What is the Native Plant Nursery?

The nursery is a place where you can help us grow plants that we plant at local habitats, donate to other exciting partner projects, or sell to the public in support our mission. Join us at monthly volunteer nursery workdays, and learn how to harvest native seeds and cuttings and propagate thousands of plants for local habitats! As a volunteer, you can come to nursery workdays and bring plants home to your own backyard to help water and nurture them until maturity. When plants are ready, you can join one of our planting workdays and help plant them, or you can deliver them back to our nursery site.

Where is the Native Plant Nursery located?

We grow plants at the McAteer Campus, located right next to Glen Canyon and home to two San Francisco Unified School District High Schools, Ruth Asawa School of the Arts, and The Academy.

Why is the Backyard Nursery Network important?

Native plants, such as Coast buckwheat, Seaside daisy, Dune strawberry, and Deerweed, provide habitat for our local species. Growing these plants from native seed ensures the survival of endangered plants and our native wildlife. We grow plants from local seeds to ensure greater survival of the plants that have evolved to grow in our habitat restoration sites.

How can I take part?

There are many ways that you can support wildlife at home. 

• Attend a nursery workday and help us grow native plants.

• Check out our Garden services, and work with our team to design, build, and maintain a mini wildlife sanctuary in your backyard.

• Order plants from our nursery for your habitat garden by contacting us.

Additional Resources

• Learn how to propagate native plant species through protocols from the Native Plant Network.