Resource Page for Native Plants
California Native Garden
Gardening/Growing Natives
www.wildscaping.comWildscaping(!)
www.cnplx.infoCalifornia Native Plant Link Exchange
www.growingnative.comGrowing Native
www.theodorepayne.orgTheodore Payne Foundation
www.ipm.ucdavis.eduUC Pest Notes
Nurseries (Often with Gardening content!)
www.californianativeplants.comTree of Life Nursery, San Juan Capistrano
www.laspilitas.comLas Pilitas Nursery, Santa Margarita and Escondido
www.theodorepayne.orgTheodore Payne Foundation, Sun Valley
www.matilijanursery.comMatilija Nursery, Moorpark
www.nativeson.comNative Sons, Arroyo Grande (wholesale but nice site)
www.moosacreeknursery.comMoosa Creek Nursery San Diego County
www.elnativogrowers.comEl Nativo Growers, (Wholesale nice site)
www.larnerseeds.com/Larner Seeds (up north but great seed collector and lady)
Gardens (Visit them and learn)
www.rsabg.orgRancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont
www.sbbg.orgSanta Barbara Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara
www.conejogarden.comConejo Valley Botanic Garden, Thousand Oaks
www.goldenwestcollege.edu/gardenGWCNG! Just starting site
fullertonarboretum.orgNot all native-but two gardens are
www.shipleynature.org/index.htmlNative plants, wildlife & ed. programs
http://www.longbeach.gov/park/park-and-facilities/parks-centers-pier/el-dorado-nature-center/nature-programs/ Garden leans towards the wild side-lovely
www.rancholosalamitos.com/renovations native_garden/index.htmlA restored native garden-opened 2009
www.acornnaturalists.comNaturalists business is surrounded by native landscape
www.encenter.orgGarden w/hands-on experiences
Habitat
nathistoc.bio.uci.edu/bflyplnt.htmButterflies and their Larval Foodplants
www.seaandsageaudubon.orgAll about OCs birds
www.buglogical.comBuglogical Control Systems (beneficial insects)
http://www.helpabee.org/ Urban Bee Gardens - Native bees are neat!
Blog/or Blog-like
www.jeffreycaldwell.blogspot.comJeffery Caldwell blog
www.calnativeplants.blogspot.comCalifornia Native Plant PR
occnps.wordpress.comOC-CNPS Blog
www.wildsuburbia.blogspot.comWild Suburbia
gardennatives.blogspot.comName says it all
http://rogersgardens.com/creating-a-california-friendly-garden-by-ron-vanderhoff/Green Thoughts by Ron Vanderhoff - Thoughtful articles re: sustainable landscapes
http://www.ethnoherbalist.com/southern-california-native-plants-medicinal/author Dr. Kevin Curran
Organizations (w/primary interest in native plants, often conservation related)
www.cnps.orgCalifornia Native Plant Society
www.occnps.orgAll the news from the local chapter!
www.californiaoaks.orgCalifornia Oak Foundation
www.cnga.orgCalifornia Native Grass Association
www.cal-ipc.orgCalif. Invasive Plant Council
www.californiachaparral.comThe Calif. Chaparral Institute
Of Interest (may be out of area)
www.yerbabuenanursery.comYerba Buena Nursery (one of the first)
www.larnerseeds.comLarner Seeds (nice site)
www.nativeplants.orgFriends of Tilden Botanic Garden (informative)
calphotos.berkeley.edu/floraCal Photos (what a site of images!)
www.kumeyaay.info/southern_calif_indigenous_plants.htmlNative uses of Calif. Plants
hearstmuseum.berkeley.eduNative uses and good images
www.californiachaparral.comThe California Chaparral Institute - Chaparral-fascinating!
https://www.facebook.com/Santa-Ana-Mountains-Natural-History-Association-230723810345577/The Santa Ana Mountains Natural History Association - Learn about OC wildlands
Favorite Books related to Native Horticulture
California Landscape Gardens (UC Press) Francis and Reiman
California Native Plants for the Garden (Cachuma press) Bart O'Brien, Carol Bornstien, David Fross
Care and Maintenance of Southern California Gardens by O'Brien, Landis, Mackey
Ceanothus(Timber Press) Fross & Wilken
Designing California Native Gardens (UC Press) Keator & Middlebrook
Gardening with a Wild Heart (UC Press) Judith Larner
Landscape Ideas of Jays (UC Press) Judith Larner
Native Treasures (UC Press) Nevin Smith
Wild lilies, irises,and grasses-Gardening w/ Cal. Monocots (UC Press) Harlow & Jakob, eds
