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