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Permalink Reply by Darla Weiser on August 27, 2009 at 12:31pm

Intermountain Nursery in Auberry might be a good start. http://www.intermountainnursery.com/

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Permalink Reply by Rachel Carpenter on September 12, 2009 at 1:45am

There are some great articles online, depending on what type of look you are wanting for your yard, the type of traffic you'll get, how much time you want to invest and what type of irrigation you want to use or if you want to go completely waterless. I like low growing thyme myself with garden vegetables and herb boarders, but there are many other options to the grass lawn...

http://groups.ucanr.org/sonomamg/Sonoma_Gardener_Articles/Water-Wis...

http://www.eartheasy.com/grow_lawn_alternatives.htm

To get help on planning and planting your garden, ask the master gardener's program if you can get someone to intern for you! They have tons of information and free seeds...

http://groups.ucanr.org/mgfresno/

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Permalink Reply by Joshua D Trevino on April 14, 2010 at 7:59pm

Try Takao nursery, (they are local) they have developed a hybrid buffalo grass that is adapted to this area. http://www.takaonursery.com/

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Permalink Reply by Casa Rosa Farms on March 16, 2011 at 2:59pm

Go check out InterMountain Nursery in Prather. They have a website but the best thing to do is make the trip. They are very knowledgeable about native plant species and they propagate not just CA natives but things that are specifically native to right here in our slice of the valley. Things that I have planted that I love are: flannel bush, aromas salvia, california fuschia, mimulus, and they have many species of bunch grass, native rye, etc if you want to keep some grassyness in your yard.

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Permalink Reply by cnps-sequoia on September 2, 2011 at 9:37pm

The local chapter of the California Native Plant Society (the Sequoia Chapter) has some flyers on using California native plants in the landscape. They are posted on our website (www.cnps-sequoia.org). Our state website also has a lot of good information (www.cnps.org).

Every year on the last Saturday of September we co-sponsor a plant sale with the Clovis Botanical Garden where you can see many native plants and water-wise plants from other areas that thrive in the Valley. In 2011 it's on September 24. The event is posted here on greenfresno.org and on our websites. You can get the address and directions from www.clovisbotanicalgarden.org.

As others have mentioned, Intermountain Nursery in Prather is a great resource.

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