support the revegetation work performed by our own stewardship projects and those of other local public agencies. By propagating plants from local genetic stock, our native plant nursery plays a critical role in Acterra's open space revegetation activities. These watershed-specific plants are better adapted to specific local ecosystem conditions such as microclimate, soil types and soil moisture. Plants grown from local stock also help to maintain the diversity of genetic variation within species and thus are important to maintaining overall biodiversity. [VIEW LIST OF NURSERY PLANT SPECIES]
While supporting the revegetation work performed by our own stewardship programs is the top priority for the nursery, we also provide plants and consulting services to support the habitat restoration and native plant landscaping work performed by local public agencies, restoration professionals, landscapers, and private citizens.
Acterra's Native Plant Nursery propagates indigenous native plants from different local habitats. Our plant palette represents entire plant communities from specific local habitats including grasses, shrubs, trees, and perennials. Our small size and experienced staff allow us to really focus on our work, resulting in healthy, high-quality plants. Our pricing, however, is competitive with larger wholesale nurseries. The nursery grows more than 20,000 plants annually, consisting of more than 100 different species from locally-collected propagules.
The Acterra Native Plant Nursery will be selling locally-native plants at the October 16 Native Plant Sale at Hidden Villa. [MORE INFORMATION]
We are currently starting to plant flats of grasses for the fall season. If you are interested in ordering plug flats for this fall, we recommend that you order soon because it usually takes about three months to grow viable plugs. Our price per 128-plug flat is $30. We have the following species available:
- Elymus glaucus
- Festuca californica
- Festuca idahoensis
- Festuca rubra
- Hordeum brachyanthurum
- Koeleria macrantha
- Melica californica
- Melica imperfecta
- Melica torreyana
- Nassella lepida
- Nassella pulchra
Note that we have limited supplies of seed for some species. First come, first served. We also have several species of Carex and Juncus suitable for meadow plantings.
To place an order or to obtain additional information, please contact Deanna Giuliano at nursery*acterra.org or call us at 650-949-3158 to place an order or to obtain additional information. Happy planting!
The nursery will do contract grows for large restoration and landscaping projects. Contract grow orders typically require a minimum order of $500 and 6 months lead-time. A 50% deposit is required at the time of order. Contract grow orders include a review of the planting plan by stewardship staff.
To place a contract grow order please email your order to nursery@acterra.org
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The nursery is open by appointment for the sale of surplus inventory to landscapers and restoration professionals. To determine plant availability and set up an appointment, e-mail us at nursery@acterra.org or call 650-949-3158.