Sourcing CA Native Plant Materials
Xerces Habitat Kit Program
The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation is now accepting proposals for the Xerces Habitat Kit Program through April 4, 2025. This program has provided over 100,000 climate-smart native plants, such as milkweed and drought-tolerant wildflowers, to enhance habitats on farms, ranches, tribal lands, public spaces, and wildfire recovery areas.
Learn more about the Xerces Habitat Kit Program here
Información sobre el programa de kits en español
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Qualifying Projects
Kits are intended to be used to create or enhance monarch and pollinator habitat on working lands, public lands, tribal lands and private/non-working lands recovering from wildfires, with landowner or land manager collaboration. This includes farms, ranches, tribal land, post-wildfire recovery areas, urban farms or gardens, city parks, school gardens or other public areas.
The kits are not intended to be used in home gardens.
Click here learn how to apply or email naturalresource@missionrcd.org for help with developing and submitting your proposal.
Several nurseries in San Diego offer native plants, including:
California Native Plant Society-Calscape: Interactive Map of all Native Plant Nurseries in California
California Native Plant Society- San Diego Chapter is an organization dedicated to conserving and promoting California’s native plants in nature and gardens. Their website offers resources like “Gardening with Natives” and “How-To Brochures” on native plants and butterflies.
Calscape also helps users discover native plants suited to their location, providing gardening and habitat restoration resources to support California’s natural ecosystems.
