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Nurseries with Gardens Plant Nurseries A B C D E F G H I J 1 Plant Nurseries Recommendations within Driving Distance of LAVGC – Nurseries with Gardens 2 Garden Special Time Recommended Pictures Garden Additional Name Location Cost to Visit to Visit Highlights By Available Garden URL Hyperlink Comments References and Reference Abbreviations used in the “Recommend By” Column Past KAVGC Garden Tours - Garden Tour 3 Northern California Garden App – No Cal Garden App “Gardens Getaways Public Gardens and Special Nurseries/Northern California” by Nona and Jimmie Pierce – Garden Getaways Resources on the LAVGC website - LAVGC website “West Coast Gardenwalks” by Alice Joyce – West Coast Gardenwalks Wikipedia List of USA Botanical Gardens – USA Botanical Gardens Alden Lane 981 Alden free No Cal Garden yes (KLJ) http://www.aldenla Alden Lan Nursery 4 Nursery Lane App ne.com/ Livermore Amador 22001 free Daylilies Garden Tour http://www.amado Amador Fl Nursery Flower Farm Shenandoah rflowerfarm.com/ 5 School Road, Plymouth Annie's 740 Market free Garden Tour http://www.annies Annie's A Nursery 6 Annuals Ave, annuals.com/ Richmond Bamboo 5601 free 31 acres of gardens No Cal Garden yes (KLJ) http://www.bambo Bamboo Gi Nursery 7 Giant, Aptos Freedom with 100 varieties of App ogiant.com/ Blvd, Aptos Bamboo Bamboo 666 Wagnon free 8 acre demonstration Garden Getaways http://bamboosour Bamboo So Nursery 8 Sourcery Road, garden cery.com/ Sebastopol Berkeley 1310 McGee free Garden Tour, http://www.berkele Berkeley Nursery 9 Horticulture Avenue, Garden Getaways yhort.com/ Nursery Berkeley Cottage 3995 free Garden Tour http://www.cottage Cottage G Nursery Gardens of Emerald gardensofpet.com 10 Petaluma Drive, / Petaluma Garden 498 Pepper Fee 10 AM to 4 Nursery and display American Rose yes (Sondra) http://www.garden Garden Va Nursery;Gon Valley Ranch Rd, Petaluma PM cutting garden with over Society Mag valley.com/ e down hill in 11 Nursery Wednesday 10,000 roses July/Aug 2012 recent years. through Issue Sunday Page 1 Plant Nurseries A B C D E F G H I J 2 Garden Special Time Recommended Pictures Garden Additional Name Location Cost to Visit to Visit Highlights By Available Garden URL Hyperlink Comments Geraniaceae Kentfield free Garden Tour http://geraniaceae Geraniace Nursery 12 .com/cgi- bin/welcome.py Lone Pine 6450 Lone free Specializes in bonsai Garden Getaways http://www.lonepin Lone Pine Nursery; Nursery Pine Road, and succulents egardens.com/ph Open Thurs, 13 Sebastopol oto_tour.htm Fri, and Sat 10 – 5 Orchard 4010 Mt. free Garden Tour http://www.orchar Orchard N Nursery 14 Nursery Diablo Blvd, dnursery.com/ Lafayette Rosemary's 12600 $5.00 10 AM to 4 This is a nursery and Karen Jefferson http://www.farmso Rosemary' Nursery Roses Yankee Hill PM garden featuring 8 ftuolumnecounty.o 15 Road, acres of heritage roses rg/content/9916 Columbia Roses of 803 Brown's free May,June roses and redwood No Cal Garden http://www.rosesof Roses of Nursery Yesterday, Valley Road, forest App, Garden yesterday.com/ 16 Today, and Corralitos Getaways Tomorrow Russian 1685 $11-15 April-May roses No Cal Garden yes (Sondra) http://www.russian Russian R Nursery River Rose Magnolia App -river-rose.com/ 17 Co. Drive, Healdsburg Sierra Azul 2660 East free Garden Tour, No http://www.sierraa Sierra Az Nursery Nursery and Lake Avenue, Cal Garden App zul.com/ 18 Garden Watsonville Sloat Nursery 828 Diablo free Garden Tour http://www.sloatga Sloat Nur Nursery Road at El rdens.com/ 19 Cerro Blvd., Danville Page 2 Plant Nurseries A B C D E F G H I J 2 Garden Special Time Recommended Pictures Garden Additional Name Location Cost to Visit to Visit Highlights By Available Garden URL Hyperlink Comments Sonoma 3970 Azalea free (charge azaleas and No Cal Garden http://www.sonom Sonoma Ho Nursery Horticultural Avenue, for groups rhododendrons amid a App, Garden ahort.com/index.h Nursery Sebastopol over 10) wealth of colorful Getaways; West tm perennials including Coast foxgloves and climbing Gardenwalks 20 clematis vines. Over 1 ½ miles of pathways allow visitors to explore every corner of the lush tree shaded nursery and gardens. Sunset Color 1436A San free Garden Tour http://www.sunset Sunset Co Nursery Nursery Ramon colornursery.com/ 21 Valley Rd, default.aspx Danville The Dry 6556 free Garden Tour http://www.thedry The Dry G Nursery 22 Garden Shattuck Ave gardennursery.co Oakland m/ Yerba Buena 19500 free Gerda Isenberg Native Garden Tour, No yes (Sondra) http://www.yerbab Yerba Bue Nursery Nursery Skyline Blvd, Plant Garden Cal Garden App, uenanursery.com/ Woodside LAVGC website, 23 Garden Getaways; West Coast Gardenwalks Page 3 Gardens Public Garden Recommendations within Driving Distance of LAVGC – Gardens From Other Sources Special Time to Recommended Additional Garden Name Location Cost to Visit Visit Highlights By Garden URL Garden Hyperlink Comments References and Reference Abbreviations used in the “Recommend By” Column Past LAVGC Garden Tours - Garden Tour Northern California Garden App – No Cal Garden App “Gardens Getaways Public Gardens and Special Nurseries/Northern California” by Nona and Jimmie Pierce – Garden Getaways Resources on the LAVGC website - LAVGC website “West Coast Gardenwalks” by Alice Joyce – West Coast Gardenwalks Wikipedia List of USA Botanical Gardens – USA Botanical Gardens AIDS Memorial 856 Stanyan free Serene setting amongst No Cal Garden http://www.aidsmemorial.org/ AIDS Memo Garden Street, San rhododendrons & redwoods App Francisco Alameda County 43885 S. Grimmer free No Cal Garden http://www.acwd.org/wc_garden. Alameda C Water District Blvd, Fremont App php5 Drought Tolerant Garden Alcatraz Island Alcatraz Island, $26 docent led terraced landscape of roses, lilies, No Cal Garden http://www.alcatrazgardens.org/i Alcatraz San Francisco tours available succulents and other hardy plants App ndex.php Bay. on Friday and Sunday Allied Arts Guild 75 Arbor Road at Free Open Garden Tour, No http://www.alliedartsguild.org/ind Allied Ar Cambridge Monday Cal Garden App, ex.html Avenue,Menlo through Garden Park Saturday. Nov Getaways; West and Dec open Coast Sunday Gardenwalks Ardenwood 34600 Ardenwood Tue, Wed, No Cal Garden http://www.ebparks.org/parks/ard Ardenwood Historic Farm Blvd, Fremont Sat.--$2 adult, App, Garden enwood $2 snr $1 Getaways child; Thur, Fri,Sun--$5 adult, $4 snr, $4 child Artesa Winery, 1345 Henry Road, free Artesa Winery is set into the crown of No Cal Garden http://www.artesawinery.com/abo Artesa Wi Winery Napa Napa a hill and covered with earth and App; West Coast ut/vcenter/ native grasses. Gardenwalks Auberge du Soleil 180 Rutherford Hill free An open-air sculpture gallery shaded No Cal Garden http://www.aubergedusoleil.com/ Auberge d Hotel/restaurant Road, Rutherford by mature olive trees exhibits over App blog/2010/06/auberge-du-soleils- 100 works by California sculptors. sculpture-garden/ Page 4 Gardens Special Time to Recommended Additional Garden Name Location Cost to Visit Visit Highlights By Garden URL Garden Hyperlink Comments Benziger Winery 1883 London Free The insertory is part of IPM. Garden No Cal Garden http://www.benziger.com/come- Benziger Winery Insectary Ranch Rd, Glen contains salvia, agave, .. App visit Ellen Beringer 2000 Main Street, free Oldest operating winery in Napa, No Cal Garden http://www.beringer.com/winery Beringer Winery Vineyards, St St. Helena U.S. Constitution Bicentennial Tree App Helena as it was alive at the signing of the U.S. Constitution in 1787. Berkeley Rose 1200 Eucld free May No Cal Garden http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/cont Berkeley Garden Avenue, Berkeley App, Garden entdisplay.aspx?id=12048 Getaways; West Coast Gardenwalks Blake Garden 70 Rincon Road, Free Garden Tour, No http://laep.ced.berkeley.edu/blak Blake Gar Kensington Cal Garden App, egarden/?page_id=2 LAVGC website, USA Botanical Gardens, Garden Getaways Bouquets to Art de Young Museum Fee Approximately 150 floral designers Karen Jefferson http://deyoung.famsf.org/ Bouquets 50 Hagiwara Tea are inspired by the de Young's art Garden Drive, San objects to create flower designs that Francisco pay tribute to particular art objects Boyd Gate House 1125 B Street Free Japanese maples, magnolias, Garden http://www.marinhistory.org/histo Boyd Gate San Rafael, monkey puzzle tree. Getaways ry.html CA State Capitol Sacramento Free L & 15th Streets 1/2 -acre World No Cal Garden http://www.parks.ca.gov/? CA State World Peace between N and L Peace Rose Garden 600 roses; App, Garden page_id=495 Garden Streets at 13th covers 40 acres of downtown. Getaways Cabrillo College 6500 Soquel Drive, free Salvia garden with 100's varieties are No Cal Garden http://www.cabrillo.edu/academic Cabrillo Salvia Garden Aptos grouped based on growing areas. App, LAVGC s/horticulture/botanicgardens.ht Website ml#salviagarden California 36501 Niles Blvd., free No Cal Garden http://www.fremontica.com/CNC Californi Nursery Park, Fremont App o/ Niles Camp Joy 131 Camp Joy Donation This is a primarily a teaching facility Garden http://www.campjoygardens.org/ Camp Joy Organic Gardens Road, Boulder requested of biodynamic intensive gardening.. Getaways Creek Reservations appear to be required. Page 5 Gardens Special Time to Recommended Additional Garden Name Location Cost to Visit Visit Highlights By Garden URL Garden Hyperlink Comments Charles C. 8520 Fair Oaks Free spring The garden is noted for its display of No Cal Garden http://www.carmichaelpark.com/j Charles C Jensen Botanical Boulevard, thousands of tulips in the spring. An App, USA ensen.htm Garden Carmichael accessible Nature Path for the Blind Botanical allows visually impaired visitors to Gardens, Garden feel the textures and enjoy the Getaways fragrances of a variety of plants. Charleston Park Between Free A bold striped brick plaza set in a No Cal Garden http://www.asla.org/meetings/aw Charlesto The water establishes (aka Google Charleston Rd.
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