The demonstration garden was created in 2019 by sustainable landscape designer Christine Kelly, with the help of CNPS and Helping Humboldt volunteers. It also functions as a living seed bank for the nursery.
The garden is nestled in a corner of the nursery, spanning 0.03 acres (~1,120 square feet). It represents 4 distinctive eco-systems, and is home to over 90 species of Humboldt County and California native plants. Diligent plant labeling makes this garden especially useful for aspiring botanists.
Grassland |
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California buckeye (Aesculus californica) | |
One leaf onion (Allium unifolium) | |
Narrow leaf milkweed (Asclepias fascicularis) | |
Showy milkweed (Asclepias speciosa) | |
White globe lily (Calochortus albus) | |
Beach evening-primrose (Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia) | |
Cobweb thistle (Cirsium occidentale) | |
Punch bowl godetia (Clarkia bottae) | |
Yerba buena (Clinopodium douglasii) | |
Chinese houses (Collinsia heterophylla) | |
Twining snakelily (Dichelostemma volubile) | |
Seaside daisy (Erigeron glaucus) | |
Common woolly sunflower (Eriophyllum lanatum) | |
Heartleaf keckiella (Keckiella cordifolia) | |
Columbia lily (Lilium columbianum) | |
Common meadow foam (Limnanthes douglasii) | |
California melicgrass (Melica californica) | |
Mountain coyote mint (Monardella odoratissima) | |
Deergrass (Muhlenbergia rigens) | |
Leafy aster (Symphyotrichum foliaceum) |
Redwood |
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Coast onion (Allium dichlamydeum) | |
Western columbine (Aquilegia formosa) | |
Elk's clover (Aralia californica) | |
Lady fern (Athyrium filix-femina) | |
Deer fern (Blechnum spicant) | |
Brook foam (Boykinia occidentalis) | |
Pacific reedgrass (Calamagrostis nutkaensis) | |
Golden globelily (Calochortus amabilis) | |
Common camas (Camassia quamash) | |
Purple clarkia (Clarkia purpurea) | |
Bleeding heart (Dicentra formosa) | |
Orange bush monkeyflower (Diplacus aurantiacus) | |
Mahogany fawn lily (Erythronium revolutum) | |
Bigelow's sneezeweed (Helenium bigelovii) | |
Crevice alumroot (Heuchera micrantha) | |
Yellowleaf iris (Iris chrysophylla) | |
Douglas iris (Iris douglasiana) | |
Ground iris (Iris macrosiphon) | |
Toughleaf iris (Iris tenax) | |
Meadow lupine (Lupinus polyphyllus) | |
Riverbank lupine (Lupinus rivularis) | |
False lily of the valley (Maianthemum dilatatum) | |
False solomon seal (Maianthemum stellatum) | |
Bolander's phacelia (Phacelia bolanderi) | |
Mosquito bills (Primula hendersonii) | |
Large flowered fairy bell (Prosartes smithii) | |
Red flowering currant (Ribes sanguineum) | |
Western thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus) | |
Checker bloom (Sidalcea malviflora) | |
Cardinal catchfly (Silene californica) | |
Blue eyed grass (Sisyrinchium bellum) | |
Fringe cups (Tellima grandiflora) | |
Sugar scoop (Tiarella trifoliata) | |
Piggyback plant (Tolmiea diplomenziesii) | |
Huckleberry (Vaccinium ovatum) | |
Northern vancouveria (Vancouveria hexandra) | |
Dog violet (Viola adunca) | |
Evergreen violet (Viola sempervirens) |
Coastal |
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Sea thrift (Armeria maritima) | |
Wild ginger (Asarum caudatum) | |
California aster (Corethrogyne filaginifolia) | |
Bluff lettuce (Dudleya farinosa) | |
Coast buckwheat (Eriogonum latifolium) | |
Beach strawberry (Fragaria chiloensis) | |
Oregon gumweed (Grindelia stricta) | |
Rock phacelia (Phacelia californica) | |
Beach knotweed (Polygonum paronychia) | |
Broad-leaved stonecrop (Sedum spathulifolium) | |
Cape blanco common stonecrop (Sedum spathulifolium 'cape blanco') |
Container |
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Farewell to spring (Clarkia amoena) | |
Diamond clarkia (Clarkia rhomboidea) | |
Scarlet larkspur (Delphinium cardinale) | |
Coastal california poppy (Eschscholzia californica v. maritima) | |
California goldfields (Lasthenia californica) | |
Sky lupine (Lupinus nanus) | |
Five-spot (Nemophila maculata) | |
Baby blue eyes (Nemophila menziesii) | |
Scabland penstemon (Penstemon deustus) | |
Low beardtongue (Penstemon humuilis) |
Riparian |
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California pitcherplant (Darlingtonia californica) | |
Blue dicks (Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum) | |
Scarlet monkeyflower (Erythranthe cardinalis) | |
Coastal miterwort (Pectiantia ovalis) | |
Nested polypody fern (Polypodium calirhiza) | |
Sword fern (Polystichum munitum) |
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Canyon dudleya (Dudleya cymosa) | |
California fescue (Festuca californica) | |
Mock orange (Philadelphus lewisii) |