Plant Resources for Solano County

Solano County Local Nurseries

El Rancho Nursery (Vacaville) – The largest family-owned and operated nursery in Solano County growing a wide array of plants available for delivery.

Lemuria Nursery (Dixon) – The largest wholesale grower of plants in Solano County, open to the public. Nursery owners and operators since 1939. Fruit tree availability here.

Loma Vista Farm (Vallejo) – This education-based farm sells plants that do well locally, including many natives, perrenials and herbs. Sales support the farm’s educational programs.

Mid City Nursery (American Canyon) – A great source for gardening and plant information in Napa County and Solano County.

Morningsun Herb Farm (Vacaville) – Offering a wide variety of Herb and Perennial Plants for sale online AND at the nursery.

Sweet Pea’s Nursery and Pet Boutique (Vacaville) – Organic succulent nursery with organic soil, flowers, herbs, vegetables and seeds. Also carries local farm products and a pet boutique carrying pet foods, bathing products & supplies.

Information Resources

Sustainable Solano Seed Plot Definition

The design concept of the Solano Sustainable Landscaping Initiative is based on a standard model plot of a permaculture food forest called “Seed Plot”. We hired a professional permaculture designer to develop a model plot based on plants that thrive in the Bay Area, native or well-adapted to Mediterranean climate (resulting in moderate water use), high-yield and multiple functions of each plant to ensure creation of a vigorous healthy ecosystem providing food, supporting natural habitat and building up soil. [Click here for full description of Seed Plot ]

Vegetable Gardening

Watch these video tutorials on planting your spring fruits and vegetables!

Find guidance on what to plant and when in your annual vegetable garden here.

Master Gardener

The Master Gardener Volunteer program is a great place for sourcing and learning about plants.

Seasonal Planting & No-Till Gardening Resources

Watch the video on the right with Rachel Brinkerhoff of Dog Island Farm and Grow a Pear Nursery and find Rachel’s additional resources here!

Regrow Your Vegetable Scraps, Save Your Seeds and Other Resources

 View this document to learn:

  • Easy vegetables and herbs to regrow
  • How to make vegetable stock
  • How to save tomato, citrus and strawberry seeds
  • Making a newspaper pot

Download a seed packet template

Watch this video on making a newspaper pot

*Resources provided by Mallory Traughber of Living Classroom

Gardening 101

Click on the links below for PDFs on each topic:

*Resources provided by Lori Caldwell of CompostGal

Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Resilience

Click on the links below for PDFs or to visit the site for each:

*Resources provided by Vital Cycles

Videos

Permaculture Talk with John Valenzuela

Hear permaculture expert John Valenzuela’s talk on permaculture, from it’s history to how it works in today’s garden from our Virtual Demonstration Food Forest Tour and Talk.

 

A Forest Garden

Learn more about the approach of a food forest garden in this short film from Thomas Regnault highlighting agroforestry expert Martin Crawford’s work to transform a field into a forest garden. The film is part of National Geographic’s Short Film Showcase and shared with permission of the filmmaker.

Elements of a Food Forest Garden

Learn what goes into creating a food forest garden in this series of short informative videos covering Design, Swale & Berm, Healthy Soil & Sheet Mulching, Planting Fruit Trees, Food Forest Layers, and Irrigation. You can watch the full series below or find individual videos here.

Vegetable Gardening

Watch these video tutorials on planting your spring fruits and vegetables!

 

Seasonal Planting for Raised Beds & Benefits of No-Till Gardening

Learn how to get the most out of your raised beds and build healthy soil in this talk from Rachel Brinkerhoff of Dog Island Farm and Grow a Pear Nursery.

 

Container Gardening

Join Lori Caldwell of CompostGal as she covers the basics of container gardening in this talk.

 

Perennial Edible Gardening

CompostGal’s Lori Caldwell walks us through how to grow perennial fruits and vegetables in your home garden.

 

Regrow Your Vegetable Scraps, Save Your Seeds and Other Resources

Join Mallory Traughber of Living Classroom as she talks about ways to reuse your kitchen scraps to grow in the garden.

 

Permaculture Yard Conversion

Permaculture Designer Elizabeth Crachiolo discusses how she used the skills from her Permaculture Design Certificate course work at her home.

Winter Fruit Tree Care

Lemuria Nursery’s Kristina Fink covers winter care for deciduous fruit trees from bare-root planting to pruning.

Kids in the Garden

Cali Ground Troops’ John Davenport gives this interactive workshop on how to get kids outdoors and into the garden! Learn about craft and scavenger hunt ideas that are sure to create learning opportunities for all. Find the materials needed here!

Gardening 101

Join Lori Caldwell of CompostGal for this talk on how to get started in the garden!