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Founded in 2026, we unite Long Beach residents passionate about expanding native plant populations. We bring together home gardeners, native plant landscapers & gardeners to help them be successful with growing native plants in public and private spaces and for restoration. Through knowledge-sharing—including workshops, plant shares, and field trips—we help the community cultivate, propagate, and advocate for local native plants. We encourage everyone to share their successes, challenges, ideas, questions and inspiration of their native plant gardens.
Upcoming Events
Upcoming Events
Join us at Rivers End Wetlands Park
October 17, 2026 11-12:30PM
Event includes plant & seed share, wetlands tour, community roundtable, and seed workshop.
New and experienced native plant gardeners are welcome!
Plant & seed share - Bring any healthy native plants, cuttings, or seeds you’d like to share. You’re welcome whether or not you bring something! Please take a modest amount at first so everyone has a chance to bring something home.
Wetlands restoration tour - Rheo McColl, volunteer project coordinator, will lead a tour of the River’s End Park Wetlands Restoration Project. We’ll also explore a few areas that LBNPC could potentially adopt.
Community roundtable - Meet new members, share project updates, talk about how your plants are doing, and bring questions to the group.
Hands-on seed propagation workshop - We’ll wrap up with a hands-on seed propagation workshop.
Register on our Eventbrite to get more details. Free Registration
Past Events
Useful Resources
CalScape - one of the best resources for finding and learning about California Native Plants, created by California Native Plant Society
Theodore Payne Foundation - great local resource for classes on native plant gardening, for native plants and seeds, and they host a great annual Native Plant Garden Tour (we are trying to get Long Beach homes on their tour in the near future)
California Native Plant Society - South Coast Chapter - Planting Guide
Where can I get native plants?
Retail Nurseries
Californica Nursery, Long Beach
Ricardo's Nursery, 6850 Atlantic Ave, Long Beach, CA 90805
Artemesia Nursery, 5068 Valley Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90032
Los Nogales Nursery, 4700 Griffin Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90031
Theodore Payne Foundation Nursery, 10459 Tuxford Street, Sun Valley CA 91352
California Botanic Garden Grow Native Nursery, 1500 N. College Avenue, Claremont CA 91711 (closed for summer. Opens in October)
Neel's Nursery, 466 N Coast Hwy 101, Encinitas, CA 92024
Wholesale Nurseries
Devil Mountain Nursery, 1555 N. Glassell St, Orange, CA 92867
El Nativo Growers, 200 S. Peckam Road, Azusa, CA 91702
Our Favorite Books
California Native Plants for the Garden by Carol Bornstein
California Native Gardening - A Month-by-month Guide by Helen Popper
Care & Maintenance of Southern California Native Plant Gardens by Bart O'Brien
Designing California Native Gardens : The Plant Community Approach to Artful, Ecological Gardens by Glenn Keator and Alrie Middlebrook
Seed Propagation of Native California Plants by Dara E. Emery
Bringing Nature Home by Douglas W. Tallamy
Wildflowers of California, California Native Plant Society - Field Guide
Plant This, Not That by Elise Howard
Questions, want to partner or collaborate? Email us at lbnativeplants@gmail.com
Follow us on Instagram @lbnativeplantcollective
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