In-Person Shopping at Theodore Payne Foundation
The health and safety of customers, volunteers and staff is our top priority. To ensure that we can maintain physical distancing, we ask that you reserve a shopping slot before you come to our headquarters. Click here to reserve your in-store timed slot.
Our extensive nursery exclusively sells California native plants, in a beautiful natural setting. We are open Tuesday-Saturday 8:30AM – 4:00PM.
Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline
The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline offers free weekly on-line and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wild flowers in Southern and Central California. Learn more here.
Native Plant Garden Tour | April 16-18
TPF’s 18th Annual Native Plant Garden Tour will immerse you in the urban ecosystem and the unique seasons of Southern California. During this three part, at-home experience you’ll see HD footage of a select group of gardens, with interviews, presentations, expert panels, and much more. Click here for details and tickets.
Preorder a 2021 limited edition Humboldt Lily T-shirt here.
Enter to Win!
Share your favorite photos of California native plants and enter to win our 2021 Spring Photo Contest. Learn more here!
Our online store features our entire inventory for in-store pickup or shipping (Plants available for in-store pickup only). In-store pick up hours are Tuesday-Saturday 8:30AM – 4:00PM. Click here to shop online.
Support TPF
Theodore Payne Foundation is a non-profit organization that relies on our community to help advance our mission through tax deductible donations, memberships, and volunteering. Thank you for your support.
Why Native Plants?
12 Reasons | Plant Guides
ONLINE CLASSES & EVENTS
Apr 10: Native Plant Garden Maintenance
Apr 16-18: 18th Annual Native Plant Garden Tour
Apr 21: California Native Container Plants
See all upcoming classes at theodorepayne.eventbrite.com
Theodore Payne Foundation acknowledges that it sits on the traditional village of Wiqánga, the ancestral home of the Wiqánvitam who are now known as the Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians.
We acknowledge our neighbors: Tongva, Chumash, Tataviam, Kitanemuk and Serrano, the original stewards of what is now Los Angeles County. We are committed to uplifting the names of these lands and community members from the over 200 California First Nations who reside alongside us and honor their Traditional Ecological Knowledge.