Sonoma Horticultural Nursery

Always so very helpful; their planting mix/​potting mix excellent — and, their plants are lovely! Again, so helpful and excellent inventory.

Nice place for a picnic or to peruse some great plants, including many flowering plants. A bit hard to find, and the signage inside the facility could be a bit better for those of us who are directionally challenged. But incredibly pleasant. Includes a pond, quail, and other birds. Worth checking out!

Love this nursery. Great prices on plants and acid soil mix for rhododendrons and such. Helpful staff.

Gorgeous place. I really enjoyed walking around and seeing all of the gorgeous flowers and plants. The pond is divine. You must stop by if you’re in Sebastopol

Stunning!
Absolutely stunning! This is hands down the most beautiful nursery I’ve ever seen. Seriously, they could charge admission. Absolutely, breathtakingly gorgeous.

this is one of the prettiest nurseries i have ever been too. their plant selection is pretty much limited to woodland plants. they supply an amazing selection of rhododendrons, azaleas, magnolias, pieris and dogwoods. they also offer all of the perennial companion plants for the above mentioned plants such as solomon’s seal, gunneras, astilbes, clematis, etc. when it comes down to the Rhodies, you can buy them in 1g on up to dug specimens up to 10′ tall or higher.
now, if you are not in the mood to buy plants, this place is a fantastic and wonderful garden as well. there are mature specimens in the ground of nearly everything that they sell. april and may is THE best time to go, as this is the peak of Rhododendron bloom, but many of the dogwoods are still in bloom as well the azaleas and many varieties of bulbs. there is a beautiful lake that is totally decked out with azaleas and rhodies and mature trees. my absolute favorite spot is the marsh with a giant boardwalk that leads you to the other side of the property. they must have at least 100 mature Gunneras (aka dinosaur food) with leaves that reach up to 8′ tall and over 3′ wide. this combined with spanish blue bells and louisiana irises is a spectacular sight. i would call first before you go, as they have weird hours. i think they are closed on mondays and tuesdays during the «open» season and are closed all winter long.

While they actually do sell plants (and what plants!) the really wonderful part about this place is the garden… Gardens actually: there are acres of beautifully laid out trees, shrubs, bushes, plants, and vines. There’s an azalea garden, huge ancient tulip magnolia trees shedding their thick petals in spring, sweet daphne, a swamp garden with a great wooden walkway, a daffodil walk, a pond with huge shady trees, roses, dogwoods, everything you can imagine. It’s not open in the depths of winter, but once spring begins (and in Northern California, that’s usually January or early February at the latest), there’s a show until late summer. Something is always blooming somewhere, and different parts of the garden come to life as others fade back into hibernation, readying for another year. They sell almost everything they grow, everything from what look like tiny sticks to small trees in huge 30 gallon pots. Directions, photos, catalog and other info at