Shop Online:
- October 11 to 13: at the CNPS SCV Nursery
- October 4 to 16: Shop Online at the Grassroots Ecology Nursery
October 18, 2025, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm:
- Pick up online purchased plants.
- Shop for plants! Both the CNPS SCV Nursery and the Grassroots Ecology Nursery will offer a variety of plants for in-person shopping at the event. Come early for the best selection.
- Coyote Brush Studios will be there with plenty of wildflower themed items.
- Participate in other fun activities.
at the Dana Center at Hidden Villa, 26870 Moody Road Los Altos Hills. The CNPS SCV Nursery will not be open during the event.
Grassroots Ecology Nursery: An inventory of available plants will be posted at their website at https://www.grassrootsecology.org/nursery-sales by October 4th.
Talk, Demo and more
- 11:00 am: Planting demonstration by Krzysztof Kozminski in the Nursery Demo Garden
- 1:00 pm: Talk: Success with Native Plants for Beginners
- Gardening Advice Table (all day): Discuss your native plants and garden with our experts and receive plant selection advice and resources. This is not the place to have your whole garden designed.
Enjoy fun activities
- Seed Exchange & CNPS SCV Wildflower Ambassadors: Free native plant seeds! If you have some to share, please bring them, but there should be plenty to choose from for everyone! Wildflower Ambassadors will also be available to provide information about habitat gardening
- Partner booths: Santa Clara Valley Audubon, Sequoia Audubon, Hidden Villa. Open Space Authority
- Membership table - stop by and sign a new member up and receive a free gift (while supplies last)
Shopping
- Coyote Brush Studios - Stickers, prints, greeting cards, zipper pouches, temporary tattoos, and more!
- Emily Chin's lovely pressed floral art
- Books, t-shirts and more from our chapter
New Membership Special
You can join CNPS for 40% off the regular cost of an annual membership -- only $30! And that's not all - new members will also receive a reusuable water bottle and chapter pin (while supplies last). New member packages may also be purchased as a gift (make sure you have the recipient's address and email to complete the signup). This offer is only available for new members. You can sign up in advance at: https://bit.ly/NPLOVER. Just bring a copy of your receipt to our membership table at the sale to receive your water bottle and pin.
The event and parking are all free to the public.
Volunteer
This event depends on volunteers, and we could use help. We have a wide variety of volunteer options, so if you have some time to help out, please consider signing up.