New Berries and Vines Just Arrived Southern Highbush varieties of Blueberry are newly arrived from Dave Wilson nursery in sleeve pots.  These blueberries are adapted to the East Bay’s mild climate and produce large crops when planted with compatible cross-pollinating ‘friends’.  We recommend you plant two bushes per family member who desires blueberries.  Berries typically…

Arugula: Sylvetta Organic Arugula Beet: Bulls Blood Organic Beet Beet: Chiogga Organic Beet Broccoli: Broccoli di Cicco Organic Broccoli Cabbage: Early Jersey Wakefield Organic Cabbage Cauliflower: Early Snowball Organic Cauliflower Collards: Ole Timey Blue Organic Collards Corn: Golden Bantam Improved Organic Corn Cucumber:  Early Fortune Organic Cucumber Cucumber: Jelly Melon Organic Cucumber Cucumber: Poona Kheera…

Ploughshares is a social enterprise of Alameda Point Collaborative. We provide job training for residents of our supportive housing community. Proceeds of sales are used to maintain programs for the formerly homeless.  Alameda Point Collaborative: resilience through fires.As part of our resilience series, we’ll showcase a story from one of our residents every week leading…

closed November 11th VETERANS DAY closed November 23rd through November 27thclosed December 24th through January 1st

Get em in the ground while supplies last. Next time we will have vegetable starts for sale will be end of February beginning of March 2021 Artichoke: Green Globe Artichoke Bok Choy (asian mini-cabbage, sweet and great for stir fry) Broccoli: Chinese Broccoli Broccoli: Gypsy Broccoli Bronze Fennel Cabbage: Cheers Cabbage Cardoon ( artichoke relative,…

Borage is a fast growing, nutritious herb which benefits pollinator species greatly. 4″ pots $3.99

Bouquetier de Nice à Fleurs Enjoy the scent of an orange tree multiplied by a factor of ‘delicious’ when you plant this ornamental sour orange in your garden. Used to manufacture essential oils, the citron element in leaves, fruit and flower is stronger than almost any other citrus plant. Ours are grafted onto semi-dwarfing root…

New seeds available for winter gardening from Redwood Seed Co.

Workshops are being held on Zoom until we can resume our normal hands-on presentations at the nursery. October Seasonal Vegetable Gardening Zoom Presentations and Q&A These are free workshops about growing edible plants appropriate for the cool or warm season. Topics include: Cool season versus warm season selection, growing from seed versus vegetable starts, preparing…

September 12th and 13thCheck out this awesome recipe for chard-rolls Banana: Cavendish Banana Banana: Muja Banana Broccoli: Gypsy Broccoli Brussel Sprouts: Jade Cross Brussel Sprouts Cabbage: Red Express Cabbage Cauliflower: Snowball Cauliflower Celery: Redventure Celery Celery: Tango Celery Coffee arabica Fennel: Bronze Fennel ( best for swallowtail butterflies ) Ginger: Thai Galangal Ginger Greens: Arugula…

Drought tolerant, pollinator friendly, olfactory allure and COLOR COLOR COLOR for months on end ….

Garden Questions and Answers with Nursery Manager Jeff Bridge Saturday August 18th at 7pm Join Ploughshare’s nursery manager for a question answer session about gardening in August.  Bring your questions related to summer gardening and hopefully take back answers which will improve your enjoyment of the garden! Topic: Jeff Bridge’s Zoom Meeting Time: Aug 18,…

Artichoke: Green Globe Artichoke Broccoli: Gypsy Broccoli Broccoli: Lieutenant Broccoli Bronze Fennel greens: Bloomsdale Spinach greens: Braising Greens greens: Bright Light Swiss Chard greens: Collard Greens greens: Green Wave Mustard greens: Little Gem Romaine Lettuce greens: Pac Choi greens: Peppermint Swiss Chard greens: Perpetual Spinach greens: Pink Lipstick Swiss Chard greens: Red Iceberg Lettuce greens:…

Friday, Saturday and Sunday 1/2 OFF ALL CHICKEN MANURE and MINI-MULCH1cu. ft. Chicken Poop Regularly $7.99 ON SALE for $3.992cu. ft. Mini-Mulch (1/4″ bark mulch) Regularly $10.99 ON SALE for $5.49

July 25th 2020 Saturday 11am to 12:45pmKokedama at DistanceTake part in the philosophy of Wabi-sabi, working with your hands to create impermanent and imperfect beauty for your home and garden …. In this workshop we will explore this fashionable trend in gardening using soil, succulents and dry moss.  Students will receive materials sufficient to create…

Time to count all the plants and pots and tchotchkes, OPEN AGAIN JUNE 26th

Open Wednesday through Sunday 10-5pm We are open with precautions for limiting transmission of disease Wednesday through Sunday 10-5pm. To maintain social distancing (6ft. wherever possible) we are limiting access to five individuals at a time. When capacity is reached and people are waiting in line we will ask visitors inside our gates to conclude…

Want to learn more about gardening? Visit our Little Free Library at Ploughshares Nursery. See a book you like(?), take it home and share with others. Leave books with us that you no longer need and help grow our neighborhood’s knowledge base. We also accept large donations of books, so bring one or bring lots!