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NO. Patrons will be directed to form an orderly line along entry paths starting at 8AM with entry to the sales floor allowed promptly at 9AM.

Anyone with special needs can request to be at the front and provided a personal volunteer to help navigate the area as needed.

Our volunteers and partners won’t be ready to assist you properly until 9AM.

We encourage anyone with disabilities to request assistance from our helpful volunteers. No one should miss out on the plants they want when they come early. The floor sale may not be ideal for wheelchairs, crutches, canes, walkers, or motorized scooters, especially if there is rain around the sales date.

Customers who need assistance can pair with volunteer helpers - just let the traffic volunteers or volunteer coordinator (across from Welcome Tent) know.

A few volunteers speak Spanish. Please inquire at the Experts tent for assistance.

Algunos voluntarios hablan español. Por favor, pregunte en la tienda de Expertos para obtener ayuda.

Regular parking is permitted within Sikes Adobe public lot from Sunset Dr. A Loading / Unloading area is provided along with volunteer help to take carts back after you are done using them.

Volunteers are encouraged to park outside of the venue along Sunset Dr. Partner’s main vehicle at their dedicated space within the main field. There is also Overflow Parking across the street at the Westfield Shopping Center - please take care to cross at designated crosswalks. From Westfield lot to SIkes Adobe is 1/3 mile (0.5 km) walk.

DO NOT PARK IN THE TRAIL HEAD PARKING AT END OF SUNSET DR OR AT THE GOLF CENTER. These lots are reserved for trail users and golfers.

1) California Native Plant Society Members should first check in with the MEMBERSHIP TENT and you will be granted the stamp that entitles all CNPS Members to 10% off all Plant purchases. New members can sign up online at the sale or right now to make the process quicker:

RENEW A MEMBERSHIP

NEW MEMBER 40% OFF MEMBERSHIP

NOT SURE IF YOUR MEMBERSHIP IS CURRENT? To request a reprint of your current membership card, email us BEFORE THE SALE at membership@cnps.org

2) Grab a rolling cart (if available) and pick out any plants you want, and

3A) reserve them at the Holding Area while getting more plants, or

3B) When you are ready to check out, find a TICKET WRITER (volunteers wear badges) and they will tally your total.

4) Take the ticket to the Cashiers to check out. We accept cash (small change will not be needed), Apple Pay, all major credit and debit cards, and for CNPS members only - paper checks with a valid ID and Member stamp.

5) Retrieve your plants from the Holding Area OR simply take your plants to your car. Cart Running volunteers will be ready to assist so you don’t have to walk the carts back and they can help load plants if asked to do so.

All sales are considered final when the plants leave the lot. Refunds must be issued day of the sale with the refunded inventory returned in good condition.

We may under certain circumstances replace dead or dying plants within the month of October 2024 if we can obtain a replacement and your claim is substantiated. Those circumstances are limited to plant death resulting from specific nursery diseases that were not evident during the health screening or the plant sale set up. We will not refund a toppled, chewed on, neglected (dried out), or overgrown plant, but can provide advice or maintenance and care to improve regrowth chances if it’s still alive.

Reach out to plantsale@cnpssd.org for advice and concerns and to initiate a claim.

Pre-orders are for Registered Volunteers and Partners of the 2024 Plant Sale Only.

Volunteer Registration has CLOSED for this year's Sale.

If you can not make it to the CNPS San Diego Fall Plant Sale, there are plenty of great options available in Southern California. Try these fine nurseries:

• Neel's Nursery in Encinitas

• Moosa Creek's Tables at participating nurseries all over San Diego & Western Riverside County

• The Native West Retail Store: The Little Barn in San Ysidro

• and business days at Tree of Life Nursery in San Juan Capistrano

  You can also purchase seeds online any time of year (limited stock), and join our propagation@cnpssd.org committee to grow them yourself!

We are working with four big native plant nurseries this year. A huge thanks to Native West, Tree of Life, Moosa Creek Nursery, and El Nativo Wholesale Nursery in Azusa. Some plants are grown or tended by our members from previous events. All are checked for issues like light rooting, overgrowth, disease, pruned roots, and infestation at the nursery for optimal health before they get to the sales floor.

Plants that are difficult to obtain or dormant in the early fall may still be available despite not looking the best. This is so that we can provide a diverse selection that appeals to specialists, collectors, propagators, enthusiasts, and / or plant masochists.

We’ve inspected all plants for health, but some may still be summer dormant or just coming out of summer dormancy. California native plants still experience seasons and will often lose leaves or “wilt” as an adaptation to survive the hot summer weather of our Southern California climate. All plants sold on the main floor are alive.

Native Plants are increasingly being used for public spaces! While that’s a really great thing for urban habitat, some species are all bought out before we can buy them or simply do not sell well for various reasons. This year, bush poppies are difficult to obtain in quantity for example. Our nurseries are doing their best to meet the scale of the problems ahead, but there’s only so many plants that can be grown in a season compared to the demand.

You will experience higher prices as a result of higher wholesale costs on select species, even though we may not be making a profit in order to get them as affordable as possible.

Please direct specific questions to plantsale@cnpssd.org and please be polite! Our organization is run by volunteers who give their personal time to help the Chapter and helping our wild areas and demonstration gardens to thrive!