Scientists suspect that pesticides contribute to pollinator decline, along with other factors. The nurseries listed have pledged to grow plants without neonicotinoid insecticides ("neonics"), which may harm pollinators.
Find a bee-friendly plant nursery near you: San Francisco Peninsula - San Mateo County - East Bay - Marin & Sonoma
San Francisco
Open weekdays or weekends:
Bay Natives Nursery
DAILY 9:30am-5:30pm
10 Cargo Way, San Francisco 94124; (415) 287-6755, paul@baynatives.com
Sutro Stewards Native Plant Nursery
WEDNESDAYS: open 9:30am-12:30pm
UCSF Parnassus Campus, 476 Johnstone Drive, San Francisco 94143; abigail@sutrostewards.org
Open by appointment:
Candlestick Point Eco-Stewards
Open by appointment and first Saturdays
1150 Carroll Avenue, San Francisco 94124; (415) 282-6840, patrick.rump@lejyouth.org
Mission Blue Nursery
Open by appointment
Near 3401 Bayshore Boulevard, Brisbane CA 94005, Directions; (415) 467-6631, nursery@mountainwatch.org
San Mateo County
Yerba Buena Nursery
SATURDAYS: open 9am-5pm; TUES-FRI: open 9am-4:30pm
12511 San Mateo Road (HWY 92) Half Moon Bay 94019; (650) 851-1668
East Bay
Open weekdays or weekends:
Native Here Nursery
TUESDAY 12am-3pm; FRIDAY 9am-12pm; SATURDAY 10am-2pm
101 Golf Course Drive, Berkeley 94708; (510) 549-0211, Email: nativehere@ebcnps.org
Oaktown Native Plant Nursery
THURSDAY - SUNDAY: 10am-5pm
702 Channing Way, Berkeley 94710; (510) 387-9744; Email: oaktown@oaktownnursery.com
The Watershed Nursery
TUESDAY-SUNDAY: open 10am-4pm
601A Canal Blvd, Richmond 94804; (510) 234-2222
Call for appointment:
East Bay Wilds Plant Nursery
FRIDAY 9:30am-4pm
2777 Foothill Boulevard, Oakland 94601; (510) 409-5858; pete@eastbaywilds.com
Friends of Sausal Creek
Annual Native Plant Sale in October
Friends of Sausal Creek, PO Box 2737, Oakland 94602; (510) 325-9006; nursery@sausalcreek.org
Marin and Sonoma County
Open weekdays and/or weekends:
Larner Seeds
SATURDAY: 12pm - 4pm; TUES, THURS: 10am - 4pm
235 Grove Road, Bolinas 94924; (415) 868-9407
California Flora Nursery
SATURDAY & SUNDAY: 10pm - 4pm; MON-FRI: 9am - 5pm (April-October)
2990 Somers Street, Fulton 95439; (707) 528-8813
San Francisco is located in a global biodiversity hotspot.
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