Grow Your Own
Where to Get Seeds, Plants, and Training
Seed Sources
Open Circle Seeds, Potter Valley
Open-pollinated organic seeds from GMO-free Mendocino County, including vegetables, fruit, herbs, grains, legumes, & flowers.
Purchase online: opencircleseeds.com
Quail Seeds, Willits
Non-GMO, non-hybrid, open-pollinated & opensource seeds for vegetables, herbs, cover crops, grains, & flowers.
Purchase online: quailseeds.com
TomatoFest, Little River
Over 650 varieties of certified organic, openpollinated tomato seeds.
Purchase online: tomatofest.com
Mendocino County Library (MCL) Seed Libraries
Willits, Ukiah, Fort Bragg, Coast Community, Round Valley, Laytonville, and Bookmobile
These libraries provide gardening information and free vegetable, herb, and flower seeds. Inventory and request forms available online.
mendolibrary.org/borrow/seed-libraries
NCO Gardens Project Free Seed Library
Going to Seed, Mendocino/Caspar
Inspiring a shift in agriculture toward adaptation, community, and diversity by operating online educational courses, a discussion group, a community seed program, and a seed exchange.
goingtoseed.org
Mendocino Community College:
Agriculture Dept Plant Sales
Plant sales, spring and fall vegetable starts and some perennials on the 1st Friday and Saturday in May and October.
1000 Hensley Creek Road, Ukiah
mendocino.edu/academic-departments/agriculture
A.V. High School Ag. Dept. Plant Sale
Vegetable and herb starts for the summer garden held on the 2nd Saturday in May.
18200 Mt. View Road, Boonville
(707) 895-2314
Noyo Food Forest’s Learning Garden Plant Sale
Part of the annual Earth Day Celebration
FB High School, 300A Dana Street. Fort Bragg
noyofoodforest.org
Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens Nursery
Open year round to sell plants from the garden’s signature collections as well as drought-tolerant, deer resistant, and hummingbird-, bee-, and butterflyfriendly plants. Plant sales in May and September.
18220 North Highway 1, Fort Bragg
gardenbythesea.org
Learning Farms & Education
Ecology Action for Peace, Willits
Helping people feed themselves better while conserving resources. Offering online and on-site training, internships, garden tours, and more.
growbiointensive.org
Noyo Food Forest, Fort Bragg
Founded in 2006 and spread out over roughly an acre on the Fort Bragg High School campus, this thriving production farm grows healthy food for the FBUSD farm-to-cafeteria program.
noyofoodforest.org
Victory Gardens for Peace, Mendocino
A Master-Level certified training site for the biointensive method which conserves water, energy, and inputs while increasing yields sustainably. Also home of the VGFP Community Seed Bank.
victorygardensforpeace.com
Xa Kako Dile:, Caspar
A non-profit organization on unceded Northern Pomo territory created to steward traditional ecological knowledge, heal Indigenous ancestral lands, and build resilience in our communities with culture, food, medicine, and education.
xakakodile.org
Mendocino-Lake Community College Agriculture Program
Offers courses in IPm (Integrated Pest Management), Plant and Pest Disease, Irrigation, Vegetable Gardening, and more, plus Sustainable Small Farms Management Certificate of Achievement.
1000 Hensley Creek Rd., Ukiah
mendocino.edu/academic-departments/agriculture
UC Cooperative Extension:
Farm Advisors / 4H / Master Gardener Program
Working together to help protect California’s natural resources, including wildlife, forests, rangelands, air and water, for all to enjoy.
890 N. Bush, Ukiah
cemendocino.ucanr.edu