Lot size: 1 acre native plant garden and nursery, 99% native
Garden Age: Garden was installed in stages, beginning in 1996
Years on the Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour: 10
Showcase Feature
Visit San Lorenzo High School’s one-acre native plant garden, created by students from the former swimming pool, which had been bulldozed and filled with rubble. Now looking like a “natural garden that fell out of the sky,” the garden, which is maintained by the Druid Environmental Club, is used as an outdoor classroom by high school biology and photography classes. It is also appreciated by students and faculty seeking respite from the heat and is valued as a place where one can enjoy the almost 100 species of native plants sun this garden, and the birds they attract.
Students propagate more than 60 species of native plants in their productive nursery. Proceeds from the plant sale support the school’s environmental program.
Other Garden Attractions
- Canned cold drinks and packaged snacks will be available for purchase..
- Ask you can receive a super-rebate of up to $2.00 a sq. foot for removing your lawn and planting with natives!
- Restrooms are available.
Gardening for Wildlife
Cedar waxwings, chestnut-backed chickadees, and finches visit the garden. Cooper’s hawks soar overhead.
Garden Tours
10:30-3:30 Continuous garden tours lead by the Druids Environmental Club, where high school students work to plant and maintain native plant gardens.
Plants for Sale
About sixty species of native plants, including the diminutive succulent stonecrop, a variety of mallows, Douglas iris, twin berry, black sage, seaside daisy, and more will be available in exchange for donations. Cash and checks only.
Forest and garden native plant list
