Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour

Saturday, May 5, and Sunday, May 6, 2012 ~ 10:00–5:00

Once again, as part of the Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour, a number of native plant nurseries will be open on either or both Saturday, May 5, and Sunday, May 6, 2012 from 10:00–5:00. Take advantage of this opportunity to shop for unique or hard-to-find native plants that are not normally available in most nurseries.

This two-day shopping opportunity will offer native plant fans a good selection of native plants and provide a relaxed and less crowded shopping experience than one normally finds at native plant sales. Knowledgeable staff will be on hand to help shoppers select the right plants for their gardens. Saturday shoppers will have time to visit more showcase native plant gardens on Sunday, May 6, during the Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour.

You do not have to register for the Tour in order to shop at these nurseries.

Directions to nurseries can be found below, or use Yahoo Maps or Google Maps. (Note that Yahoo and Google directions are not correct for Annie’s Annuals and Perennials; use the directions below.)

For information on how to successfully plant natives, please see Yerba Buena Nursery’s excellent  Transplant Guide.

Nurseries selling only on Saturday, May 5, 2012 from 10:00–5:00

• Berkeley - Oaktown Native Plant Nursery http://www.oaktownnativenursery.info/ will sell native plants at the nursery, which is located at 702 Channing Way, Berkeley (at Channing and Fourth Street, across from Vik’s Chaat Corner). You may also purchase plants from Oaktown Native Plant Nursery on Sunday May 6th at Holly and Joe Maffei’s garden in Oakland.

• Oakland - East Bay Wilds www.eastbaywilds.com/ will sell native plants at the nursery, which is located at 2777 Foothill Blvd, Oakland, CA 94601 (the entrance is on 28th Ave.) You may also purchase plants from East Bay Wilds on Sunday May 6th at Mary Coopers’ and Mary Ashby’s gardens in Castro Valley. View Flicker photos here: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjyZztPd

• Woodside – Yerba Buena Nursery http://www.yerbabuenanursery.com/index.php will sell native plants at the nursery, which is located at 19500 Skyline Blvd. in Woodside.

Nurseries selling only on Sunday, May 6, 2012 from 10:00–5:00

• Castro Valley - East Bay Wilds www.eastbaywilds.com/ will sell native plants at Mary Ashby and Bob Beggs’ garden at 17939 Center Street, Castro Valley.

• Castro Valley - East Bay Wilds www.eastbaywilds.com/ will sell native plants at Mary Cooper’s garden at 18741 Brickell Way, Castro Valley.

• Lafayette – Michael Jennings and students from the East Bay Waldorf School will sell native plants at Mary and Michael Jenning’s garden at 877 Solana Drive, Lafayette.

• Livermore – Native Revival www.nativerevival.com will sell native plants at Chris and Tim Boczanowski’s garden at 5626 Bridgeport Circle, Livermore.

• Oakland – Central Coast Wilds www.centralcoastwilds.com will sell native plants at Carol Baird and Alan Harper’s garden, at 5170 Parkridge Drive, Oakland.

• Oakland - Oaktown Native Plant Nursery http://www.oaktownnativenursery.info/ will sell native plants at Holly and Joe Maffei’s’s garden, 148 Hermosa Avenue, Oakland.

• Pleasanton – Middlebrook Gardens Nursery www.middlebrook-gardens.com will sell native plants at Ward and Pat Belding’s garden at 7703 Highland Oaks Drive, Pleasanton

• San Lorenzo -San Lorenzo High School students will sell native plants and a variety of edibles at 50 E. Lewelling Blvd. in San Lorenzo.

Nurseries selling on BOTH Saturday and Sunday, May 5 and 6, 2012 from 10:00–5:00

• Berkeley – Native Here Nursery, 101 Golf Course Dr., Tilden Park (across from the Golf Course) Berkeley, (510) 549-0211 www.ebcnps.org/nativehere.html

Garden Talks: 11:00 and 4:00 “A virtual tour of East Bay Flora” by Charli Danielson

Native Here is in the Berkeley hills just north of Hwy. 24. From Hwy 24 heading west take the Fish Ranch Road exit east of the Caldecott Tunnel, drive uphill, and turn right at Grizzly Peak Blvd. Turn east at Golf Course Drive by the sign to the Tilden Park golf course, and go a half mile down, then turn left to enter the parking area.

From Berkeley, turn east at Shasta Road to enter the East Bay Regional Park. Turn right at Golf Course Drive (at the corner of the golf course). Continue about .5 miles. Turn right at the Golf Course sign and continue about a mile. Look for the wooden sign for the nursery on your right. (Native Here now accepts credit and debit cards.)

• Richmond – Annie’s Annuals, 740 Market Ave. Richmond, (510) 215-1671  www.anniesannuals.com Please use the directions below; Internet mapping sites, such as Mapquest and Google Maps will give you wrong directions!Take I-80 east toward Sacramento. Exit San Pablo Dam Rd. (two exits past San Pablo Ave) and make a left at the light. Turn right at the 3rd light onto San Pablo Ave. Turn Left at Church Lane, which automatically turns into Market Ave. Go approx. 1.5 miles (through 2 lights — 23rd St. and Rumrill) and over 2 railroad tracks. “Annie’s” is on the left a few feet past the second set of tracks, where you will see the sign and large green fence. You will not see an address.