Native Plant Nursery and Greenhouse

Putah Creek Council engages our community with bio-regional restoration and habitat enhancement projects through hands-on volunteer stewardship work. Much of the work we accomplish involves enhancing stream-side habitat with plants native to Putah Creek.

Through an innovative partnership between Lower Putah Creek Coordinating Committee, CalFIRE's LA Moran Reforestation Center in Davis, and Putah Creek Council, we have the ability to grow our own restoration plants from seeds we and partners collect. Rich Marovich of the Lower Putah Creek Coordinating Committee, and Stephen Jones (former head of CalFIRE's nursery program) are pictured at left.

The State facility in Davis includes a number of greenhouses which are currently un-used due to state budget cuts. They graciously (and generously!) have allowed our partnership to use a greenhouse and 1/4-acre shadehouse during this time they are unable to use the facility. The fact that the State is willing to allow us to use the facility shows just how forward-thinking and committed they are to California's natural resources. 

Putah Creek Council volunteers tend, plant, weed, and help take care of our greenhouse through regular, planned events. On UC Davis weekends of service (3 times per year) we take extra care to be sure each of our events includes a lesson in native plants and watershed function.

If you would like to help, we'd love to have you. Please register for an upcoming event, or contact us to let us know if you would like a special role in the greenhouse.