Food plants, herbs & useful plants.
Affordable plants and trees chosen for the Bay Area climate — so first-time and previously unsuccessful gardeners can gain confidence and succeed.
Come browse the tables.
At this time we don’t publish a full availability list — stock changes weekly, so come see what’s currently growing!
- Friday11am – 6pm
- Saturday11am – 5pm
- Sunday11am – 5pm
- Mon – ThuClosed
- We strictly adhere to organic practices (not certified organic)
- Every plant gets a descriptive label with growing tips
- All proceeds support Spiral Gardens programs
Our specialties.
Annual & perennial food plants
Vegetable starts for every season, plus perennial crops that keep giving year after year.
Culinary & medicinal herbs
From everyday basil and mint to shiso, pineapple mint and medicinals you won’t find elsewhere.
California natives & habitat plants
Plants that support butterflies, bees and hummingbirds in your backyard.
Drought-tolerant plants
Beautiful, productive plants that thrive on less water.
Fiber, dye & useful plants
Plants for fiber, dye, natural cleaning products and a myriad of other uses.
Fruit & berries
Berries, currants, grapes and fruiting plants suited to our climate.
Everything else you need.
- Compost and soils for indoors and outdoors
- Down to Earth organic fertilizers
- Organic pest control products
- New & used pots in many sizes
- Tomato cages (seasonally)
Bring back your pots! We happily reuse clean nursery pots — ask at the register.
What to plant, when.
A general guide to what you’ll typically find on our tables through the year.
Spring
- Tomatoes & peppers
- Basil & summer herbs
- Beans & cucumbers
- Squash & melons
- Pollinator natives
Summer
- Succession greens
- Eggplant & okra
- Drought-tolerant perennials
- Fall brassica seedlings (late summer)
- Fruiting shrubs
Fall
- Kale, collards & chard
- Broccoli & cauliflower
- Lettuce & mizuna
- Garlic, onions & fava beans
- Native plants (best planting season)
Winter
- Bare-root fruit trees & berries
- Peas & cool-season greens
- Artichokes & perennial onions
- Cover crops
- Planning for spring!
Find your next favorite plant.
Open Fridays 11–6 and weekends 11–5 at Sacramento & Oregon Streets.