Theodore Payne Foundation for Wild Flowers & Native Plants

The Theodore Payne Foundation (TPF) is a non-profit education center and full-service native plant nursery in Sun Valley, CA -- open to the public year round and offering, over the course of a year, more than 800 different native plant species and cultivars, as well as 200 kinds of native plant seed. It is the largest retail nursery in Los Angeles County devoted exclusively to native plants.

TPF offers gardening and natural science classes for adults, programs for children (K-12) on-site and at schools, and operates the Wild Flower Hotline every March through May.

Visitors are welcome to browse the Theodore Payne Gallery (with new art exhibits three times per year), stroll through demonstration gardens and hike up to Wild Flower Hill. Our website (theodorepayne.org) includes an illustrated native plant database, our weekly nursery inventory and more.

Native plants and advice are also available at our space at the Hollywood Farmers' Market (at Selma & Ivar) on the first Sunday of each month from 8:00am-1:00pm.