This is still a relatively new feature for us and if you can’t find a plant you are looking for don’t hesitate to contact us.

The Art of the Flower Bowl FREE WORKSHOP Saturday August 3rd  11:30 to 1pm Join longtime Alamedan nursery-artisan Bonnie Howard for a hands on workshop creating works of art in pots and bowls with perennial and annual flowers!  When you are finished and you behold what you have created, you’ll want to take it home! …

Butterfly Gardens FREE WORKSHOP Saturday June 22nd 12-1pm Learn how to design your garden to support endangered Butterfly populations throughout the year.  Children dressed as butterflies receive a free California Lilac to take home and feed on.

Mediterranean Plants for Pollinators FREE WORKSHOP May 18th 12-1:00 pm For pollinator populations in crisis our debate over ‘native vs non-native’  might resolve itself too late or end in paralysis.  At noon on May 18th we will discuss which non-native plants benefit pollinator species such as bees, butterflies and hummingbirds

WORKSHOP: Native Plants for Pollinators FREE WORKSHOP May 11th 12-1:00 pm Join us May 11th from 12-1pm for a discussion and tour of native plants which benefit pollinator populations .  This is a free workshop at 2701 Main St. Alameda CA. Ploughshares Nursery.

Pollinator Plant Sale May 25th 10am-5pm Over fifty species will be on SALE 20% off regular price to benefit pollinator populations.  Poppies, Lilac, Kangaroo Paws, Rosemary, Dill, Anise, Native Sages, African Sages, South American Sages, Aloe, Sedum and many, many more. Fill your garden with plants friendly to bees, butterflies and birds.

Check out Alameda Backyard Growers! Alameda Backyard Growers (ABG) is a network of gardeners in Alameda, California who are interested in growing food and donating extra fruit and vegetables to the Alameda Food Bank.  Our goal is to reach out to the community to provide information about, and increase involvement in, urban food growing. In…

We recommend Edible Ecology and Breaking Ground if you are looking for help in the edible or ornamental garden.

Grafted tomatoes just arrived from Sweetwater Organic Nursery.  Grafted tomatoes are simply varieties of tomato attached to a supporting related root system resulting in a more disease tolerant, more productive and more cold tolerant tomato.  Somebody attached these tomatoes to rootstock so yes… they are more expensive.  But when you consider the less than ideal…

Small Space Food Garden FREE WORKSHOP March 5, 2019 12-2pm Learn how to get the most from your small-space food garden. Drawing on her many years of Bay Area gardening experience, Pam Peirce will share information on year-round garden planning, choosing the best crops and varieties for a small garden, growing edible flowers, planting flowers…

….and more coming soon!

Now is a good time to sow seeds in these inexpensive seed start kits.  Buy a seed packet and for an additional $10.99 you get a flat of six packs with soil and grow dome to get your seed off to a good start.  Each kit grows out 36 plants or more.

Without pollinators, the world would be a less colorful, less tasty and less well-balanced place: all the more reason to learn how to create a garden that will naturally attract bees, butterflies and other major pollinators. Although the best-known pollinators are domesticated honey bees, there are other pollinators that are also important, including bees and…

West Coast Monarch populations declined 86% last year and this vital insect may disappear entirely from California soon.   Unfortunately the preferred plant favored by Monarchs in California is the ugliest and hardest to come by milkweed:  Asclepias californica.   We can’t afford the rare and expensive seed to propagate this plant in mass at Ploughshares…