Resource List
A curated set of places to source native plants, deepen your knowledge, and connect with the broader stewardship community across Marin.
A volunteer-run nonprofit nursery growing locally sourced native plants. Open four hours a week.
A nonprofit nursery and learning center offering native plants, classes, and events.
Native plant nursery and landscape design focused on California natives.
A Fairfax nursery since 1990, with a strong selection of California natives.
Quality native plants for home gardens and restoration projects.
A premier nursery just over the Richmond bridge. Local genetic stock, widely used in habitat restoration and suited to Marin’s watersheds.
Native Plant Nurseries
Educational Organizations + Programs
The Marin chapter of the California Native Plant Society, with field trips, plant sales, and advocacy.
A community science platform for identifying and recording the plants and wildlife around you.
The authority for choosing native plants, with recommendations based on your exact location.
Recommended Reading & References
An illustrated look at fire as an essential part of California’s ecology, drawing on the history of Indigenous and ecological burning to ask how we live with fire instead of fighting it.
A weaving of Indigenous knowledge, botany, and personal story that reframes our relationship with the land as one of reciprocity and care.
A guide to designing gardens that are beautiful and ecologically functional, layering native plants to support wildlife through every season.
A practical case for restoring habitat one yard at a time, showing how everyday landowners can turn private land into connected wildlife corridors with native plants.
The State of Fire: Why California Burns, Obi Kaufmann
An illustrated look at fire as an essential part of California’s ecology, drawing on the history of Indigenous and ecological burning to ask how we live with fire instead of fighting it.
Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer
A weaving of Indigenous knowledge, botany, and personal story that reframes our relationship with the land as one of reciprocity and care.
The Living Landscape, Rick Darke & Doug Tallamy
A guide to designing gardens that are beautiful and ecologically functional, layering native plants to support wildlife through every season.
Nature’s Best Hope, Douglas Tallamy
A practical case for restoring habitat one yard at a time, showing how everyday landowners can turn private land into connected wildlife corridors with native plants.