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At Larner Seeds

We promote the riches of our California native flora, through supplying our customers with native seeds and plants, books, tools, advice, and landscaping services. We try to bring to the California gardener the perspectives of and information from the whole humming world of the natural history of the California native landscape.

Let us celebrate this land through appreciation of, and growing of, its native flora. Spend time in nearby natural areas, absorbing what surrounds you. What you see can provide a vision for your own garden. Help the native flora, and the fauna that evolved with it, find its way into your backyard, for a garden that is full of life, the particular life of your own part of California.

California Native Seeds

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Employee Favorites

  • Heuchera pilosissima, Shaggy Alumroot.

    Native to the northern two-thirds of the California coastline, it thrives on coastal bluffs, cliffs, slopes, and creek banks below 1000 feet.

    Explore Heuchera pilosissima, Shaggy Alumroot 

  • CA Native Grasses

    Though reduced now to less than 95% of their former territory, many CA native grasses are easy to grow, and can be used in gardens in a variety of ornamental ways, as well as in "grassland restoration projects."

    Explore our Native Grasses 

  • Malva assurgentiflora, Tree Mallow

    Endemic to the Channel Islands off the coast of Santa Barbara, it grows surprisingly easily and quickly in many other locations, especially along the coast, where it is not bothered a bit by wind and salt-spray.

    Explore Malva assurgentiflora, Tree Mallow 

  • Sisyrinchium californium, Yellow-eyed Grass

    The lesser-known sibling to Sisyrinchium bellum, Blue-eyed Grass. Native to the coast and northern part of California, it thrives in moist areas.

    Explore Sisyrinchium californium, Yellow-eyed Grass 
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Visit Our Shop & Demonstration Garden

230 Grove Road
Bolinas, CA

Tuesday & Thursday, 10am - 4pm
Saturday, 12pm - 4pm

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Gardening With a Wild Heart - Judith Larner Lowry's Blog

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  • Restorative Holiday

    Restorative Holiday

    The Bolinas Lagoon in November The reassuring sounds of rain on the roof (Nov. 26, 30) make it easy to dream  of rest, even while we work. The rain aids...

    Restorative Holiday

    The Bolinas Lagoon in November The reassuring sounds of rain on the roof (Nov. 26, 30) make it easy to dream  of rest, even while we work. The rain aids...

  • In Praise of the Volunteer

    In Praise of the Volunteer

    Here at Larner Seeds, we take pleasure watching plants appear unbidden in unexpected corners of the garden. Most gardeners know the joy of the volunteer plant: an exuberant winter squash...

    In Praise of the Volunteer

    Here at Larner Seeds, we take pleasure watching plants appear unbidden in unexpected corners of the garden. Most gardeners know the joy of the volunteer plant: an exuberant winter squash...

  • Return of the Prairie: Native Grasses for the Gardener

    Return of the Prairie: Native Grasses for the G...

    "Grasslands are not a drive-by landscape. Unless you get out in them and observe, you will never understand how diverse they are, and how much is going on." -Newsletter of...

    Return of the Prairie: Native Grasses for the G...

    "Grasslands are not a drive-by landscape. Unless you get out in them and observe, you will never understand how diverse they are, and how much is going on." -Newsletter of...

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