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Native Springs Nursery is located in Durham, California near the beautifully scenic Feather River Canyon in Northern California. Native Springs Nursery uses natural environments in Butte County for sustainable growing practices incorporating organic fertilizers, goat grazing, and integrated pest management techniques (IPM.) Native Springs Nursery specializes in north western conifers and other California native plants; shipping plants nationwide. Native Springs Nursery embraces recycling making every attempt to reuse materials starting with the containers the plants grow in and continuing with the construction of greenhouses, lathe and shipping structures.

Promote Native Plants in the Landscape
The variety of native plants adapt to most growing conditions with some being drought tolerant in dry areas while others favor wetter conditions where soils stay moist.

Native plants are fascinating, superbly functional and immensely beautiful. There is an incredible variety of native plants, something for every soil and moisture condition. There is the sugar pine a magnificent tree with huge pine cones, wood sorrel with its pale pink trumpets above masses of clover like leaves and scarlet monkey flower with brilliant red flowers. Some native plants can be extremely drought tolerant and therefore very valuable in the water conscious garden. Yet other natives can be used in and around ponds and other seasonally soggy areas. Native plants create seasonal interest and attract wildlife providing an ecologically friendly way to make your garden a habitat for birds, butterflies, frogs, toads, lizards and a myriad of insects and native pollinators as well. And yes native plants and trees can be relatively care free if you take the time to choose well and match the plant to the environment. When you plant locally appropriate native plants you can also skip a lot of the fertilizers because for the most part they just don’t need them.

Ecological Restoration
Choices made in selecting plants for your home improve the environment and encourage wildlife, providing forage and shelter

Native Plant Community
Each native plant species is a member of a larger eco-community that includes other plants, animals and microorganisms. The natural balance keeps each species in check, allowing it to thrive in conditions where it is suited, but preventing it from running amok. Thus, native species rarely become invasive, as plants introduced from other areas can be.

The more closely you match the environmental conditions of the source of your plant material to that of the planting site, the better it will grow. Studies show that this is because species have become genetically adapted to the local conditions to varying degrees -- some species more than others. Since there is little species specific information, it is best to take a conservative approach so plantings will do better both in the short term and in the long term.

Native plants have evolved and adapted to local conditions over thousands of years. They are vigorous and hardy, so can survive winter cold and summer heat. Once established, they require no irrigation or fertilization. They are resistant to most pests and diseases. Thus, native plants suit today's interest in "low-maintenance" gardening and landscaping.

Native plants provide food and shelter for birds, butterflies and other desirable wildlife. Many help to enrich the soil. Their root systems help rainfall percolate into the soil, reducing erosion and runoff. This improves water quality.

The choices we make in our yard, whether it’s a half acre or a small back patio, can make a big difference to wildlife and to the environment in general. When you use native plants in your landscape I think you help create a buffer between humans and wildlife by providing forage and shelter for the varied assortment of critters that live all around us. Use of local native plants make useful and beautiful gardens that help restore ecosystems that are lost or fragmented. We can all become backyard restorationists.

There is a native plant for every garden situation let Native Springs Nursery help you find it. I love pine trees, conifers of any kind actually. Ever since I was a kid I was always fascinated by the immensely towering coastal redwoods in the local foothills near la Honda and Portola Valley close to the bay area where I grew up. And now I find myself very focused on the growing of my baby pines, spruce and fir trees. I take great pride in providing a retail source for as many varieties of beautiful western native conifers that I possibly can.

Sustainable Growing Techniques
Sustainable farmers maximize reliance on natural renewable and on-farm inputs integrating three main goals

Contents Promote Native Plants Ecological Restoration Native Plant Community Planting native plants and trees is one of the best ways to work with, rather than against, nature. By matching plant species to your particular area you will have plants and trees that take less care and energy and will be healthier than exotic species. Another benefit is that native birds, insects, and other wildlife have evolved with native plant species and are able to use the fruits, nectars and habitat these plants and trees provide Sustainable Techniques What is sustainable? Sustainability rests on the principle that we must meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Therefore, stewardship of both natural and human resources is of prime importance. Sustainable farmers maximize reliance on natural, renewable, and on-farm inputs integrating three main goals--environmental health, economic profitability, and social and economic equity.
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Organic gardening is growing food without the use of petrochemical pesticides, herbicides and inorganic fertilizers that pollute our soil and water. It relies on the use of beneficial insects, diversity of plants, and the use of compost to supply the soil with nutrients.
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Backyard composting is a method of returning organic waste back into a nutrient rich soil amendment. Good compost contains huge food resources that plants need to grow. Ultimately, compost improves plant health by supplying nutrients to the soil. There are three methods of composting: hot, cold or trenching, and good compost can be achieved by using any of the three.


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Drip irrigation is a controlled, slow application of water that flows under low pressure through plastic pipe or hose laid along each row of plants. The water drips out of tiny holes that are made in the hose wall or from fittings called emitters that are plugged into the wall at proper spacing. Soil moisture remains constant, and air is always available. By delivering water directly to plants, little is lost to evaporation or runoff so this technique is very water efficient. A variety of emitters allow the proper amount of water to be delivered to each individual plant. It is one of the best techniques for watering gardens, fruit trees, vines and container plants.
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Additional Sources
Native Springs Nursery

California Native Plant Society

Floral Native Nursery