FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
David Bryant, California Native Plant Society, 916-738-7628, dbryant@cnps.org
Over 75 nurseries be part of the California Native Plant Society to extend native plant gross sales
September 22, 2021, Sacramento — Bloom! California: Native Crops for a Brilliant Tomorrow is a statewide effort led by the California Native Plant Society (CNPS) to extend the promotion, sale and use of California native crops. Beginning October 1, over 75 nurseries will start providing a curated choice of Bloom! California native crops, bolstered by accessible and inspirational instructional assets for customers, together with a Gardener’s Information, Bloom! California web site, video collection and extra.
Thus far, native crops solely comprise about three p.c of trade gross sales; however native crops are very important to our landscapes and wildlife. Bloom! California offers a possibility for all Californians — customers, enterprise leaders, landscapers and past — to remodel our constructed surroundings with the native crops that outline our state. This three-year marketing campaign comes at a essential time. California faces many environmental challenges, and native crops present a direct and tangible approach for customers to make a distinction.
“The actions we soak up our gardens are actions that impression the bigger world,” mentioned David Bryant, director of training and engagement at CNPS. “By rising native crops, we now have the facility to assist wildlife, save treasured assets and join extra deeply with our native surroundings; all whereas creating lovely landscapes that remember California.”
CNPS labored with a multi-disciplinary stakeholder group of consultants and practitioners to pick out the 11 native plant teams for the marketing campaign. These crops present an array of vital ecological advantages, supporting pollinators and different wildlife, lowering using pesticides and fertilizers, and conserving water. Bloom! California crops have been additionally particularly chosen for client friendliness: they’re simple to develop, horticulturally lovely and suited to the various areas of California’s numerous ecosystems.
“This marketing campaign will set California on a path the place lovely, water-saving, and life-supporting gardens are the norm slightly than the exception,” mentioned Evan Meyer, government director of the Theodore Payne Basis.
To study extra about Bloom! California, please go to www.bloomcalifornia.org.
Taking part Nurseries:
Northern CA
Harvests & Habitats Nursery
Misplaced Meals Native Plant Nursery
Mattole Restoration Council
Miller Farms Nursery
Samara Restoration
Bay Space
Annie’s Annuals & Perennials
Cactus Jungle
California Flora Nursery
CNPS SCV Nursery
Emerisa Gardens
Evergreen Nursery
Filoli
Forni Farm and Nursery
Grand Lake Ace {Hardware}
Grassroots Ecology Nursery
Hallberg Butterfly Backyard
Mission Blue Nursery
Oaktown Native Plant Nursery
Pacific Nurseries
The Ruth Bancroft Backyard & Nursery
The Watershed Nursery
Trash Cat Cooperative
Central Coast
Blue Moon Native Backyard
Carbon Disco
Central Coast Wilds Nursery
Hana Gardens
Regan Organic & Horticultural Consulting
San Luis Obispo Botanical Backyard
Santa Barbara Botanic Backyard
The Educated Gardener
Ventura Botanical Gardens
Windmill Nursery
Central Valley & Foothills
Large Oak Nursery
Camp Pollock Native Nursery
Chalfant Large Timber Farm
Delta Breeze Farm dwelling of Hardly Strictly Natives
El Dorado Nursery & Backyard
Discover Out Farms
Miridae Cellular Nursery
Monarch Necessities
Nevada County Native Crops
Putah Creek Nursery
The Greenery Nursery and Backyard Store
Villager Nursery, Inc
Inland Empire
Cherry Valley Nursery And Panorama Provide
El Nativo Growers
Glendora Gardens Nursery
Greenbelt Growers
Develop Native Nursery
KP Nursery
Louie’s Nursery and Panorama Supplies
New Life Nursery
Terra Wild
Village Nursery & Landscaping
Los Angeles
Artemisia Nursery
Bolsa Chica Nursery
Burbank Backyard Store
Girasol Nursery, Inc.
Rising Works Nursery
Hahamongna Native Plant Nursery
Mariposa Ranch Basis
Outdated California Survivors
Theodore Payne Basis
Southern CA Coast
Environmental Nature Heart
Laguna nursery
Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy
Roger’s Gardens
Tree of Life Nursery
San Diego
Cuyamaca Faculty Nursery
El Plantio Nursery-Landscaping
Mariposa Native Plant Nursery
Moosa Creek
Neel’s Nursery
Palomar Mesa Growers
Baja
Proyecto Vivero Ensenada
The California Native Plant Society is a nonprofit group working to save lots of and rejoice California’s native crops and locations by way of plant science, advocacy, training, and horticulture. CNPS has almost 10,000 members in 35 chapters all through California and Baja to advertise its mission on the native degree.
