A California Native Plant Nursery On Wheels

Bringing California Native Plants to You!​

The Miridae Mobile Nursery is a box truck-turned California native plant pop-up nursery. It travels all over the Greater Sacramento Region with the goals to: improve accessibility of California native plants in the Sacramento region, offer education about native plants and their benefits, and grow awareness and respect for our native ecosystems.

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Picking out the right plants for someone else can be very tricky, so why not let them choose? 🪴 Miridae Mobile Nursery e-gift cards are now available on the website under “Order Plants.” Gift cards can be used at any plant sale event or
Love how native plants look after a good rain 🌧️ While the Mobile Nursery won’t be open for this year’s #SmallBusinessSaturday, please do continue to shop small and local! There are so many small businesses in the Sacramento region more
Some new plants on the truck 🪴 1. Eriogonum grande var. rubescens, Red Flowering Buckwheat 2. Arctostaphylos manzanita ‘Dr. Hurd’, Dr. Hurd Manzanita 3. Penstemon pseudospectabilis, Desert Penstemon 4. Diplacus (Mimulus) aurantiacus, B
Did you know you can preorder native plants for pickup? Whether you’re seeking a couple plants or a whole truckload, the Mobile Nursery can provide! Just fill out the preorder form on the website (link in bio) and you’ll get a response wi
Love these photos by @truelovephotos from South Natomas Library’s 30th Anniversary event! @mallowrootdesign and I spoke about native plants and their benefits, as well as the nearby @grasslandgarden at Ninos Parkway. Afterwards we had a native
I’ve had several green lacewing sightings recently. The first slide is of the adult form, and second slide you can see two eggs on the underside of a Bee Plant leaf. These cool insects consume garden pests including aphids, white flies, and spi
Seeking summer flowers? Here are a few California native plants that have bloomed nonstop on the Mobile Nursery this summer: 1. Desert Globemallow, Sphaeralcea ambigua 2. California Hedgenettle, Stachys bullata 3. Bee Plant, Scrophularia californic
Do you see the tiny jumping spider hanging out on some Coffeeberry fruit? This week’s events newsletter shared some of the critters seen around the Mobile Nursery’s plant inventory. In my opinion, part of the fun in cultivating a native g